Are cigar butts litter?

[uncballzer]

Originally Posted by No1der

They are leaves and leaves are just fine on the ground. Whenever I'm smoking outside and it's time to put the cigar out I throw it on the ground and stomp it out. Within a week or so the cigar is pretty much gone into the ground.

No harm no foul.

[jaycarla]

Originally Posted by K Baz

Public property - yes

Private property - no

I think even if things are biodegradable they are litter if they are in the public domain think banana peels or egg shells.

However if I am at a friends or my own house I have not issue ditching them in the garden or driveway.

I don't think that because something is biodegradable that allows one to pitch it anywhere.

I just smoke it until it disappears.

[dantzig]

I toss my butts, er nubs, into the woods behind my house after they're extinguished. I usually just dump the ashes out on the lawn.

[The Mum]

I put it out and put it in the trash. I try not to throw them on the ground. Litter is litter whetehr they are biodegradable or not.

[mugwump]

Yeah I would never toss one anywhere but on my own property but here I let them cool and then add them to the mulch in the garden. And few things irk me more than cigarette butts tossed out of car windows and left to litter the streets. Those filters never break down.

[kansashat]

I throw em in my back yard when smoking outside, then mulch em with the lawn mower.

We traveled to NYC recently & there was a little smoking park (replete with benches & ashtrays) behind our hotel at 28th & Madison Ave. A homeless guy would clean the cigar butts out of the ashtrays every day after I left em there.

[chippewastud79]

I think as long as you can get them out of sight then butts are no different than an apple core or sunflower seed shells. All three I will not hesitate to toss into the woods behind my house.

[hornitosmonster]

I wouldn't toss one in the street but I will toss them in my back yard. When my wifes Chihuahua was a pup she got a hold of one and chewed it up (cold).

Needless to say she was and all over the place...

[zemekone]

[SIZE="7"]WOW! ARE YOU FUKKING SERIOUS? litter like this thread? [/SIZE]

[smokinpoke]

Originally Posted by bbaug14

If I'm in my back yard, I'll do whatever. Sometimes I'll throw them in the grass, sometimes I'll put them in the trash. It's all leaves. However, I would never just toss a butt anywhere else. Regardless if it's biodegradable or not, I don't want to leave any kind of eye sore or whatever else for anyone else.

If you are in public stop and destroy maybe even discard in a nearby trash can. But keep the band.

If it's at the house I just (god I hope she's not watching) dump them in the bushes in the back.

[smokinpoke]

Originally Posted by zemekone

[SIZE="7"]WOW! ARE YOU FUKKING SERIOUS? litter like this thread? [/SIZE]

Now Now. S/He's a noob let's not be so harsh. It's probably more of an etiquette question than an environmental one.

[xu_chen]

I remember hearing from somewhere that decomposed cigars actually make excellent fertilizers. Just my
Also nicotine is a natural insecticide. Maybe tossing them on the grass can actually do some good after all.

[Opusfxd]

Originally Posted by xu_chen

I remember hearing from somewhere that decomposed cigars actually make excellent fertilizers. Just my
Also nicotine is a natural insecticide. Maybe tossing them on the grass can actually do some good after all.

You might have something there. We're all doing a service naturally de-insecting our individual ecosystems.

[daniyal]

You can start a composte pile if you smoke enough of 'em.

[c2000]

Originally Posted by kansashat

I throw em in my back yard when smoking outside, then mulch em with the lawn mower.
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I do the same but they sure do stink when you hit them with the mower.

Jerry in Minnesota.