While on vacation last summer, my family and I went whale watching. There was a marine biologist onboard who informed us that for every cigarette butt thrown into the water, 1 cubic meter of ocean water was contaminated and poisoned the whales and marine life in general.
Most people empty out their ashtrays in the toilet (we all know where that ends up) or they simply throw it on the ground. The chemicals found in cigarettes then seeps into the soil and eventually ends up in the same place... the water!
My question is: Since cigarettes aren't biodegradable, how can we dispose of them without affecting the marine life.
2007-03-21 13:48:28 · 9 answers · asked by *·.·´¯`·.·* jay *·.·´¯`·.·* 4 in Environment
Throwing the cigarettes in the bin saves throwing them into the water system, but across the world the volume this waste occupies I'm sure would add up to a large amount.
Perhaps a long term composting solution may help.
2007-03-21 13:56:19 · answer #1 · answered by wesley j 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-19 07:27:42 · answer #2 · answered by troesch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no u couldnt make cirgerates illegal becuase so many people r smoking already and u cant simply tell them to quit cause they r addicted. and then new people start smoking and the cycle starts all over again.
anyways i suppose if u made sure your friends and family dont start smoking it will cut down the amount of ash.
2007-03-21 13:57:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well one way to dispose of them is to burn them, not affecting marine life but they would affect our atmospheric life. people arent going to do that so most likely people will still end up throwing them away and over long periods of time they will slowly degrade.
2007-03-21 13:52:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Quit Smoking. Just DON'T SMOKE.
Quit eating fish too, or at least cut it to a minimum.
Remember Nebuchadnezzar?
He turned into a real animal himself, until he ate grass for seven times, then his reason returned.
2007-03-21 14:05:09 · answer #5 · answered by onebeeswax 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Let the self-righteous celebrities ask questions like this. There's nothing we can do.
2007-03-21 13:51:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
make cigarrettes an ilegal drug!!
that would help not only the marine life...the human life too!
2007-03-21 13:52:21 · answer #7 · answered by Sofia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why didn't u ask the marine biologist about that??? huh???
2007-03-21 13:51:36 · answer #8 · answered by booyah™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What we do is burn all our garbage.
2007-03-21 13:56:47 · answer #9 · answered by ♥Sky&&Jazz♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