“As residents of Asheville, let’s be proud of our city and stop acting like cigarette butts and chewing gum are not litter — they are!”
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Letter writer: Health Department may be needed for neighborhood trash problem
“One of the primary responsibilities of health departments is to prevent the spread of communicable diseases.”
Litter by any other name
If a teenager drives by and tosses a used soda bottle in one driveway, he can be fined hundreds of dollars for littering. If the Asheville Citizen-Times drives by and tosses a plastic bag filled with advertising circulars in thousands of driveways, why isn't the Citizen-Times fined for littering? — Thomas Peterson Asheville Editor’s note: […]
Keep it clean, Asheville
I never realized how big of a problem littering was in Asheville until I got a puppy. Taking her for a walk is a near-constant struggle to steer her away from broken glass, cigarette butts, fireworks, piles of dog crap and, most recently, a used diaper. I mean seriously, how lazy does one have to […]
Walk your talk on a lunch-time litter stroll
Asheville GreenWorks hosts weekly litter walks downtown during lunch hour
Count your butts and win
Asheville GreenWorks is giving away cigarette-butt receptacles.