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It's Time to Ban Cigarette Filters
Treehugger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe world's most common type of litter, cigarette filters leach thousands of toxic chemicals and microplastics into the environment. Robert Recker /...
Cigarette butts are no longer the most common litter on beaches. Here's what replaced them.
Gannett via AOL· 4 months agoPROVIDENCE – In every year since Rhode Island started participating in the International Coastal...
These mega-smart crows are cleaning cigarette butts off city streets — and saving millions of...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 3 months agoYou’ve heard of cleanup crews, but what about … cleanup crows? As part of a new anti-litter...
Homeowner shares disgust over neighbor’s careless and dangerous outdoor behavior: ‘Whatever happened...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn June, a frustrated Redditor shared a picture of the dozens of cigarette butts their thoughtless...
Study makes grim revelation about cigarette filters: ‘They have to be taken off the market entirely’
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe adverse impacts of cigarettes on human health are plenty, but a 2023 study found that cigarettes...
KGIB butts in to combat harmful cigarette litter
The Brunswick News, Ga. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 26—A smoker stands outside a business somewhere in the Golden Isles, takes one more drag off a cigarette and flips the butt to the ground. Despite more and more public cigarette butt receptacles ...
Wolf: Don't trash PA — cigs, wrappers and bottle caps cost millions to clean up
The Intelligencer via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn every corner of our commonwealth, finding beauty is easy. Unfortunately, so is finding litter. On...
Wash. litter study details billions of items, millions of pounds of waste per year
KIRO via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe state of Washington’s first litter study in nearly 20 years has been completed and it found 37.8...
Spartanburg County making strides against litter, but eliminating it appears unlikely
Spartanburg Herald-Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSpartanburg County continues to make strides in tackling roadside litter, but as long as people...
Clearwater bans smoking and vaping on beaches, parks
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCLEARWATER — Smoking and vaping is now banned within the city’s parks and on the sand at Clearwater Beach in an effort to protect public health and curb...