142,000 littered cigarette butts picked up in NL cleanup, awareness project

Dozens of volunteers came together in 18 Dutch municipalities on Saturday to pick up littered cigarette butts, both as a cleanup project and to raise awareness about this form of plastic litter. A total of 142 thousand cigarette butts were picked up during the course of one afternoon, the Plastic PeukMeuk movement, a collaboration of environmental organizations, companies and citizens, said in a press release.Submitted by Janene Pieters on Tuesday, 8 September 2020 - 19:10 https://nltimes.nl/2020/09/08/142000-littered-cigarette-butts-picked-nl-cleanup-awareness-project