Cigarette Butts
Cigarette butts are lit(t)erally everywhere.
They are the most littered item on our planet.
About 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are thrown away around the world EVERY YEAR!
Roughly 450,000 butts are tossed on the ground EVERY DAY in Vancouver!
Some Butt Facts
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Cigarette butts contain plastic fibers, toxins (e.g. nicotine) and chemicals (e.g. benzene)
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They don't biodegrade
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They can be recycled
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Butts are very harmful to marine and freshwater life
1 cigarette butt can kill half of the fresh/saltwater fish exposed to it.
What Can You Do?
We can talk about cigarette butts and their impact on our environment for days, but that doesn't help either.
So, let's focus on what we can do instead!
INFORMATION
Get yourself informed
EVENTS
Join us on any upcoming Buttwatch events
CLEANUPS
Participate/organize cleanups
SPREAD THE WORD
Hang up the poster in your neighbourhood and/or share it on social media.
PLASTIC FIBERS IN CIGARETTE BUTT
What Else Can You Do?
YES
Do You Smoke?
NO
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CARRY POCKET ASHTRAYS
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RECYCLE YOUR BUTTS
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QUIT SMOKING
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PATIENCE AND RESPECT
Be patient and respectful to others
Changing behaviour doesn't happen overnight -
BUTT RECEPTACLES
Place cigarette butt receptacles in your community
EVERY LITTLE BUTT COUNTS!
The Buttwatch Poster
Yasmin Schepens, former Ocean Bridge Ambassador, regularly picks up garbage in her neighbourhood. She noticed the huge number of cigarette butts littered on the streets, parks and beaches.
She wanted to bring awareness to this issue using humor and reaching a large group of people.
After doing some research, Yasmin came across the Vancouver Transit Shelter program and knew that this was the perfect medium to get her message across.
The poster was up in 10 transit shelters in Vancouver in the summer of 2022.
Yasmin next to her Buttwatch poster
Photo credit: Berm McCandless
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Buttwatch in the media
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CBC
BELGIUM
Resources
Here is a list of some useful links if you want to know more about cigarette butts or want to do more.
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