Town In Cork Launches New Campaign To Clean Up Its Streets

Locals in Carrigaline have picked up over 6000 cigarette butts on the town's main street over a four week period

In response to the volumes of cigarette waste, The community's tidy towns committee have launched a new campaign, 'Smoke It. Stub It. Bin It.', to encourage people to dispose of their cigarettes responsibly.

Recent Pollution reports have revealed that last year 56.3% of litter across the local authorities was cigarette-related, predominantly cigarette butts.

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