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NO to littering of Cigarette Butts
by Rotaract Club of Triolet (Non-governmental organization (NGO))
Rotaract Club of Triolet has launched a massive awareness campaign - No to littering of Cigarette Butts! since two months.Since that time, we have shared many posters and posts in respect to the negative impact of throwing cigarette butts in the environment, on streets, in water drains as well as on beaches and in rivers. A cleaning campaign was organized at the beach of Pointe aux Biches whereby members collected so many cigarette butts. Many smokers are not aware that these cigarette butts are dangerous, non- biodegradable and extremely toxic for the environment, drainage networks and our eco system. We have appointed three beauty pageants to collaborate with us to bring more awareness to the people. In December 2018 we shall organised a walk in the region of Triolet to make people aware of the dangers of littering of cigarette butts. We shall conduct talks sessions with youth and adults in respect of the awareness campaign and in January 2019 we shall organized a collection of cigarette butts campaign at three beaches with scouts, members, rotaractors, rotarians and the public. After the cleaning session we shall inaugurate 3 signage boards of the three beaches with the saying "The beach is not an ashtray please take your cigarettes butts with you after smoking". All cigarette butts collected will not be disposed, we shall clean it the shall organize DIY sessions to use these cigarette butts to do art works.

Progress reports
14.2
By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
Type of commitment
  • Community or Locally Managed Marine Areas
  • Integrated Coastal Management
June 2019
Our project shall be ended by December 2020. All smokers will be educated against the littering of cigarette butts. We shall install board for No Littering of cigarette butts on all beaches in the North of Mauritius
June 2020
We shall place special cigarette bins on beaches
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Rotary Club Grand Baie
Basic information
Time-frame: September 2018 - December 2018
Partners
Rotary Club Grand Baie (NGO)
Ocean Basins
  • Indian Ocean
Beneficiary countries
Mauritius
Other beneficaries
Contact information
Pankaj Puryag, Secretary, pankaj.puryag@gmail.com, +2307098685
Mauritius
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