Welcome to No Butts.com.au and thanks for visiting our site.

Our company is dedicated to addressing the serious environmental problem of cigarette butt pollution. Over 30,000,000,000 cigarettes are smoked each year in Australia, (that’s over 3,500,000 an hour) and millions of butts not properly disposed of are littering our landscape and polluting our environment.

That's millions of cigarettes flicked or dropped, one at a time, on our sidewalks, beaches, parks, gardens, and other public places every single day. Cigarette butts make up over 57% of storm water drain litter. In fact, cigarettes are the most littered item in the world. Cigarette filters are made of cellulose acetate tow, NOT COTTON, and they can take decades to degrade. Not only does cigarette litter ruin even the most picturesque setting, and costs authorities millions of dollars a year to clean up, but the toxic residue in cigarette filters is damaging to the environment, and littered butts cause numerous fires every year, some of them fatal.

The problem of cigarette butt pollution has increased sharply since smoking was banned in restaurants, cafes and bars forcing all smokers outside. The growing popularity of curbside/ outside/ courtyard dining has and is adding to the problem because everyday millions of butts are being blown out of non-windproof ashtrays on outside tables and damaging our environment. It is for that very reason that authorities are increasingly requiring windproof ashtrays for trading permits on all outside tables.

Most people who litter their cigarettes either don't fully understand the consequences of their actions or they have rationalized the behaviour. This web site has been designed to get the facts out about cigarette litter to both smokers and non-smokers. Once people know the truth, they will be much more hesitant to unthinkingly flick their cigarette butts on the ground.

Ultimately, the issue of personal responsibility, both of individual smokers and business owners will be crucial to the success of our mission. At No Butts we believe that the solution to addressing the problem of cigarette butt pollution lies with:

• awareness
• education
• effective product
• legislation
• enforcement

We therefore provide cigarette butt litter solutions to the following:

• Restaurants, Cafes and Bars
• Resorts and Hotels
• Local Government and Environmental Agencies
• Corporations
• Smokers

We also specialize in Promotional Merchandising because apart from providing effective solutions to cigarette butt litter, our products also offer excellent promotional advantages, high visibility and an enhanced positive image when branded or logo printed.

Please explore this site and help spread the word about cigarette litter. We can be successful at eliminating this unnecessary and insidious problem by working together to get the facts out and to raise public awareness on the issue.