Downtown Austin
Be Responsible for Your Own Butts!
RECEIVED Thu., May 12, 2005
Dear Editor,
I'm voicing my opinion on a rather old subject, but one that hasn't seen the light of day for some time now. Cigarette butts. The folks who choose to smoke, be it in their cars, on the sidewalks, in the parks, what have you, for the most part don't use trash cans or ashtrays. One of the most disgusting things that I see is when a motorist flicks the still stinking little-bitty butt out of the car window – the actual worst is in the river tubing or at parks or pools – "Cause it's just a cigarette butt, what can it do?" It's still trash. Not to mention that millions of those get put out of car windows and on sidewalks every day. Where do they all go? They get washed up with all the other trash and end up polluting our streams and clogging our sewage filtration systems. Why not pay attention to your surroundings and just throw your butts in the trash.
Oh, and to those of you who go down to Barton Creek on the nice days and leave all that trash (including butts), it simply breaks my heart to see the beauty of a place littered with our "items of necessity" ... but i digress.
Thank you for hearing me.
I'm voicing my opinion on a rather old subject, but one that hasn't seen the light of day for some time now. Cigarette butts. The folks who choose to smoke, be it in their cars, on the sidewalks, in the parks, what have you, for the most part don't use trash cans or ashtrays. One of the most disgusting things that I see is when a motorist flicks the still stinking little-bitty butt out of the car window – the actual worst is in the river tubing or at parks or pools – "Cause it's just a cigarette butt, what can it do?" It's still trash. Not to mention that millions of those get put out of car windows and on sidewalks every day. Where do they all go? They get washed up with all the other trash and end up polluting our streams and clogging our sewage filtration systems. Why not pay attention to your surroundings and just throw your butts in the trash.
Oh, and to those of you who go down to Barton Creek on the nice days and leave all that trash (including butts), it simply breaks my heart to see the beauty of a place littered with our "items of necessity" ... but i digress.
Thank you for hearing me.
Jim Brunner