From the NY Post:Stomped-out cigarette butts -- the blight of many a Big Apple sidewalk -- would be collected and recycled as part of a statewide environmental program included in a bill proposed by a Queens assemblyman.
Democrat Michael G. DenDekker, who drafted the bill last week, wants to slap a one-cent deposit on every cigarette sold in the state, similar to the deposit on cans and bottles. He hopes it will stop people from littering, or inspire others to pick up the butts.
31 comments:
What an "improvement" over Ivan Lafayette.
Huh?
What's he smoking?
Then the bums, er, uh homeless will lineup in front of stores with pockets full of their new found gold, and the delis and supermarkets will hire new workers to count the germ laden butts. We'll have full employment and the happy homeless!!
why don't we dump them all on Bloombutt's head?
Maspeth Mom says...
Yeee HHHAAAA - I will be rich from the about of cigarette butts these dopey smokers dump in my tree pit. Then when my shitty neighbor throws them in my yard I wont be compelled to throw them back.
How stupid! Perfect example of the inmates running the asylum!
a penny a butt - someone tell this idiot that people don't CARE about one penny - you would have to save 100 of them to get a freakin' dollar! And what does a dollar buy you today - a newspaper -
MAYBE!
AND WHO the fk is going to count all those USED cigarette butts? DISGUSTING!!
How stupid is this man? I now doubt the capabilities of DenDekker - I'm "inspired" alright - to FIRE him!
You could only wish the butts were stomped out. Today's smokers take a long deep drag to get all last tars and nicotine then flick the live mini fire bombs. At least it keeps the fire departments busy putting out garbage and brush fires. Luckily, smokers usually have shortened life spans.
Maybe if the smokers were more considerate to the environment, instead of dumping their cigarette butts everywhere, there wouldn't be a need for this bill.
Have you been to Coney Island lately? The entire beach is littered with butts.
You smokers are disgusting, and I hope that for your own good, it will become as illegal as weed. Of course, the day after nicotine is banned, I am sure that someone will invent a medical excuse for it.
I am not a smoker - but, the FIRE DEPARTMENT putting our fires caused by smokers who "FLICK" lit cigarattes? you've got to be kidding - are you from the same gene pool as this DenDekker nut?
lmao... this is a joke!
Anno "I am not a smoker - but, the FIRE DEPARTMENT putting our fires caused by smokers" Your kidding Annon right. Common knowledge that 100% of road side brush and forest fires are caused by tossed butts from moving cars and trucks.
I guess if the ground is gasoline soaked . . .
If you toss a lit cigarette into a a PILE of DRIED leaves - then yes if COULD start a dangerous fire. BUT understand that LIVE vegetation is part water and will not burn UNLESS you have a raging fire and there had been no rain in a long time - as in the case of the huge fires in Calif.
So - with all the smokers that have lived, died and tossed their cigs, etc. into the air for the last 100 years or more there would be NO vegetation left if your theory were true.
how did this man get his job?
I'm going to buy today's Sunday Post. The price is $1.25.
If I go to the park and spend the entire day bent over searching for discarded butts would I be able to find 125 of them? It sounds like a whole heck of a lot of fun doesn't it Goobers?
Is there some sort of geiger counter for this valuable commodity?
Would it be considered rude to approach a smoker and WAIT for him/her to finish - OR perhaps ASK the smoker if, upon finishing the cig - to please pass it on to me.
I think the post before this SUMS up the thoughts of many -
I'm going to buy today's Sunday Post. The price is $1.25.
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Are you sure you could afford it after you pay for your ad in the Tribune?
I'm going to have to change my name. It sounds too much like Babs.
Geez. SOMEBODY please run in the primary against him. PLEASE, Republicans!!! Make an effort in the general election.
"Common knowledge that 100% of road side brush and forest fires are caused by tossed butts from moving cars and trucks."
Didnt know that. Phew. Report that to the City to end NYC's brush and forest fire.
It sounds like a whole heck of a lot of fun doesn't it Goobers?
Babs is calling us goobers? I think she's the nut.
no - I wasn't Grasshopper.
AGAIN you lack of simple reading comprehension skills is blatantly revealed.
I was being sarcastic and speaking the way I see Dandekker viewing the public i.e. that he sees the majority of us as "goobers" or that we are people who would be stupid enough to consider counting cigarette butts for ONE FREAKIN' PENNY.
I am also NOT the type to talk down to someone UNLESS of course that person talks down to me - which YOU seem to do and frequently too. You are a cretin.
I was being sarcastic and speaking the way I see Dandekker viewing the public i.e. that he sees the majority of us as "goobers" or that we are people who would be stupid enough to consider counting cigarette butts for ONE FREAKIN' PENNY.
Translation: I have problems communicating and getting my point across but will assume you will know what I'm talking about. Sorry, it doesn't work for me. You have issues and need help, Babs. Did you ever think of trying a new identity and see if you get the same reaction?
Pay attention to this genius:
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein
Maspeth mom says.
I think DenDekker main goal was to stop people from littering by throwing ciggarete butts on the ground.
Maybe he should just get Sanitaion Dept and DEP to dot their jobs ie; to issue summons for littering. In my neck of Maspeth you could have a field day giving out summons.
BTW - On 61 Street Santitation Dept. was ripping down posters off poles, putting them into his trunk, He said he will issue summons except to people who post LOST ANIMAL posters.
And to the ANON POSTER who said "who cares about a penny? " My uncle who was quite wealthy said" if you take care of the pennies the dollars will take care of themselves."
Actually - you appear jealous of my writing skills as well as my superior intellect.
Rather than learn from me - you choose instead to insult and degrade me in an effort to get me off the thread.
My presence in the threads threatens you and makes you appear even more stupid than usual - if that is possible anyway.
It's not easy catching someone tossing a cigarette although not impossible. You would have to keep someone on watch 24/7 of course . . .
People should be fined who post on poles anything other than lost pets. It litters the area as much as if they dropped the flyer on the ground. They are usually EASY to find as they leave addresses and phone nos. on the flyers.
I think your uncle is a smart man - perhaps though a penny was worth much more in his heyday than it is today. Most deli's and candy stores today even have "a penny for the pot" bowls where people will leave a penny or two AND/OR take one or two if needed for a cash purchase.
Heh if it does become law - you can prove me wrong - go right ahead - please. Start harvesting those butts NOW for cashing in later.
It's all about Babs and don't you forget it!!!
This post is about butts and Babs is a pain in ours, collectively speaking. 'Nuff said.
yes, i do recycle my butts by handing them to crackheads.
What a bunch of simpletons you are! Bitching and moaning about "who's gonna pick these things up and count the pennies?" I bet you said the same thing about bottles and cans, yet there are people who cart around gigantic garbage bags of these things. Butts would be just as easy to accumulate.
Once again, this site is brilliant at attracting naysayers, not creative thinkers. I'm with the effort to penalize unhealthy behavior (that costs us all in insurance premiums) and reward hard work!!!
there's a fine line I guess between creativity and stupidity -
Dendakker's on the latter side.
If you are looking to penalize unhealthy behavior - raise the price of a pack again - each time it's raised there are smokers that quit.
BUT that's NOT what we are talking about is it?
We are talking about the recyclying of the filters - NO ONE going to spend the day picking up cigarette butts NOR is a smoker going to save his butts in order to get $.20 BACK!
If nobody wants to collect them for their 20 cents then I guess there will be a lot of additional tax (deposit) monies available to employes people who will... Either way, it removes enormous amounts of toxins from the environment and creates jobs...not a bad deal. If you ask me, these guys are brilliant! Why all the negativity? Wake up....
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