Saturday, February 19, 2011

Our Daily Ocean: Day 45

Every time we do a beach clean up... I post all of the pictures that I take on my Facebook page.  On a photo from Day 42, Sarah N. told me about how Camel makes a cigarette that has a little plastic "flavor" pellet inside the filter. I was immediately intrigued... especially knowing that I had picked up some of the cigarettes that she told me about.  So today... when we got home from Wrightsville Beach and I was counting all of the cigarette butts that we found at Access 19... you can imagine my excitement when I saw this:
I immediately put it to the side and kept counting butts... then when I finished... I opened it up:
And found the little plastic "flavor" pellet that Sarah had told me about...
Insane... right?!?  ...I'm honestly at a loss for words.

20 minutes on February 19, 2011
Litter by weight: 1 lb 2.4 oz
Cigarette butts: 131


 Total amount of cigarette butts picked up off of Wrightsville Beach, NC in 45 days:
14,524

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3 comments:

  1. HarryFebruary 19, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    Don't know if you get it in NC, but there's a long-running public-service TV campaign here in Maine called "Tobacco Never Quits." And they're so right.

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  2. theplasticocean.blogspot.comFebruary 19, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    I love that - tobacco never quits. Brilliant not only that tobacco companies never quit f@*king with people who try it to be cool and can't get off it when it isn't. I think I'll go buy me some Camels and see what that plastic "flavor" bomb looks like before and after its smoked. Thank you Danielle and Sara!

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  3. UnknownFebruary 20, 2011 at 1:28 PM

    ... if we do get that PSA in NC... I've never seen it... could have something to do with the lack of TV I watch ;)

    Bonnie... I totally bust out laughing... you and Harry both are so right... it never quits. Sarah was telling me that a lot of people don't crush the flavor pellet because they don't like the "flavor"... but they buy that type because they're cheaper. Interesting, right?!?

    I'm thinking that a water test with this type of butt is in order as well!!!

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