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  • June 2008
    • Chicago Fines Aim to Kick Smokers' Butts From Beach

      Chicago Fines Aim to Kick Smokers' Butts From Beach

      (Newser) - Chicago will fine smokers who toss cigarette butts on the beach—or within 15 feet of one— up to $500. The new law is aimed at cutting the cost of cleaning up after smokers, who have been forced outside by smoking bans, reports the Chicago Tribune. Millions of tons of butts are cleared from beaches every year.  More »

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      Chicago   smoking   smoking ban   Surgeon General   Ocean Conservancy   Earth Day

  • April 2008
    • Trash Fouls World's Beaches

      Trash Fouls World's Beaches

      (Newser) - One day of beach cleanup last year netted 6 million pounds of trash worldwide, an environmental group says. Volunteers in 76 countries collected an average of 182 pounds per mile of beach; the US weighed in at 390 pounds per mile, the AP reports. "We're the bad guys," said the head of the Ocean Conservancy. "Trash doesn't fall from the sky." More »

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      environment   pollution   beach   trash   littering   Ocean Conservancy

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