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# Thousands of cigarette butts cleared from city streets as Lichfield volunteers take part in national scheme
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/thousands-of-cigarette-butts-cleared-from-city-streets-as-lichfield-volunteers-take-part-in-national-scheme/
- Published: 2022-09-26T06:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-26T06:06:09.000Z
- Description: More than 10,000 cigarette ends have been cleaned up from streets in Lichfield by local volunteers.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Community, Environment, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:11, News

More than 10,000 cigarette ends have been cleaned up from streets in Lichfield by local volunteers.

Members of the Lichfield Litter Legends group were taking part in a national Blitz The Butt initiative.

The scheme asked volunteers to help clear discarded cigarette ends and count how many they collected in a week.

A spokesperson told *Lichfield Live*:

> “During the week we managed to collect a massive 10,458 cigarette butts from streets, parks, outside school gates and car parks in Lichfield.  
>  
> “Along with our regular litter picks we obviously also pick up cigarette butts, but tend to ignore some as they are such a pain to pick up.  
>  
> “However, last week there was a concentrated effort to put the spotlight on this particular problem.  
>  
> “Filter cigarette butts contain a certain amount of plastic and can take up to 25 years to degrade, so are a real menace to our environment.”  
>  
> Lichfield Litter Legends spokesperson