Faculty Advisor
Ed Weber
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 2024
Keywords
Internship
Abstract
Downtown Bellingham Partnership (DBP) combines the two to benefit downtown. With cigarette butts being the most common form of litter that we see downtown they have an impact on Whatcoms watershed and the Bellingham bay. Cigarette butts are filled with microplastics, toxic chemicals, and can poison our local food web. DBP has over five cigarette waste containers called buttlers. These buttlers stop people from leaving cigarettes on the ground where they may leach chemicals like lead and arsenic into the soil. The buttlers are a safe disposal site, contrary to normal trash cans where throwing away a lit cigarette can be a fire hazard. This helps the health of the city's soil, water, and safety.
Recommended Citation
Cochran, Rebecca, "Downtown Bellingham Partnership Intern" (2024). College of the Environment Internship Reports. 224.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/cenv_internship/224
Type
Text
Rights
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Language
English
Format
application/pdf