Posts Tagged ‘Cigarette’
Butt out and stop sheeting the blame
I am a smoker and I take offence at Clean Up Australia chairman Ian Kiernan saying:
Smokers have been told not to throw out their cigarette butts in the wake of Victoria’s devastating bushfires.
Cigarette butts are by far the most common item of litter in Australia, a survey has found.
Clean Up Australia chairman Ian Kiernan says it’s a serious fire risk – and he wants smokers fined for littering.
There has been no suggestion that the bushfires were caused by cigarette butts!
We smokers are socially downtrodden and many of us will continue to throw butts away (just to spite the likes of Ian Kiernan) so why not try and eliminate the cause – ban synthetic filters that are not biodegradable – or ban filters in cigarettes altogether. The organic tobacco and paper are both biodegradable and actually put carbon back in the soil.
He is also calling for a federal scheme of refunds for recyclable containers, like one in South Australia. What about a 10 cent refund on cigarette butts. That would soon solve the problem.
