“300 per kilo” In Subic you will be paid for collecting cigarette butts

With 17.3 million Filipino adult smokers, Philippines is one of the countries that suffering in a cigarette butts litter problem.

Most of the smokers in the country only threw their cigarette butts in the streets and beaches that really badly affects the environment.

SBMA Ecology Center weighing a sack of cigarette butts

Photo: SBMA Ecology Center

Because of this, Subic Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Ecology Center made a good idea to ease the problem on cigarette butt wastes.

SBMA Ecology Center posted their announcement addressed to the people around their place that they would reward them for collecting cigarette butts from streets and beaches.

They’re willing to buy the improperly littered cigarette butts for 300 pesos, an idea that amazed the netizens not only of Subic, but also the whole Philippines.

However, they clarified that they’re not encouraging the people to smoke more, but only collect cigarette butts instead of throwing it to improper places.

This is the whole post of SBMA Ecology Center:

We are still buying dry cigarette butts for recycling just bring it here at Ecology Center office at Regulatory Building Labitan St. Subic Bay Freeport Zone!

We are buying cigarette butts for a study we are currently conducting for possible upcycling. We would be needing 20-60 kilograms of butts for the study. Cigarette butts are one of the top three litters that go to our bay every year. They take 10-12 years to decompose.

One kg is worth 300 pesos! You are not just being paid for collecting these litter but you are being rewarded with cleaner environment!

Join us in this War on Waste!
#HeaviestButtCampaign

*we are encouraging everyone to pick up litter from the streets and beaches and not to smoke.

A concerned netizen also reminded the people who wanted to collect cigarette butts to wear gloves while picking up the litters.

“Ingat lang po sa pagpulot. Siguraduhing hindi ng bare hands ang gagamitin. Mag gloves o kaya lagyan ng protection ang kamay. Tandaan na nagmula yan sa bibig ng mga tao, maraming sakit ang maaaring maipasa.” Jomar Soriano said.

A netizen also expressed her sadness because Filipinos needed to be paid just to collect trashes like cigarette butts.

“Sad. This is how irresponsible some people are, kailangan pang may magbayad para ipunin ang kalat nila. Hindi ba pwedeng kalat mo, itapon mo ng maayos at sa tamang lugar?” Rassel Ching said.

According to verywellmind.com, “trillions of filters, filled with toxic chemicals from tobacco smoke, make their way into our environment as discarded waste yearly.”

Cigarette filters are also a threat to wildlife that could ingest them, mistaking filters for food, and to small children, who may eat them if they’re within reach.

Do you think this idea would really ease the problem on cigarette butt wastes? Share your thoughts below!

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