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- 1. Cigarette Pollution Solutions Butts Only Box® Made in U.S.A. U.S. Patent D618388
- 2. Butts to watts® Cigarette recycling program
- 3. Cigarette Pollution Solutions We don’t accept this
- 4. Cigarette Pollution Solutions • Cigarettes are the number one littered item in the world. • In 1998 we threw away over 170 million pounds of cigarette waste. • Each pound of cigarette waste will produce over 500 watts of energy.
- 5. Cigarette Pollution Solutions California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) litter characterization study showing 34% of trash collected by count is cigarette litter.
- 6. Cigarette Pollution Solutions Bird nest lined with used cigarette filters.
- 7. Cigarette Pollution Solutions • "School officials say landscapers who should be planting flowers and pruning shrubs are spending time instead picking up butts on the 15,000-acre campus: Some 13 landscapers spend 10 hours a week picking up discarded cigarettes at an estimated cost of $150,000." -- Philadelphia Daily News, March 27, 2000 on Penn State Cigarette Litter Costs
- 8. Cigarette Pollution Solutions • "A smouldering cigarette end started the fire in the Mont Blanc tunnel which killed 39 people last year, the newspaper Le Parisien reported yesterday... The cigarette end, thrown from another vehicle, entered the lorry's air intake, setting fire to the air filter and then the entire engine..." --Electronic Telegraph (UK), May 6, 2000
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- 11. Cigarette Pollution Solutions Caltrans cigarette litter program Trail model Caltrans has installed receptacles at the 56 busiest rest areas in California. These sites receive over 100 million visitors each year.
- 12. Cigarette Pollution Solutions Roadside model Caltrans has placed these at the rest areas so motorists can empty car ashtrays without the fear of starting trash can fires. The reflective labeling and related signage promotes the program 24 hours a day.
- 13. Cigarette Pollution Solutions Signage installed as part of Caltrans cigarette litter prevention program
- 14. San Jose International Airport collected enough in three months to charge over 11,000 cell phones for an hour
- 15. Butts to Watts® We offer a complete system of receptacles, recycling, and reporting
- 16. Butts to Watts® Cigarette waste is very high in BTU potential. This helps fuel the waste to energy facility and reduces the need for natural gas use at the plant. The ash from the plant is used as construction material.
- 17. This is the Commerce refuse to energy facility. It is operated by the Los Angeles County Sanitation District
- 18. Cigarette Pollution Solutions The city of Oceanside has installed receptacles in the harbor, at the pier, along the beach, and downtown to address cigarette litter problems in high traffic areas.
- 19. Cigarettebuttservices.com What we do: Empty and maintain receptacles on a scheduled basis Turn cigarette waste into electricity at waste to energy plants Provide monthly statements of cigarette litter loads Keep cigarette waste and associated chemical compounds from landfills
- 20. Cigarette Pollution Solutions Is dedicated to reducing storm water pollution for all of us, the wildlife, and future generations through simple, easy to use products. www.buttsonlybox.com www.cigarettebuttservices.com Thank you for your time!