Design Student Tackles Scourge of Used Bubblegum

The Gumdrop program is twofold, providing handy waste bins for "ABC" gum and products made using that used gum.

25-year-old design student Anna Bullus--who's created "optical illusion" stools and shape-shifting couches--is now tackling the urban blight caused by used chewing gum. Her Gumdrop program has two parts: first, handy bins that encourage gum disposal; and second, a process she invented to make new products out of recycled gum.

Bullus first began thinking about recycling gum after...