Cigarette butts everywhere. The problem is, that while the cigarette paper and tobacco are bio-degradable, the filters aren't. So, there are at least two possible solutions: 1) Ban the sale of filter-tip cigarettes. 2) Put a "butt deposit" fee of, say, 5c per cigarette ($1 per pack), as there is on (some) bottles and cans.
A "butt deposit" would give the homeless and trash pickers an incentive -- a little extra income -- to pick up and redeem cigarette butts.
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