Cigarette litterisButtUgly™ and way out of
hand! Look around at any public walkway, any curb at any
intersection, just about any public area, playground or body of
water and you’ll see cigarette butts. Listed as
the most littered item in the world, the cigarette butt is by
far the most over-looked form of pollution known. As ‘over-looked’
as the problem is, cigarette litter is in our face. Cigarette
butts are everywhere!
Cigarette Butts aren’t just Ugly.
They are
toxictoo! Tons of toxins from trillions
of littered cigarette butts add up year after year. With
each rain, the paper wrap around the filters disintegrates and the
non-biodegradable toxin laden fibers are then released onto the
ground and into our water sources. Basic life forms in our food
chain are then killed by the carcinogenic chemicals the filters
once captured. Ultimately, every littered butt has a
negative impact on our environment.
Cigarette
litter costs municipalities millions of dollars each year.
Locally, Asheville spends thousands of tax dollars every month
picking up cigarette butts alone. There’s an obvious need
for an aggressive approach to curb the problem of cigarette
litter.
Enforcement is one
approach. States are now effectively stepping up their anti-litter
efforts and slapping casual cigarette litterers with heavy fines.
Programs like
Swat-A-Litterbugare now in place to enable the public
to report litterers to local authorities.
Education is most
important. Teaching young people at an early age is essential.
Providing an informative, fun and humorous way for students to
carry an anti-litter message home to family and friends is a grand
step toward litter prevention and promoting responsible behaviors.
ButtUgly.org was started to encourage the public to get
involved in making a difference in their communities. The message
is: Cigarette Litter is not acceptable.
The intent of ButtUgly.org is to simply deliver
the message in a big,
educational and effective way.
If you would like to
assist your community in kicking the litter butt habit, check out
our
online store
of ButtUgly™ promotional items.
If you have ideas you would like to share, please let us at
ButtUgly.org know what you are thinking. We are
working toward a ButtUgly™
community resource website which will allow us the opportunity to
post your projects, pictures, products and links.
Help ButtUgly.org
expand its efforts. We’re working on a broader range of products,
props and public displays designed to place the ButtUgly™
message in every household! We are raising awareness and funds to
put an end to cigarette and other forms of litter in our
communities. Your contributions will make a huge difference. Be
sure to check out our ButtUgly™ links and our
first ButtUgly™
Video.
Click
here to copy and print ButtUgly posters. Post in store
windows, bulletin boards and…
Cigarette
litter costs municipalities millions of dollars each year.
Locally, Asheville spends thousands of tax dollars every month
picking up cigarette butts alone. There’s an obvious need
for an aggressive approach to curb the problem of cigarette
litter.
