4.5 Trillion Cigarette Litter Problem

In recent weeks, I have been in discussions with businesses and residents living in the Kelvinbridge area about the improvements they would like to see. Everyone is really concerned about the problem of litter along the riverbank. 

A resident has taken action to discourage littering by creating an informative poster to stop people throwing away cigarette litter and this is on display at the railings next to the River Kelvin.

Cigarette Butt Litter poster at the riverbank.

It is estimated that 122 tonnes of cigarette ends are dropped everyday across the UK (that’s about 200 million of them), with an estimated 4.5 trillion cigarette butts dropped worldwide every year. Local authorities have highlighted that the advent of the smoking ban has seen a marked increase in the number of cigarette ends discarded on our pavements and streets.

Useful link:

To report litter / dog fouling - http://www.saferglasgow.com/what-we-do/tackling-antisocial-behaviour.aspx