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Campaigns seek to crack down on cigarette litter in St. Cloud 

City maintenance crews try to sweep downtown St. Cloud at least twice a week and have installed ashtray urns in the downtown parking ramp. But what isn't caught by sweepers is carried into sewer and storm systems, which lead into the Mississippi River, Kaeter said.

"That's extreme pollution," Kaeter said.

Area organizations, such as the St. Cloud Downtown Council and St. Cloud Technical College, launched cigarette litter prevention programs this year. The council was awarded a $1,500 grant last month for an educational campaign and to buy portable ash trays and receptacles for downtown.

They want to educate smokers to dispose of their butts instead of snuffing them out on the street.

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