Etiket: butts
Cleared up more than 600 kilos of waste and 3012 butts along the beaches in the Noordkop
Hundreds of volunteers are rolling up their sleeves again these weeks on the beaches along the North Sea. During the Beach Clean Up Tour, the coast is cleaned of all…
Tens of thousands of cigarette butts removed from West Frisian streets during cleaning action
Dozens of volunteers cleaned up tens of thousands of cigarette filters in West Friesland today. They participated in the national campaign ‘Plastic PeukMeuk’ to make smokers aware that throwing cigarette…
Catalonia studies a rate of 20 cents per cigarette to recycle butts
Catalonia also prepares its own war on waste and single-use plastic. The ‘conselleria’ d’Acció Climàtica is already working on the first draft of the new Llei de Residus; a regulation…
Research into reducing butts in street waste | Inland
The research should map out the possibilities, effectiveness and feasibility of reducing cigarette butts thrown away on the street. A national ban on cigarette filters is also included as an…
Crows clear up Swedish butts in exchange for peanuts
A crow trained to pick up cigarette butts in Taby, near Stockholm.Image Corvid Cleaning / REUTERS The wild crows learn to take butts and other small waste to a machine.…
Swedish city trains crows to pick up cigarette butts | Science
The Swedish town of Södertälje near Stockholm uses a special weapon against cigarette butts on the street: crows. The birds are trained to pick up the polluting butts and dump…