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[phins]

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Brilliant!

[tscards]

Cigarette butts are by far the worst. Obviously there's much larger issues with other kinds of trash, but there's nothing as pervasive as the cigarette butt.

Listen, if you have to smoke when you're out in the back country or some place where there isn't a trash can, put the [expletive] butt in a bag or something and take it with you. Seeing discarded cigarette butts on a pristine trail or beach is pretty disheartening. It's like there's no place left to go in this world without seeing trash.

I agree 100000% with all said here and especially with the cigarette butts. I've been so extremely tempted several times to pick up someone's at a stoplight & tell them "you dropped this", as was mentioned earlier!!

I just sincerely do not understand the thinking (if any) behind "well, I'll just toss this down so someone else can pick up, 'cause I'm to dam@#$@# lazy" mentality!

[heyzeus]

I have a friend who was the president of the Environmental Law Society at U. of Houston. He told me this story, and it made me admire him even more.

He was in line at the drive through of a fast food place, and the woman in the car in front of him threw an old fast food bag out of her car window into the parking lot.

So my friend got out of his car, picked up the bag, and handed it back to the woman, telling her "Excuse me, but I believe you dropped this."

She was speechless, and took the bag.

i'd get shot if i did that in my neighborhood, but trust me.. i've thought about it..

I forgot to mention, this happened right next to the U. of H campus, in the 3rd Ward of Houston. It's the ghetto's ghetto. Not a recommended strategy.

[G. Keenan]

It really sucks to be out in the backcountry somewhere and come across a pile of rubbish or some campsite festooned with food wrappers and cans.

This pisses me off as well. Isn't one of the reasons people like going out in nature is that it isn't filled with empty beer cans and other junk? I don't understand why people don't feel more guilty for defacing things like that.

One of the most amazing things about New Zealand was the complete lack of litter. Its natural areas are astoundingly clean. I've never seen anything like it.

[Diddy]

Cigarette butts are by far the worst. Obviously there's much larger issues with other kinds of trash, but there's nothing as pervasive as the cigarette butt.

Listen, if you have to smoke when you're out in the back country or some place where there isn't a trash can, put the [expletive] butt in a bag or something and take it with you. Seeing discarded cigarette butts on a pristine trail or beach is pretty disheartening. It's like there's no place left to go in this world without seeing trash.

I agree 100000% with all said here and especially with the cigarette butts. I've been so extremely tempted several times to pick up someone's at a stoplight & tell them "you dropped this", as was mentioned earlier!!

I just sincerely do not understand the thinking (if any) behind "well, I'll just toss this down so someone else can pick up, 'cause I'm to dam@#$@# lazy" mentality!

at least cig butts are mostly paper and will break down reasonably fast.

[cardinalkarp]

Cigarette butts are by far the worst. Obviously there's much larger issues with other kinds of trash, but there's nothing as pervasive as the cigarette butt.

Listen, if you have to smoke when you're out in the back country or some place where there isn't a trash can, put the [expletive] butt in a bag or something and take it with you. Seeing discarded cigarette butts on a pristine trail or beach is pretty disheartening. It's like there's no place left to go in this world without seeing trash.

I agree 100000% with all said here and especially with the cigarette butts. I've been so extremely tempted several times to pick up someone's at a stoplight & tell them "you dropped this", as was mentioned earlier!!

I just sincerely do not understand the thinking (if any) behind "well, I'll just toss this down so someone else can pick up, 'cause I'm to dam@#$@# lazy" mentality!

at least cig butts are mostly paper and will break down reasonably fast.

The filters are mostly paper? Nothing pisses me off worse than seeing people tossing cig butts out their car window.

[maddash]

Cigarette butts are by far the worst. Obviously there's much larger issues with other kinds of trash, but there's nothing as pervasive as the cigarette butt.

Listen, if you have to smoke when you're out in the back country or some place where there isn't a trash can, put the [expletive] butt in a bag or something and take it with you. Seeing discarded cigarette butts on a pristine trail or beach is pretty disheartening. It's like there's no place left to go in this world without seeing trash.

I agree 100000% with all said here and especially with the cigarette butts. I've been so extremely tempted several times to pick up someone's at a stoplight & tell them "you dropped this", as was mentioned earlier!!

I just sincerely do not understand the thinking (if any) behind "well, I'll just toss this down so someone else can pick up, 'cause I'm to dam@#$@# lazy" mentality!

at least cig butts are mostly paper and will break down reasonably fast.

Actually, the filters are made of a kind of plastic that's very resistant to breaking down. They never truly "biodegrade", and the time it takes them to basically fall apart can be up to 10 years - although some sources say it's as short as one or two years.

[docellis]

One time a lady at my old job flicked her cigarette in our work parking lot. The owner of the company saw her do it and made her clean the entire parking lot and told her if he ever saw her do it again she'd be in charge of picking up cigarettes from the parking lot (as a part of her job).

[cardinalkarp]

Cigarette butts are by far the worst. Obviously there's much larger issues with other kinds of trash, but there's nothing as pervasive as the cigarette butt.

Listen, if you have to smoke when you're out in the back country or some place where there isn't a trash can, put the [expletive] butt in a bag or something and take it with you. Seeing discarded cigarette butts on a pristine trail or beach is pretty disheartening. It's like there's no place left to go in this world without seeing trash.

I agree 100000% with all said here and especially with the cigarette butts. I've been so extremely tempted several times to pick up someone's at a stoplight & tell them "you dropped this", as was mentioned earlier!!

I just sincerely do not understand the thinking (if any) behind "well, I'll just toss this down so someone else can pick up, 'cause I'm to dam@#$@# lazy" mentality!

at least cig butts are mostly paper and will break down reasonably fast.

Actually, the filters are made of a kind of plastic that's very resistant to breaking down. They never truly "biodegrade", and the time it takes them to basically fall apart can be up to 10 years - although some sources say it's as short as one or two years.

That's more along the line of what I was thinking.

[cardinalkarp]

One time a lady at my old job flicked her cigarette in our work parking lot. The owner of the company saw her do it and made her clean the entire parking lot and told her if he ever saw her do it again she'd be in charge of picking up cigarettes from the parking lot (as a part of her job).

Awesome.