APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – The City of Appleton is hoping to kick its littering habit, one cigarette butt at a time.
The project is called #CleanStreetsAppleton. The goal is to keep cigarette butts off city streets and sidewalks.
The city is implementing new boxes. They look like ballot boxes, allowing people to “vote” against littering while throwing away their butts.
Paula Vandehey is Appleton’s Public Works Director
“One of the things we’re hoping is that there are a lot of people who throw their cigarette butts on the ground, right, so maybe people walking by going, ‘ah, this is kind of ridiculous,’ they will look at the voting boxes and say, ‘hey, the city’s really trying, look at this fun way that people have to get rid of their cigarette butts.’”
For now, there are three boxes in the city. All three are located downtown. But if the program is successful, more could be on the way.
