Hi David. I was wondering if there is anything that we can do to stop the cigarette butts from being thrown around the park. It sure looks bad but even worse, dogs may start eating them. Would like to hear your thoughts.
My reply:
It’s a great question and nobody has come up with a reasonable solution yet. The Klub had the discussion with the Parks department when the rules were drafted prior to construction. Nobody could solve the problem then. First of all, there is no by-law that disallows smoking outside on public property like parks. I suppose dropped butts falls under littering, but there is no reasonable way to enforce it. We can’t even get everyone to pick up poop and other garbage!
I’d like to see if we can spark some ideas in the forum area of our website. We’ll see, it’s still new and it takes a while for people to start posting regularly.
So, for now, as with poop, the park volunteers have to pickup and educate park users the best we can.
What are your thoughts in this area? I am going to create a topic in the forum area now.
Now I'd love to hear if anyone out there has any ideas?
