Cigarette Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Cigarette butt === [[File:Filthy Habit by SillyPuttyEnemies.jpg|thumb|right|A discarded ''cigarette butt'', lying on dirty snow]] {{See also|Ashtray|Cigarette pack#Features}} In North America, the common name for the remains of a cigarette after smoking is a ''cigarette butt''. In Britain, it is also called a ''fag-end'' or a ''dog-end''.<ref>The Nelson contemporary English dictionary - Page 187, W. T. Cunningham - 1977</ref> The butt is typically about 30% of the cigarette's original length. It consists of a tissue tube which holds a [[cigarette filter|filter]] and some remains of tobacco mixed with ash. They are the most numerically frequent [[litter]] in the world.<ref name="Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology">{{cite journal|last1=Micevska|first1=T.|last2=Warne|first2=M. St. J.|last3=Pablo|first3=F.|last4=Patra|first4=R.|year=2005|title=Variation in, and Causes of, Toxicity of Cigarette Butts to a Cladoceran and Microtox|journal=Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology|volume=50|issue=2|pages=205–212|doi=10.1007/s00244-004-0132-y|pmid=16328625|s2cid=26207468}}<!--|access-date= 2012-01-01 --></ref> Cigarette butts accumulate outside buildings, on parking lots, and streets where they can be transported through storm drains to streams, rivers, and beaches.<ref name="longwood">Kathleen M. Register. "[http://www.longwood.edu/cleanva/ciglitterarticle.htm Cigarette Butts as Litter—Toxic as Well as Ugly] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212143743/http://www.longwood.edu/cleanva/ciglitterarticle.htm |date=December 12, 2020 }}", [[Longwood University]]. Retrieved June 28, 2011. First published in ''Underwater Naturalist'', Volume 25, Number 2, August 2000.</ref> In a 2013 trial, the city of [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], partnered with [[TerraCycle]] to create a system for recycling of cigarette butts. A reward of 1¢ per collected butt was offered to determine the effectiveness of a deposit system similar to that of beverage containers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/penny-for-your-butts-vancouver-group-pushes-cigarette-butt-recycling-plan-1.1335827|title=Penny for your butts? Vancouver group pushes cigarette-butt recycling plan|work=CTVNews|date=June 21, 2013|access-date=May 30, 2015|archive-date=July 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706150326/http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/penny-for-your-butts-vancouver-group-pushes-cigarette-butt-recycling-plan-1.1335827|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/cigarette-butt-collection-and-recycling.aspx|title=City and TerraCycle launch cigarette butt collection and recycling program|author=City of Vancouver|access-date=May 30, 2015|date=November 13, 2013|archive-date=May 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503041335/http://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/cigarette-butt-collection-and-recycling.aspx}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page