Comments for Roushes: Disconnect – smokers don’t think cigarette butts are litter at http://lakeconews.com , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://lakeconews.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:46:00 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/9185/925/#comment-12952 When I was still smoking and public ashtrays disappeared, I carried a sandwich baggy with a damp paper towel in it. I would put the cigarette out and then put the butt in the bag double checking that it was out with the damp towel. Later I would dispose of the bag appropriately. This worked well and I was free of litter guilt. - muddiegirl Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:46:10 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/9185/925/#comment-12918 Don't count me among those clods, when I used to smoke filter cigaretts I would routinly twist them out and deposit the filter in my pocket if there were no nearby ashtrays or trash recepticals. Now that the anti-smoking crowd has taken over the lack of any appropriate place to discard a filter cigarette has grown worse. The few ashtrays/disposal containers have disapeared from anywhere around stores due to the 25'-50' keep away limits for smokeing, therefore some people just drop them on the ground in frustration. Provide convenient disposal spots near store entry points and this "problem" could be eliminated. But a Phil points out it's beer cans, soda bottles, candy wrappers, chewing gum... the list could go on and on. Educating our children and adults to not litter should be a priority. - kd006 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:33:19 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/9185/925/#comment-12868 Could there be an ordinance/law instituted for recycling the butts back to manufacturers for them to dispose of properly? Perhaps a deposit on a pkg of cigarettes which would encourage smokers & others to pick them up & bring them to places that sell tobacco products. Ultimately the manufactures would be responsible to take care of the toxic waste in a proper manner. - allenmarkowski Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:04:00 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/9185/925/#comment-12865 pooper scooper laws work but we dont have any. I watch the owners of dogs letting their dogs do their business in the parks and private lawns and move on letting some one else pick up after them. There are diseases spread by those feces. I find Malboro packages all over the road as well as butts everywhere. Litterbugs. - boondoggle Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:26:26 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/9185/925/#comment-12854 on my ranch is beer cans, number two is discarded cigarette packages, I've always thought sloppiness and smoking go hand-in-hand. - smurf Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:29:46 +0100