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Smokers fail to bin their butts
11:31am Friday 14th September 2007
Comments (36)The number of cigarette butts dropped on the streets of England has gone up by more than 40 per cent since the smoking ban was brought in, litter campaigners said today.
Keep Britain Tidy said the English were much worse for dropping cigarette ends than the rest of the UK.
The organisation said there has been a 43 per cent increase in butts on England's streets since the smoking ban was introduced in July, compared to a 17 per cent rise in Northern Ireland and a seven per cent in Wales since those countries brought in their bans on smoking in enclosed public places.
Scotland saw an initial rise in smoking litter but it then reduced as more people used cigarette bins, Keep Britain Tidy said.
In England, there has also been seven times as much smoking-related rubbish on the streets, including cigarette packets and matches, since people were forced outside to smoke.
Ginette Unsworth, senior marketing manager for Keep Britain Tidy, said: "There's no reason for England to be bottom of the cig end grot pile'. It had more time than any other country in the UK to prepare for the ban. It's disgusting to see such a lack of pride in the state of the country's streets".
Keep Britain Tidy said 37 per cent of councils across the country had seen a rise in complaints about dropped cigarette butts.
According to the organisation, smoking litter makes up 40 per cent of the rubbish on our streets and costs £200 million a year to clear up.
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bachor, over there says...
11:35am Fri 14 Sep 07
p-jay, says...
11:38am Fri 14 Sep 07
I beg of you, please no. It's all been said.
Bolly, Bolton says...
11:41am Fri 14 Sep 07
bachor wrote:idiot
Smokers: Thick and Lazy
bachor, over there says...
11:50am Fri 14 Sep 07
Bolly wrote:Smokers:Thick, Lazy and thin-skinned
bachor wrote: Smokers: Thick and Lazyidiot
harry, bolton says...
12:08pm Fri 14 Sep 07
harry, bolton says...
12:09pm Fri 14 Sep 07
harry wrote:sorry, i ment ash tray
HA HA HA more bins needed with the ask try bit on top so smokers can put the fags out then into the bin.... they not going to put them in a bin thats not there or doesnt have anything to stub it out on.
Tommy, says...
1:16pm Fri 14 Sep 07
Scotland saw an initial rise in smoking litter but it then reduced as more people used cigarette bins, Keep Britain Tidy said.
This one sentence defies the whole point of this article.
Just have patience.
berushka, europe says...
1:53pm Fri 14 Sep 07
Sun Tzu, Bolton says...
2:07pm Fri 14 Sep 07
Can't wait for that job to be advertised.
BWFC-TIL-I-DIE, BOLTON says...
2:40pm Fri 14 Sep 07
Sun Tzu wrote:i'm guessing your an uphill gardner then !! :-) no offence meant...lol
Butt inspector. Can't wait for that job to be advertised.
Jon, Bolton says...
3:45pm Fri 14 Sep 07
Sun Tzu, Bolton says...
4:07pm Fri 14 Sep 07
BWFC-TIL-I-DIE wrote:Wishfull thinking on your part, me thinks.
Sun Tzu wrote:i'm guessing your an uphill gardner then !! :-) no offence meant...lol
Butt inspector. Can't wait for that job to be advertised.
BWFC-TIL-I-DIE, BOLTON says...
4:09pm Fri 14 Sep 07
Sun Tzu wrote:its you that wants to inspect butts
BWFC-TIL-I-DIE wrote:Wishfull thinking on your part, me thinks.Sun Tzu wrote: Butt inspector. Can't wait for that job to be advertised.i'm guessing your an uphill gardner then !! :-) no offence meant...lol
Jethro Tull, Bolton says...
4:32pm Fri 14 Sep 07
bachor wrote:Non smokers - brainwashed and gullible.
Smokers: Thick and Lazy
Eddie D, Scotland says...
4:44pm Fri 14 Sep 07
spice, bolton says...
5:06pm Fri 14 Sep 07
LS, says...
5:09pm Fri 14 Sep 07
bachor wrote:NOT lazy, I work for a living and so therefore choose what to spend my money on!!!! DEFINITELY not thick, got a degree to prove it. THIN SKINNED, nah, will just take your comments for what they're worth - Jack sH1T3!!!!!!
Bolly wrote:Smokers:Thick, Lazy and thin-skinnedbachor wrote: Smokers: Thick and Lazyidiot
berushka, europe says...
