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Nashville's anti-butts program cuts filter litter in Hillsboro Village
Jump to full article: The Tennessean, 2009-11-14
Author: Anne Paine THE TENNESSEAN
Intro: A monthlong initiative in Hillsboro Village this fall, complete with signs and cigarette-butt receptacles, reduced the cigarette trash by about 40 percent, according to the Metro Beautification and Environment Commission. The effort was made possible by a $1,500 grant.
The commission is looking for other areas of town to take part in the program and says that just about anywhere could use it.
"It's horrible," said Barbara Mathieson, Metro Beautification chairwoman, describing what she and her husband found on a hike from Bellevue to downtown.
"It looked like someone had paved the sides of the road with cigarette butts," Mathieson said. "It kind of hit me in the face with the problem."
The slovenly practice, which the $50 fine in Tennessee has not halted, is not exclusive to the South.
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