Cigarette butts – a blight on Scotland’s streets
Your guide to cigarette butt litter.
Tackling cigarette litter isn’t a straightforward task – but it is possible. Our guide will help you understand the problem, learn from others, and find resources to help you communicate with businesses and individuals about the negative effects of not binning our butts.
You can use these short articles and tweets to highlight problems, motivate businesses and other organisations to provide better facilities, and encourage smokers to think twice about littering. We’ve also included some ideas to support your litter prevention efforts.
- Article 1: Smokers’ etiquette – separating fact from fiction
- Article 2: Cigarette waste: what you need to know
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Get the message out there
No need for a fancy bin... Once youve checked your cigarette is fully out, a regular rubbish bin will do. #BinYourButts pic.twitter.com/WQeZIyspu9
— Zero Waste Scotland (@ZeroWasteScot) June 28, 2017
Smokers, know your stuff. Cigarette butts are litter drop one and you risk an £80 fine #BinYourButts https://t.co/ziRBNlyr9B pic.twitter.com/nY4uWL8oTU
— Zero Waste Scotland (@ZeroWasteScot) June 28, 2017
Think cigarette butts are biodegradable? Wrong - they take up to 12 years to break down #BinYourButts https://t.co/1254GLILOF pic.twitter.com/uKtizueQj9
— Zero Waste Scotland (@ZeroWasteScot) June 28, 2017
Know your stuff... Cigarette butts belong in the bin, otherwise they count as litter #BinYourButts https://t.co/QwrGZRqWRs pic.twitter.com/oIG74CkWbc
— Zero Waste Scotland (@ZeroWasteScot) June 28, 2017
Smokers: Cigarette butts put down the drain spread toxins into our rivers and seas #BinYourButts https://t.co/VRiRat7qGJ pic.twitter.com/WMe7gaH5rT
— Zero Waste Scotland (@ZeroWasteScot) June 29, 2017
Dont be a messy smoker. Carry a portable ashtray so you never have to risk a littering fine #BinYourButts https://t.co/pFLfrsESnJ pic.twitter.com/OD7nHp2dto
— Zero Waste Scotland (@ZeroWasteScot) June 29, 2017