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Cigarette Butts, Packaging, Make Up 90% of All Litter

It seems that cigarettes don't just add to air pollution, they make up the majority of street pollution as well. An experiment conducted in Nova Scotia, Canada, identified cigarette butts and cigarette...

opinion by Tina Kells | 45 wks ago | updated 42 wks ago
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Barbara Mathieson

Pledge to stub out cigarette litter

" Pledge to stub out cigarette litter-->NHS staff banned from smoking outside their offices have caused a stink by dropping cigarette ends on a public...

created by Barbara Mathieson | 46 wks ago
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Butting out lots of litter

" 06 Jan 09 @ 09:56am Bugged by butts ... Angie and Ray Gannon with some of the cigarette butts they have collected. THERE are no butts about it, according to Doug the Dugong creator Ray Gannon, who has warned cigarette butts will not...

created by Barbara Mathieson | 50 wks ago
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Barbara Mathieson

Cigarette Butts Are Litter

How many cigarette butts did I pick up on less than a 1/4 mile of a lightly trafficked road in Nashville, Tenn. this morning? 339. Some were fresh; some filters had lost their paper covering.Cigarette butts are...

opinion by Barbara Mathieson | 50 wks ago | updated 50 wks ago
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Clean up our shorelines

Here's a chance to have an impact on your local shoreline. If you've got some time it's a good cause."In 2007, participants removed 87,489 kg of litter in one week. In 2006, participants removed 84,708...