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[Maine] Portland restauranteur offering a nickel per cigarette butt

He came up with the "No Butts Now" campaign. He supplies a basket of baggies for the public to collect cigarette butts in Monument Square. Using donations from grateful customers, Roylos will buy the butts back for five cents a piece,
WLBZ 2 (Bangor, ME)
added May 3, 2013 03:00
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[New Jersey] Litter Menace: Cigarette Butts the No. 1 Problem at N.J. Beaches

In honor of Earth Week, a new survey found cigarette butts are the number one discarded item on beaches, roadways and elsewhere. “They are the number one littered item by item count and because they do not biodegrade, we need to turn this around,” D. Ch
NewJerseyNewsroom.com
added Apr 26, 2013 05:38
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[Africa, South Africa] NAIR: Litter-free city begins with you

Cigarette butts, snack wrappers, take-away food and beverage containers are the most commonly littered items. A worldwide study found that cigarettes were one of the most insidious forms of litter. The study has found that a discarded cigarette butt take
The Independent Online (IOL) / The Post (za)
added Apr 23, 2013 06:41
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Do Yourself and Mother Earth a Favor: Don’t Smoke

Today is Earth Day, and we couldn’t let the day pass without pointing out that cigarettes are not only the world’s number one cause of preventable death, they’re also a major cause of air, land and water pollution. ... Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co., a Rey
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added May 16, 2013 02:56
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Cigarettes and the Environment

Cigarettes Are Toxic Waste Cigarette butts are the number one littered item on US beaches and roadways. They leach chemicals that are poisonous to wildlife and can contaminate water sources.
American Legacy Foundation
added Apr 22, 2013 13:33
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[Canada] LETTER: Deposit fee on butts solves litter woes

In addition to being unsightly, cigarette butts have several other malevolent characteristics. They are non-biodegradable, and leach toxic organic chemicals and heavy metals into the environment impacting soil, fresh- and salt-water.
BC Local News (ca)
added Apr 23, 2013 13:51
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[UK] Smokers blamed for sparking moor fires above Rochdale

Firefighters spent two nights on the moors above Littleborough, Rochdale, tackling the blazes. ... Officials think the fires were started by irresponsibly discarded smoking materials, such as cigarettes thrown from cars.
Manchester Evening News (uk)
added Apr 20, 2013 11:18
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[New Jersey] Total Garbage! Cigarettes, plastic top beach trash

Out of 351,781 items collected, nearly 83 percent were made of plastic, with cigarette filters the top plastic item found.
Asbury Park (NJ) Press
added Apr 17, 2013 14:40
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[UK] BLACKMAN: Saying no to the tobacco industry

Bob Blackman, MP for Harrow East, former leader of Brent Council, member of the Communities and Local Government Select Committee and secretary of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health, sets out the perils for local authorities as the to
Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS) (uk)
added Apr 17, 2013 13:25
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Help Us Stop Toxic Litter

Cigarette butts leach toxic chemicals and carcinogens that pollute the environment. They’re poisonous to wildlife and can contaminate water sources. And they’re the number one littered item on US roadways and the number one item found on beaches and in wa
American Legacy Foundation
added Apr 11, 2013 13:01
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