Cigarette Butt Cleanups Scheduled in Pleasanton

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The Public Policy Subcommittee of the Pleasanton Youth Commission will host two Cigarette Butt Cleanup events in the coming weeks. Both events offer community service opportunities for local high school students.

The first Cigarette Butt Cleanup is slated on Valentine’s Day, Saturday, February 14, 2015 from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. at the Ken Mercer Sports Park at Hopyard and Parkside Roads. A second event takes place the following Saturday, February 21, 2015 from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. at Amador Valley Community Park, located at Santa Rita Road and Black Avenue.

Globally, cigarette butts are the most commonly discarded type of waste and an estimated 1.69 billion pounds of them wind up as toxic trash each year. Contrary to popular belief, cigarette butts are not biodegradable, and environmental and health groups recognize the seriousness of the problem, from bio-accumulation of poisons up the food chain, to damage to commercial fisheries and water supplies.

For more information about the cleanups, please email Samu Tiumalu at stiumalu@cityofpleasantonca.gov, or call (925) 931-3432.

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