Etiket: butts
Ostend’s strict approach against butts pays off
This year 4,600 violations were detected, last year there were 3,200. An increase, but Ostend now controls much more. And it is mainly visitors who make the mistake. Two years…
Elon Musk’s recent decision caused many people to burn their butts – Backing off now
The titles were removed from social service X’s URL sharing connection in October. Elon Musk wanted to improve the app’s aesthetics, but the change turned out to be impractical. Ron…
This is why almost all smokers throw their butts on the floor (and that’s a huge problem)
Every smoker will probably have done it: put out a cigarette against a traffic bollard, or express it in the sand because your friends suddenly want to take a dip…
De Haan, Koksijde and Mooimakers take action against cigarette butts
De Haan, Koksijde and Mooimakers take action against cigarette butts Mooimakers, an initiative against litter and illegal dumping in Flanders, will focus this summer on cleaning up cigarette butts on…
More fines for butts and more bicycle and shoplifting in Ostend
More fines for butts and more bicycle and shoplifting in Ostend The number of bicycle thefts increased again in 2022 after a downward trend in 2020 and 2021. Compared to…
Beach is not an ashtray! Butts on our cleaner coast remain ‘persistent problem’
Who doesn’t long for pearly white summer beaches? Our coastal strip is becoming increasingly cleaner, predicts the North Sea Foundation, thanks to the deposit on cans and the obligatory bottle…
Already 4,400 GAS fines for cigarette butts in Ostend
Already 4,400 GAS fines for cigarette butts in Ostend In addition to prevention and awareness-raising, fining is an important way to encourage people to throw their butts in the rubbish…
Minister Demir wants the tobacco industry to pay for cleaning up butts | Interior
Flemish Environment Minister Zuhal Demir wants the tobacco producers to pay for the litter costs of cigarette butts. The N-VA minister wants the tobacco industry to take on part of…
Tobacco manufacturers have to pay themselves for cleaning up many butts in Spanish nature
At the same time as a ban on plastic straws, Spain introduced a law on Friday that obliges cigarette manufacturers to pay for cleaning up discarded butts. According to nature…
The Figueres Hospital, the first in Spain to recycle tobacco butts
The presence of waste in the perimeter of the health center had been a problem for years For the moment, six ashtrays have been installed that will be expanded with…