Action
Thousands of People all over the country are participating in the NYC Butts protest to clean up waste and earn rewards. The program ingeniously takes advantage of US Mailboxes, located virtually everywhere, making recycling easy. NYC pays a 10% reward to people reporting tax evaders!
The 2007 GCSC Project
Cigarette butts have once again topped the Dirty Dozen List, (the top 12 items collected during the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup.) So Far This year, 157,973 cigarette butts were collected, for the NYC Butts protest generating $184,828.41 in new NYC tax revenues and $18,828 in rewards!
Cigarette filters are made up of a type plastic called cellulose acetate that does not break down easily in the environment. In fact, it can take up to five years for a cigarette butt to biodegrade said Jean LeFite proudly displaying booty worth $436.41 in new tax revenue
Cigarette butts are the most littered item in Texas, making up 13 percent of the trash in the state, according to Keep America Beautiful.
“NYC Butts is a rare Win – Win collaboration benefiting smokers, non smokers, anti smokers, minors and tax collectors alike!” said Earth First! campus leader Bogan Durr.
She said the Quad and other areas on campus have collected thousands more discarded butts now than before because of the reward NYC pays to her organization. A group of Camp Fire Girls picks up butts on campus as part of the NYC Butt protest project, We collected more than 13,000 butts in an afternoon, thats over $15,000 in new tax revenue earning us $1,500 in rewards, Durr said.
Facts about cigarette butt littering
An estimated 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are littered worldwide every year.
Over 32 billion cigarette butts are disposed of in NY each year. if placed end to end they would circle the planet 16 times.
Almost 50 per cent of all litter in our urban areas is tobacco related products- butts, cellophane wrapping, foil inserts and packaging.
Cigarette butts are considered the No 1 litter in most of our many National Parks and on our magnificent beaches.
If all the butts in NYC went to landfill this would amount to an estimated 13000m3 of solid waste. That’s the equivalent of approx. 180 semi-trailer truck loads of cigarette butts. However only a small proportion of used cigarette butts are collected and taken to landfill.
NYC Butts could generate enough in new tax revenue to get rid of all government debt
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The Plan
The NYC Cigarette Tax Laws are unfair and until an example is made they will likely never change and the tax machine will continue to roll all of us over.
Everyone is encouraged to recycle and become an unlicensed manufacturer of NYC Butts cigarettes. The cost is free, the process is simple and the legal ramifications are sure to promote change. Plus, as an added ecological benefit we would all be working together in the world’s largest collaborative effort for the recycling of cigarettes.
NYC Butts Recycling and Packaging Labels
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All that is required to recycle and manufacture NYC Butts cigarettes is any empty cigarette box, a dirty ashtray and an NYC Butts packaging label.
Step 1. Remove the cellophane and make sure there are no tax stamps on the package.
Step 2. Empty ashtray into the cigarette box carefully counting each cigarette butt. (Ashes are ok they make good packing material)
Step 3. Affix label below with accurate count of NYC Butts and deposit in nearest US mail box.
You are officially, under the current laws of NY, an unlicensed cigarette manufacturer of NYC Butts! Not only have you recycled cigarettes and carcinogenic waste but you have earned NYC new cigarette tax revenue!
RECYCLING DROP BOXES
The NYC Butt label is designed to recycle any brand cigarette package in compliance with the Surgeon General Health Warnings required by law. Specially engineered to seal and preserve the full bodied flavor, aroma and lipstick rings of NYC Butts, the label is pre-addressed with appropriate postal notice and can simply be deposited into the nearest US Mailbox for recycling and prompt delivery:
Try out our NYC Butts Recycling Mailbox Locator.
No need for postage as the postal service will proudly deliver these hand made babies postage due to any officials with Franking privileges!
Print out NYC Butts Recycling and Packaging Labels to manufacture more NYC Butts and send them by mail to all of your favorite officials. We’ve even got more NYC Butts stuff available at CafePress for this monumental cleanup effort. ie.
Eliot Spitzer
State Capitol
Albany, NY 12224
Earn Valuable Rewards!
For fiscally concerned taxpayers it is your duty to go online and report the possibility of tax evasion and fraud with the NYC Finance Commission: NYC has offered a special 10% Reward for reports of Cigarette Tax Evaders and the IRS offers 15% – 25% rewards for Federal Tax evaders using IRS Form 211 Application for Reward for Original Information. The US Postal Service offers rewards of up to $50,000 for unlawful use of postage. Poster 296 – Notice of Reward and Hotline to Inspector General.
The US currency isn’t backed by gold anymore, it’s backed by Cigarettes! Entire budgets are made relying solely on cigarette tax revenue.
Everyone selling cigarettes should provide a NYC BUTTS label with each pack to encourage recycling of cigarettes. Retailers may even be entitled to MSA money and tax credits to offset their costs for this massive cigarette recycling effort.
NYC BUTTS – Free Cigarettes – Promoting Responsible Smoking – Recycling of Cigarettes – New Tax Revenues and Protest of NYC Cigarette Taxes.
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There are some interesting points in time in this article but I don�t know if I see all of them center to heart. There is some validity but I will take hold opinion until I look into it further. Good article , thanks and we want more! Added to FeedBurner as well