how you do it
Implementing Keep America Beautiful's Cigarette Litter Prevention Program is mostly about bringing together like-minded community members that can rally behind the issue.
From there, it's a matter of organizing around simple strategies that have proven to be effective in reducing cigarette litter.
Get started:
1. Gather a Team
2. Assess Community Needs and Establish a Budget
3. Kick-off Cigarette Litter Prevention Program
4. Evaluate Program Impact
5. Sustain and Expand
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We recommend doing follow up scans, and getting more media and enforcement on board. |
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Linda, |
Proven strategies to reduce cigarette butt litter:
- Review local litter laws, including cigarette litter, and encourage enforcement.
- Educate the public using public services messages and advertising.
- Place ash receptacles at "transition points," spots where smokers must stop smoking before proceeding.
- Distribute pocket ashtrays to adult smokers.