Going Smoke-Free?
...then think about this...
More Offices, Factories, Shopping Centres and Retail Facilties every day are going totally smoke free.
But it's just not good enough to put
up signs around your property that basically tell your smokers to go somewhere else for a smoke - without giving them somewhere to go - or helping them to do the right thing
with their butts.
The fact is that just because your premises may be going Smoke-Free - or already have - doesn't mean that your smokers are going to stop smoking. They're not.
You're just forcing them to go somewhere else.
Don't make the world your smokers ashtray
"It would be environmentally irresponsible simply to tell our smokers to go somewhere else to smoke - and make our employees butt litter someone else's problem. It's for this reason that we have Eco-Pole Wall-mounted Ashtrays in our carpark and at our entrance with a sign that tells smokers to butt out immediately and place their butts here. It's the right way to go Smoke-Free." - Kathy Emerson - Metal Fabrication Services.
"We encourage our students and staff not to smoke but it would be unacceptable to ignore
the reality that many of them do. That's why
we provide Personal Ashtrays to our students
and faculty so that wherever they go to smoke, they can do the right thing with their butts." - Satish Patel - AUT
"We care about the environment and we also care about our corporate image and that's why we now provide Personal Ashtrays from No BuTTs to our patients, visitors and staff - complete with No BuTTs slogan 'Protect our environment - Better still, quit smoking' message printed on them. Mini-Butts Portable Ashtrays are a brilliant solution to the problem of smokers butt littering when a location goes Smoke-Free and they have eliminated the problem of butt littering in the areas surrounding our hospital." - Kylie Duncan - Western Health
No BuTTs award winning products are now assisting 1,000s of locations around the planet to go Smoke-Free whilst at the same time reducing and often eliminating their smokers cigarette butt littering.
Beware of Affiliated Butt Litter
Cigarette Butt Litter is not only toxic, unsightly, really bad for our environment - and poses a serious fire risk - it also has the potential to be extremely damaging to the public profile and image of every business and organisation - because of the issue of Affiliated Butt Litter.
Affiliated Butt Litter is the Cigarette Butt Litter created by an organisation's smokers - whether they are staff & employees, customers, patrons, contractors, guests, visitors, clients, students, patients, members, passengers, etc.
From the point of view of any organisation's public profile, it doesn't get much worse than their smokers littering their butts - especially when they do it in public. It's not a good look. Butt littering is not only illegal it's also environmentally irresponsible - and nothing less than blatant anti-social behaviour. And people do notice - and that can result in a lot more negative effects too.
And it's even more damaging to the public image of that organisation if they've gone Smoke-Free the wrong way - and simply shifted the problem of their smokers cigarette butt littering over to someone else.
The problem is prolific. The solution is simple.
Go Smoke-Free the right way
No BuTTs
Designated Smoking Zones or
Butt Out Here Zones with Eco-Pole Ashtrays Wall / Post or Freestanding / Bollard Ashtrays eliminate cigarette butt litter around facilities as smokers enter your property.
No BuTTs Personal Ashtrays give your smokers the ability to responsibly dispose of their butts wherever they go to smoke - and protect everyone else from your own smokers cigarette butt litter.
Providing fixed or personal ashtrays doesn't encourage smoking - it encourages responsible cigarette butt disposal. That's good for all, great for organisations that want to protect their public image - and fantastic for the environment.
"Going Smoke-Free doesn't mean that people actually stop smoking... There's a large printing company over the road from our office with about 100 people that has gone Smoke-Free. Now their employees just come and stand outside OUR factory and chuck their butts everywhere. It's pathetic and it's also a very negative reflection of their company's public image." - Jenny Morrisey - ABC Services
Providing some way for their smokers to properly dispose of their butts is critical to the environment and also to the corporate image of every organisation.
In this day and age the attitude of "we don't care where you smoke, just don't do it here" doesn't really create a good impression. After all, they're your smokers.
"Organisations that go smoke free and then ignore their own smokers cigarette butt litter are no different from those people that let their dogs take a crap in the park or on the footpath - but don't bother picking up their own dogs mess. It's nothing short of social and environmental irresponsibility." - David Smithson - Property Managers
Over 100 organisations a week are being assisted by No BuTTs to go Smoke-Free the right way.
We can help your organisation too.
For advice and assistance with going Smoke-Free the right way call us today on 1300-NOBUTTs (1300-662-8887).
Information Downloads:-
Things to consider for your Business & Corporation
Ten reasons why your Company or Organisation needs Mini-Butts Personal Ashtrays
Personal Ashtrays - General Info
Ostrich Alert
Butt Litter Reduction Checklists:
Trade and Services
Construction, Mining & Energy
Medical Facilities, Hospitals & Clinics
Corporate Facilities & Offices
Note: For a complete list of Butt Litter Reduction Checklists, click here.
Logo Printing - Print Options & Specs
Some examples of our Corporate Clients "Going Smoke-Free the right way" Campaigns:
Client Poster - The Only Butt - Facilities - Northern Body Works
Client Poster - The Only Butt - EDU - Smoke Free Campus - EAA
Client Poster - The Only Butt - EDU - La Trobe Uni
Client Poster - The Only Butt - Mining - North Parks - Rio Tinto
Client Poster - The Only Butt - Function Centre - Lumley
Client Poster - The Only Butt - Accom - Lizard Island
Client Poster - The Only Butt - Cruise - DescaradA Charters
No BuTTs. ...because the world is not an ashtray.