As smoking is banned from more and more places, cigarette butts are piling up. Now, in an effort to win the battle of the butts, dozens of cities are focusing on the litter problem by distributing ...

MONTREAL–Smokers who toss cigarette butts onto the street because there’s no ashtray handy will have to find a new excuse in Montreal. The city started distributing pocket-sized portable ashtrays ...

We’re not sure we actually know anyone who would use Chillichilly’s Pocket Ashtray, but life in cities would be just that little bit better if smokers paid more attention to where they toss their ...

Gina Hawkins talks on Thursday about how the portable or pocket ashtrays are used. (Xoe Miller/WUFT News) It all began with six streets in downtown Gainesville. In two days, Keep Alachua County ...

We hear it every spring: “Don’t throw your cigarette butts out your car window.” And yet, thousands are still tossed out drivers’ windows every year. Smokers have devised innovative ways over the ...

Thanks to a small sliding rail, a case that slips under a pack of cigarettes lets you deposit your butt so you don’t pollute. In France, smokers toss over 23 billion butts yearly, each one capable of ...

A West Australian council is handing out free pocket ashtrays to reduce the huge number of cigarette butts discarded every day. More than 7 billion butts are littered in Australia each year They take ...

The City of Vancouver is handing out free pocket ashtrays this summer to curb the growing number of cigarette butts tossed on city streets. The ashtrays, which resemble tiny envelopes that clasp shut, ...

There's one item that Femke Bergsma sees all too often when she leads her cleaning team in Lachine — cigarette butts. It's an issue that stumps even the cleanest of cities. Montreal has installed ...

New approach to stop smokers from littering We all know littering is a bad habit, but officials say far too many smokers are doing it anyway. Now, the City of Vancouver is trying a new approach to ...

SMOKERS are being urged to do their bit to keep Durham City centre clean. City of Durham Parish Council has launched an anti-cigarette waste campaign calling on residents and visitors to the city not ...