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I ONLY COLLECTED 8 OUNCES OF LITTER TODAY

Today was the Lauderdale by the Sea, FL monthly beach cleanup. There were lots of helping hands bagging beach litter today. I concentrated on cigarette butts around the pavillion and behind Aruba.

Cigarette butt litter 2 inches from Smokers Trash Can

Can you believe this cigarette butt only 2 inches from this container made especially for cigarette butt disposal? There are others just as close on the other side.

 

 

 

Jan 7 Litter by weight of 8 ounces

I only collected 8 ounces of litter today but that included:

419 Cigarette Butts..... and

 

Closeup of 419 Cigarette butts in plastic container

1 Plastic Bag

5 Bottle Caps - metal

4 Bottle Caps - plastic

2 Building Materials - ceramic tile

6 Fireworks

12 Food wrappers - paper

18 Pieces paper or Cardboard

1 Personal Care product - used bandaid

11 pieces Plastic or Styrofoam

6 Straws

3 Pieces of foil

3 pieces of cellophane

Only eight ounces. Doesn't seem like much, but at least it's eight ounces that won't kill fish, birds or turtles who mistake it for food and die because they can't digest it. Only eight ounces. But it's eight ounces that won't join the swirling debris of the Atlantic Garbage Patch.

Only eight ounces. Every litter bit hurts. Every little bit helps.

 

 

Posted on 01/07/2012 |

Tags: Aruba, Atlantic Garbage Patch, beach, beach cleanup, beach litter, birds, butts, cigarette butts, cigarettes, debris, fast food wrappers, fireworks, fish, FL, Lauderdale by the Sea, litter, litter free, litter prevention, litterfree, littering, ocean, ocean plastic, plastic, plastic bags, plastic bottle caps, plastic straws, styrofoam, turtles, zero litter

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Posted by: Effelfmal | 06/12/2013 at 12:56 PM

There is a lot of misinformation out there regarding cigarette butt litter. The biggest myth is that cigarette filters are biodegradable. In fact, cigarette butts are not biodegradable in the sense that most people think of the word. The acetate (plastic) filters can take many years to decompose. Smokers may not realize that their actions have such a lasting, negative impact on the environment.

Posted by: vapor cigarettes | 04/15/2012 at 03:39 PM

Thanks Suraj for your wisdom and kind comments. Thanks for caring about protecting the planet from all the pollution.

Posted by: Sharon at Museum of Litter | 02/24/2012 at 08:08 AM

People who cmnoemted before please educate yourselves about all parts of this issue before commenting. You obviously know nothing!Cigarette butt are a BIG! problem in the environment. How would you feel if you knew that nicotine is present in the water supply anywhere in the world because of ignorant smokers! Umm kids drink the water!

Posted by: Suraj | 02/13/2012 at 07:46 PM

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