Cigarette butts are the most common item of litter found on Dublin’s beachesClean Coasts officer Olivia Jones and Keep Our Beaches Clean volunteer Mairead Staunton reminding smokers to dispose of cigarette butts properlySmokers are being reminded to dispose of their cigarette butts and vapes correctly after an increase in smoking related litter on beaches last year. Cigarette butts are the most common item found on beaches around Dublin and account for almost 50pc of all discarded waste in the country, according to Irish environmental charity Clean Coasts. Clontarf Tidy Towns removed around 50kg of litter on their Big Beach Clean event, including 2,700 cigarette butts. Cigarette butts now account for 60pc of all street litter in Dublin city. Bins have been installed on some beaches, asking visitors to dispose cigarette butts properlyGlobally littered cigarette butts amount to an estimated 0.3 million tons of microfibers released per year.

Source: Irish Independent May 30, 2023 18:58 UTC