No ifs or butts: cigarettes are litter
No ifs or butts: cigarettes are litter
PUBLIC Services is supporting local retailers in an initiative to help tackle cigarette butt littering which has increased dramatically since the smoking ban was introduced in July 2006.
Personal ashtrays have gone on sale in local shops and are now available for smokers to buy for less than a pound to be able to safely and cleanly dispose of cigarette butts.
The Public Services Department is supporting their introduction and wants islanders to understand that cigarette butts are litter.
States Works General manager, Nigel Dorey, said cigarette butt littering has quadrupled in the island since the introduction of the smoking ban.
‘The additional littering unavoidably puts pressure on our resources and detracts from our cleansing work in other areas. Rural zones suffer particularly as we have to spend more time cleaning the streets in built up areas.
‘Islanders must understand that discarding a cigarette butt is just the same as throwing away a wrapper, a piece of chewing gum, or any rubbish. It isn’t acceptable. These personal ashtrays are a perfect solution because they are compact and enable the safe and clean disposal of cigarette butts,’ he said.
The small personal ButtsOut ashtrays retail at 99p and are available to buy at Contree Mansell Stores, Candie Cash, Candy Shop on The Bridge, Chris Douglas Pro-shop at L’Ancresse golf course, Corkscrew in The Arcade, Creaseys, Doyle Motors, Forest Road Garage, Forest Stores, La Baguette, Thompsons Motors, Tozers, The Venture garage and Trinity News. Other shops should also be stocking the product soon.
Contact information
Public Services Department. Tel: 717000