One bottle. One pick.
One cigarette butt. One pick.
Now imagine hundreds - in gutters, between paving stones and along sidewalks.
Cigarette butts are among the world's most common litter items. They're frustrating and labor-intensive to remove.
And the filter is plastic.
So maybe we should ask:
How much are our communities spending picking them up - one by one?
And how much could we save by stopping them from reaching the ground?
At Trashpocket, we believe prevention deserves more attention.
Don't just clean it up. Prevent it.
#Trashpocket #CigaretteLitter #PlasticPollution #LitterPrevention
As the climate crisis worsens, highlighted by heatwaves in Europe, are policymakers prioritizing GDP growth over the environment that sustains humanity?
UNEP's Steven Stone argues for incorporating natural asset indicators into decisions. https://t.co/9FRLVKl9zE
VERY CLEVER!
A Swedish start-up called Corvid Cleaning came up with a clever idea to fight litter using one of nature’s smartest birds. The company built a machine that rewards wild crows with food whenever they deposit cigarette butts into it. The birds quickly learned the system, and littering has been reduced as much as 75%.
Denver is demanding that some of the biggest tobacco companies in the world pay for the cleanup of discarded cigarette butts on its streets.
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Did you know that since 2022, it's illegal to throw cigarette butts on the ground in Sweden?
The fine: 800 SEK ($75 USD).
The problem? Police don't prioritize the offense despite 1 billion butts being littered annually in Sweden. The risk of getting caught is minimal. But if you do get fined, it costs more than a Trashpocket costs for years.
Why take the risk?
#Trashpocket is:
☑️ Mobile – fits in your pocket
☑️ Odor-free – no smell
☑️ Simple – drop, close, empty later
A law doesn't change behavior on its own. But a pocket ashtray does...
#trashpocket #fine #binthebutts #cleancities
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Cigarette butts pile up at building entrances, along sidewalks, and outside offices every single day...
They don't just look bad, they're costly to remove. Cleanup requires specialized machinery, manual sweeping, and hours of staff time. In Sweden alone, the cost of picking up a single butt is estimated at 0.80 to 2 SEK. Globally, the annual cleanup cost for cities runs into the millions.
All of this is completely unnecessary!
If tenants and employees are introduced to a trashpocket, the problem disappears, along with the cost.
A small pocket = big savings.
#trashpocket #binthebutts #littering #sustainability #cleancities
Canicule, sécheresse, vent fort… des facteurs de risque réunis pour favoriser les #feuxdeforêt. 9 feux sur 10 sont d'origine humaine et liés à des imprudences. Un simple mégot jeté au bord d'une route peut suffire à déclencher un #incendie.
Pour sensibiliser le plus grand nombre, l'Entente Valabre s'est associée cette année à la Fédération nationale des sapeurs-pompiers de France @PompiersFR, #Alcome et à la Confédération @LesBuralistes dans le cadre de la campagne « Petit Mégot, Gros Dégâts ».
Retrouvez-nous sur les routes du #TourdeFrance pour partager les bons gestes !
It is clear... In countries where strong environmental organizations have successfully lobbied policymakers to fund the large-scale distribution of pocket ashtrays to smokers, measurements show that once smokers come into contact with them, they stop tossing cigarette butts!
Pocket ashtrays prevent wildfires! #pocketashtrays#cigarettbutts#wildfires
"Every year the Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is called to hundreds of roadside fires believed to be caused by discarded butts..."
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@janemanuelj@skyttedal Hej Jan… Vet int om du röker, men 4500 000 000 000 plast-fimpar slängs på marken av cigarettrökare varje år runt om världen. Jättestort miljöproblem! Nästan alla fiskar vi äter har spår av fimpar!! Har försökt nå cigarettrökare med allra bästa av lösning… samarbete? 👍🏻🚬🚯💚
Hey @wef! 👋
As You know, we have major problem concerning #cigarettebutt#littering…
Almost every produced cigarette ends up on our streets and in natures.
Environmentalists all over the World haven’t find any working methods yet to reduce this bad behavior!
Thoughts?!
… This alarming number of littered #CigaretteButts in the world weighs equal to 1.2 million tons, and it is estimated that this number would will increase by 50% by 2025!
Cigarette Butts: Toxic Threat and Tobacco Control Opportunity | Global Health NOW https://t.co/bLVwFfSq9v
Nov 12 (Reuters) - As the world's nations enter another round of talks this week on creating a first-ever treaty to contain plastic pollution…
Reduce plastic waste and dispose cigarette butts properly by using our pocket ashtray. 👍🏻💚 #trashpocket
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