“Without prejudice that smoking is seriously harmful to health, in Italy it appears that 14 billion cigarette butts are dispersed into the environment and 64% of smoked cigarettes are disposed of improperly. Furthermore, 40% of the population is not aware of the legislation in force which fines up to 300 euros for abandoning cigarette butts on the ground, which each contain 4,000 harmful, toxic and carcinogenic chemical substances”. So in a note Brunello Brunettoregional councilor of the League and president of the II Health and Social Security commission.
“Liguria – he continues – is not exempt from this phenomenon and, in particular, our streets, beaches and waters, where cigarette butts represent a high percentage of the total waste present, in front of bottles, plastic bags, cans and Among other things, I would like to remind you that each cigarette butt can contaminate up to 1000 liters of water. It is therefore necessary to raise awareness among the population and to penalize behavior that is harmful to the environment. I am satisfied that the Legislative Assembly of Liguria has approved this. unanimity, my agenda which commits the council to implement every useful initiative to raise awareness among companies dealing with waste cycle management, local administrations and consumers on the issues of cigarette butt collection”.
“Specifically, on the harmful effects on the environment, on the obligation not to throw smoking products on the ground or abandon them on beaches, in water, in road drains and in the sewerage system, on sanctions in case of violation of current legislation, on the possibility – he concludes – of activating certain separate collection procedures for waste smoking products with specific recovery chains rather than disposal in landfill”.
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