April 17, 2010

On Saturday, April 17th, 2010, San Diego State University (SDSU) undergraduate public health and environmental sciences students conducted a campus-wide cigarette butt cleanup.  They were working on behalf of the SDSU Cigarette Butt Pollution Project (cigwaste.org), whose goals are to reduce the environmental impacts of discarded cigarette butts and to advocate for adoption of waste mitigation policies at the national, state, and local levels. More than 60 student volunteers worked for about one hour to collect more than 23,000 cigarette butts from across the one-square mile campus, in addition to cigars, lighters, matches, and even cigarette cartons.

 Please see our flyer for the event for more information.

The products of the cleanup will be presented at a Cigarette Butt Pollution Project booth as part of Earth Day celebrations at SDSU on April 22, 2010.  For information please contact Dr. Tom Novotny at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (619-206-3656) or Michael Sawdey at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .