Schools and train stations i think they even look like a gumball when you can just toss the old gum straight in then the entire ball and the gum inside it can be recycled in one hit. the soles for the gum she within made out of this chewing gum and so that nobody forgets where the shoes came from the designer sort of cleverly incorporated a map of amsterdam into the mold for the soul the shoes are sold in shocking pink or plain black for the princely sum of two hundred euros. at first i thought i have to have a pair but then i saw the price and thought no way that can t be for real fears or goods to me more kind of. i m not ready to pass and for that even if i think it s a good idea. to never go wash use out of chewing gum does that mean the whole city will come to a standstill because everyone in amsterdam will be stuck. well not everyone stuck
You our viewers in this story from the dutch capital amsterdam we hear about a bold new plan to tackle an urban menace the blight cities around the world. blowing bubbles with bubble gum it s a lot of fun and delicious to. think about when the fun s over. in the netherlands about one and a half tons of chewed up chewing gum gets tossed on the street and that causes more trouble than most people think. the problem with chewing gum is not just that it sticks to your clothes or that it s a pain when it gets stuck to your shoes the real problem is that it sticks around a long time it takes twenty to twenty five years to break down. that s why the city of amsterdam has brought out the big guns against old gum the idea was to work together with a few designers to produce a shoe with soles made of up to thirty percent called chewing gum chewing gum in the soul instead of on the soul. in the future we re going to hang these balls in