March 19, 2011 Moonlight Beach Cleanup

Last weekend volunteers cleaned up 2,820 cigarette butts! Thank you volunteers:)

Oceanside beach cleanup efforts!

On Sat, 3/12/11, the beach cleanup crew in Oceanside collected 8799 butts! Wow what an ongoing issue!!

10 New Ashcans Installed in Hillcrest!!

Thank you to Benjamin Nicholls, the Hillcrest Business Improvement Association and local businesses for their sponsorship and support in helping keep our streets clean of cigarette butt litter!!

Like the idea of cigarette butts having a redemption value?

Hi.

If you think that cigarette butts having a value to them (and recycling) can help increase their disappearance, then please vote for this daily through March 27th! It's a Green Award worth $25,000 and would really enhance our Cigarette Butt Redemption & Recycling program based here in San Diego (and partnered with Surfrider Foundation)

Read more here: http://www.ripplelife.org/butts

VOTE HERE!

Thanks everyone!

Feb 2011 HOTYB hotline calls

This Feb we had 214 calls on our hotline regarding butt flicking incidents....thanks to the concerned citizens calling in!

Raising awareness thru the local Union Tribune newspaper

The HOTYB group was published in the local San Diego Union Tribune newspaper, raising awareness to a broader audience, and getting the word out about the cigarette waste issue. View the newspaper article here. Many thanks to Nathan Max at the Union-Tribune.

Two New Ashcans at P.B. Shore Club!!!

Thank you to Billy, Doug & the Pacific Beach Shore Club for their sponsorship donation for two new ash cans!! Thank you for helping keep our streets and beaches clean of cigarette butt litter!!!

New ashcan at Blind Lady Ale House!

Thank you to Jeff Motch & Blind Lady Ale House for
helping keep our streets clean of cigarette butt litter!!