Butt Blitz Event Coordinator
Include USADid you know one cigarette butt per litre of water can kill the fish in a stream? The Butt Blitz is an open event that anyone in Canada can join. Participants can either attend a local event where there will be an organized cigarette butt cleanup with Coordinators running the event, or participants can collect butts on their own and drop them off to the coordinator afterwards. The goal of the event is to remove as much cigarette butt litter from our ecosystems across Canada as possible during a one day Butt Blitz event and send the butts to TerraCycle Canada for recycling. We also hope to raise awareness of the negative impacts that cigarette butt litter has on ecosystems and health. Last year we picked up over 122,000 butts on event day!
We are looking for volunteer coordinators in as many cities across Canada as possible.
Responsibilities include:
ture.ca/the-butt-blitz/ . Please contact us through our registration form if you would like to participate or coordinate an event in your town/city.
This is going to be a great event! We are hoping to pick up over 200,000 butts across Canada which will make a huge environmental impact! Your participation will certainly be recognized!
- Choosing a central location for participants to meet on the date of the event, May 6, 2017.
- Giving instructions (provided by us) to participants on the day of the clean up.
- Ensuring participants count their butts as they collect them and write the total on their bag.
- Totalling all the butts collected and submitting the number through our website.
- Sending the butts to TerraCycle for recycling via a shipping label provided.
- Speaking with media about the event should the possibility arise.