Inspired by the Brussels initiative that saw volunteers collect 270,000 cigarette butts in three hours last year, a Luxembourgish resident has decided to set up a similar event for the Grand Duchy’s capital.
Aye butt, nae butt: Volunteers collect 270,000 cigarette butts in 3 hours in BrusselsThe event, organised on Facebook, will take place on 26 January. Whilst details are likely to come as the date draws closer, the premise is simple: volunteers can pick up cigarette butts, ideally collecting them in plastic bottles, and at the end of the event, the cigarette stubs collected will all be counted. This anti-littering campaign is designed as a reminder that both the capital and the earth are not ashtrays.
For further information, check out the Facebook event here.
The City of Luxembourg already has purpose-built cigarette bins around the capital that encourages users to throw away their cigarette butts as a means to ‘vote’ in questions such as ‘Is it acceptable to litter?’ or ‘Which is more polluting - glass or plastic?’.
