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Chew This: Mini Rubbish Bags Come With Your Gum

The recent removal of more than 600,000 pieces of discarded chewing gum in Tian'anmen Square has brought new measures that, with public cooperation, will prevent the need for such expensive clean-ups in the future. Visitors who buy gum from the 50 vendors in the square will also be given five small bags in which to dispose of it and its wrapping. Five thousand bags have been issued to the vendors. After use by the public, they should be placed in the square's litter bins.

About 1,000 cleaners armed with specialized solvents and equipment spent 15 days removing the wads of gum after the October national holiday. The new bags are an initiative by the Tian'anmen Administration for Industry & Commerce.