Community Corner

Ashcans Installed Around La Mesa Keep Cigarette Butts Off the Streets

Ashcans around the city are expected to keep up to 7,000 cigarette butts off the streets per month.

Every year, an estimated 80,000 cigarette butts that have been discarded on the streets in La Mesa end up in the ocean, after traveling through storm and drainage sewers.

On Tuesday, with the help of I Love a Clean San Diego (ILACSD) and the Surfrider Foundation, volunteers installed seven cigarette butt receptacles along La Mesa Boulevard, in an effort to help the city and its residents do their part to help stem the tide of this kind of needless waste.

The volunteers installed receptacles in the following locations:

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  • 8127 La Mesa Blvd. (in front of )
  • 8138 La Mesa Blvd. (in front of )
  • 8302 La Mesa Blvd. (in front of )
  • 8330 La Mesa Blvd. (in front of )
  • 8344 La Mesa Blvd. (in front of )
  • 4757 Palm Ave. (in the parking lot near the benches)
  • Intersection at Palm Ave. and La Mesa Blvd.
  • Intersection at Date Ave. and La Mesa Blvd.

“Preserving our environment takes a little effort from a lot of people. These ashcans are just one way that I Love A Clean San Diego, the Surfrider Foundation San Diego Chapter and the City of La Mesa are working to stop the flow of cigarette litter from streets and sidewalks, into storm drains, and eventually into our local waterways and out to the ocean," said Natalie Roberts, director of community events for ILACSD. "We hope this program will encourage people to be more aware of how their everyday actions affect our local environment.”

Ashcans around the city are expected to keep up to 7,000 cigarette butts off the streets per month.

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