The Let’s Talk Butts Campaign was founded in July 2019 in Mississauga, Ontario, by Lisa Chen as a part of her Stage 3 community outreach project for the Canadian Conservation Corps. The campaign aims at eliminating cigarette butt litter through cleanups, outreach, litter mapping, creating butt collection cans and reaching out to stakeholders. The project has since then scaled and reached people from Canada, Vietnam, the Philippines, and United States. The campaign was formerly funded by the Canadian Conservation Corps, TakingITGlobal, Chantiers Jeunesse and Ocean Bridge.
Let's Talk Butts Community Impact
8
Countries
30+
Butt Cans Distributed
169870
Butts Removed
Cigarette Butt Facts
~4.95
trillion butts
are littered annually
Cigarette butts are the
#1
most littered item in the world
Cigarette butts break into
Microplastics
Every cigarette butt contains up to
60
known carcinogens
Cigarette butts leaches toxic chemicals within
1 hour
of contact with water
Cigarette butts causes harm to
animals and plants
Cigarette filters have
no health benefits
