better yet, just make the butts biodegradable. Suing for that might be more plausible.
Smokers are never going to stop littering.
did you know cigarette butts are the number 1 litter item on the world’s beaches?
Surfrider San Diego has a Hold On To Your Butt program that we rolled out in OB. We raised money, paid for public cigarette ashcans, and installed them up and down the main streets outside of bars and restaurants. People are using them. We do not yet know what the impact is on the beaches, however in LA when those chapters did it, there was a 40% decrease in butt litter. We just installed them here in August.
We’re looking to roll out the program to other cities. (Del Mar already did them on their own through their own city activists program.) So far we’ve had the most interest from Encinitas.
If anyone would like to help us roll it out in their city, let me know.
BTW, we’re not against smoking. We just want people to hold on to their butts.
As for the second-hand smoke, it’s disgusting, but then so are exhaust fumes, sewage spills etc etc. Maybe we all just have to live with these pollutants? You know, maybe it’s part of life, and we all need to get over it?
