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In 2021 Annapolis Green has developed a public education program for the City of Annapolis to encourage disposal of cigarette butts in appropriate receptacles and now, with an additional grant, we can announce that there are 15 branded receptacles throughout the City.

The campaign is important because cigarette butts pose a threat to area waterways. Cigarette litter contains toxic plastic that does not biodegrade and looks like food to wildlife.

Residents of Annapolis are seeing cigarette butt receptacles around town that carry the following messages:

• Cigarette butts are not only unsightly litter, but with every rainfall they wash into storm drains, ending up in our creeks, rivers, and the Chesapeake Bay;
• Cigarette butts are made of plastic so they are not biodegradable; they break up into microscopic pieces that marine life and birds mistake for food; and
• Cigarette butts are designed to absorb toxic chemicals from entering smokers’ lungs so they are packed with toxins that are harmful to land-based wildlife like birds and marine life.

The butts in the receptacles will be sent to a recycler where the plastic content will be harvested and used to make other products.

We’ve got some GREAT videos about No Butts in the Bay! 
Hear from folks who support the program!

We’ve got individual pocket ashtrays and cup-holder size ashtrays that we are offering to smokers to encourage them to hang on to their butts until a proper receptacle is in sight. And we’ve got educational handouts.

If you’d like a pocket ashtray, just let us know!

Let’s encourage our friends who smoke to change habits because those plastic cigarette butts pose a threat to area waterways and the critters that live in them — and therefore, to us! And the litter is just plain ugly.

The 2021 campaign was funded by a grant from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and with federal  funds under award number NA18NOS4190145 from NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA or the U.S. Department of Commerce. See the City’s press release.

Look for our butt receptacles around town at these locations:

1. Bus stop on Bay Ridge Road, behind K&B True Value, (store address: 912 Forest Drive)
2. Bus stop on Church Circle
3. Hudson & Fouquet/Metropolitan, 175 West Street
4. Bus stop at 7/11 store, 111 West Street
5. Fleet Reserve/Choptank, Compromise Street
6. Walkway between Maryland League of Conservation Voters and Gotts Garage, Northwest Street
7. Path from circular parking lot to West Street, next to Visitors Center, 26 West Street
8. Bread & Butter Kitchen/Yacht Haven, 303 Second Street, Eastport
9. Davis Park across from Davis’ Pub, 400 Chester Avenue, Eastport
10. Galway Bay Irish Pub, 63 Maryland Avenue
11. Capistrano Barber Shop, 54 Maryland Avenue
12. Joss Café & Sushi Bar, 195 Main Street
13. O’Brien’s Oyster Bar & Seafood Tavern, 113 Main Street
14. Market Space, near Market House entrance
15. Gorman Street, near Hillman Garage construction