5:51pm Fri 14 Sep 07
qualifications reqquired: must smoke, must not vote labour, or no any other lunatic that votes labour, must not believe Bolton is a safe place to live, must not believe what councillors tell them, must believe that the eu should be rolled up in a cigarette and burnt to ashes. sign up below.
berushka, europe says...
5:53pm Fri 14 Sep 07
berushka, europe says...
5:54pm Fri 14 Sep 07
BoltonBornNBred, Bolton says...
1:23am Sat 15 Sep 07
King Eric, ......... says...
4:01am Sat 15 Sep 07
I give up
Thanks. Please stick to this promise.
cow-head, westhoughton says...
7:48am Sat 15 Sep 07
King Eric, ......... says...
8:31am Sat 15 Sep 07
I see you're the same positive person we know and love ?
Anyway, my first post and my (out of the) closet stalker responds.
cow-head, westhoughton says...
8:36am Sat 15 Sep 07
King Eric, ......... says...
8:45am Sat 15 Sep 07
Interesting use of our mother tongue.
Anyway, when are you leaving for Macedonia ?
Can just see you in Burberry in the Irish bar.
cow-head, westhoughton says...
9:08am Sat 15 Sep 07
berushka, europe says...
4:01pm Sat 15 Sep 07
King Eric wrote:I promised nothing, but I do promise that if you continue to write the trash your stupid mouth comes out with, I will send the tooth fairy to smack your battom. (Note that I said mouth and not brain, as it is obvious the latter is something your maker forgot to install when he dumped you under a bush)
I give upThanks. Please stick to this promise.
King Eric, ......... says...
8:23pm Sat 15 Sep 07
Shawpster, The Valley says...
8:59pm Mon 17 Sep 07
berushka wrote:It's sounds like Sun and BWFC are your ideal volunteers!
could really do with a puff - any volunteers? qualifications reqquired: must smoke, must not vote labour, or no any other lunatic that votes labour, must not believe Bolton is a safe place to live, must not believe what councillors tell them, must believe that the eu should be rolled up in a cigarette and burnt to ashes. sign up below.
Shawpster, The Valley says...
9:12pm Mon 17 Sep 07
LS wrote:Lazy, because you drop your stinking Cigarette butts on the floor, instead of the bin. Thick because despite hard, documented evidence, you still think it's not bad for you. It's just hype!! You can get a degree in a packet of Cornflakes these days. That saves you three years of working in Mcdonalds with a persistant hangover.
bachor wrote:NOT lazy, I work for a living and so therefore choose what to spend my money on!!!! DEFINITELY not thick, got a degree to prove it. THIN SKINNED, nah, will just take your comments for what they're worth - Jack sH1T3!!!!!!Bolly wrote:Smokers:Thick, Lazy and thin-skinnedbachor wrote: Smokers: Thick and Lazyidiot
DEREK UTTLEY, GREAT HARWOOD says...
1:02am Tue 18 Sep 07
BUTT We were forced outside
BUTT See how much revenue has been made
MAYBE THE NICOTINE WILL DISSOLVE THE CHEWING GUM ,AND SAVE MILLIONS OF POUNDS ON ITS REMOVAL ,
Evil Lenka, pah!! says...
5:28pm Tue 18 Sep 07
Shawpster, The Valley says...
7:36pm Tue 18 Sep 07
DEREK UTTLEY wrote:Oh! That's alright then. Smokers, throw their butts down. Gum chewers, throw their gum down. Why don't we all urinate on the streets to wash it all away!! Sound reasoning Buttley!!
BUTT We did not make this law BUTT We were forced outside BUTT See how much revenue has been made MAYBE THE NICOTINE WILL DISSOLVE THE CHEWING GUM ,AND SAVE MILLIONS OF POUNDS ON ITS REMOVAL ,
Jay, Wherever you are says...
10:32pm Tue 18 Sep 07
Only today I saw a poster on a bus about 'reporting a gum offense' to the council.
As to urinating ... saw enough of that from the Chorlton Street bus station Friday, Manchester, through the window.
Any wonder we have so much disease, filth on our streets?
No one forced anyone to smoke it's entirely your choice.
Don't expect everyone to put up with the filth you throw on the pavements.
That's not 'anti' anything BTW but plain common sense! It's bloody dirty!
And you wouldn't like it if anyone came to your house and threw rubbish all over your living room all over you.
Oh, hang on - some in the area DO that and live like that anyway! Silly me!
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BWFC-TIL-I-DIE, BOLTON says...
11:32am Fri 14 Sep 07