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Jump to full article: The Tennessean, 2008-08-14
Author: Steve Preston, Regional Director, First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., Nashville 37214
Intro: If I smoke, is the world my ashtray? After spending a week at a South Carolina beach, I could not believe the amount of cigarette butts littering the beach and water's edge. As I walk into restaurants, the grocery store, any public place, no matter where I am, cigarette butts are littered everywhere. Why?
Are the people that smoke so arrogant to believe that they do not need to pick up their own trash? Or are they naive enough to think that the butts are biodegradable? They are not. . . .
f you love Nashville and this world as much as I do, then you might consider doing the following: 1) pick up the butts you see on the ground. Take responsibility for keeping our city and our World; 2) when you see someone flip or throw their butt on the ground (or anything for that matter), kindly ask them to pick it up.
And if they refuse, by seeing you do the right thing, by picking up their trash, they will be inspired to do the same next time. I have searched the Web and have included an excellent Web site for additional information on the subject: www.cigarettelitter.org.
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