Most common form of litter, ciggarette butts (interstate, carry, money)

[tickyul]

Isn't it pathetic, the most common form of litter...........not just in the USA...........but..............IN THE WORLD.

Yes, for some reason it is acceptable for smokers to throw their filthy ciggy butts anywhere and everywhere.....how pathetic:


Cigarettes are the most common form of litter in the world, with more than 5.6 trillion filters finding their way into the environment every year.

full article:

Cigarettes are the most common form of litter in the world

http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/conten...ppl_1/i25.full



I walk a lot......some areas have literally thousands of butts everywhere. Some areas look so bad due to the filthy butts EVERYWHERE. And this stuff gets into the water systems......man.....pretty sad.

How about a recycling tax, say 10 cents a cigarette, you get the money back when you turn in your butts at a recycling center.

[RandyWatson13]

Shame to be honest...had some asshat flick one out his car and hit mine.......so I soaked him with the window washers

[kshe95girl]

OP, do some research before you start a thread, this isnt the first thread about this here.

[hammertime33]

And most people don't realize that cigarette butts are plastic.

[maja]

Where? Have lived in four different locations in the past 15 years and very rarely see any!

[hammertime33]

Originally Posted by maja

Where? Have lived in four different locations in the past 15 years and very rarely see any!

How can you miss them? I travel quite a bit, and I see smokers everywhere I go. A good 80% of the time when I see a smoker finish a cigarette, I then see him or her toss the butt on the ground. It's absolutely disgusting. I usually say something too - and it's almost gotten me hit more than once.

[lifelongMOgal]

Smoking is not only a dirty habit but smokers are at large dirty though their littering. Thousands of butts can be seen at the stop sign at the base of most busy interstate off ramps. Distgusting really.

[HurricaneDC]

yeah I'm guilty of doing this occasionally. I try to throw them in to the trash when possible, but if there ain't one nearby I'm not gonna carry it around. My university does a good job of accommodating smokers though. We have little "smoker's poles" in front of high-smoking areas like the student union, library, the art-sociology buildings (lol) and whatnot. And a lot of trash cans. Sadly there's still quite a bit of cigarette litter, inconsiderate bastards are gonna ruin it for the rest of us.

I do use an ashtray when I'm in a car though.

[claudhopper]

Have you ever cleaned up around fishing ponds? I do frequently. Why is it people can't dispose of the worm containers, they aren't heavy. I find piles of them, along with lots fishing line, bottles, discarded diapers etc. the butts aren't that big a deal, at least they stomp them out. Littering and dumping garbage is a big problem, especially with the escalating costs of taking it to the dump. I've even come across dead livestock dumped at the entrance to a park.

[Roaddog]

I walk all the time I don't see very many. I see a lot of those plastic lids off soda cups and dog poop.