Introduce a deposit payment scheme for cigarette butts

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Introduce a deposit payment scheme for cigarette butts

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Make buyers pay a deposit that is refunded when all the butts are returned.

The charge is added to the cost of a box of cigarettes, as much as £1, and is returned by the seller when the butts are returned, ideally in the original box.

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Cigarette butt litter accounts for around a third of all litter on our streets.

There have been many attempts to reduce the amount of litter but most are only local efforts with varying degrees of effectiveness.

The results of this initiative will be cleaner streets, with no major outlay by smokers (other than the first pack) or no change to the litter problem but a massive saving to local councils to remove this blight from our streets.

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