Brazil prepares fine for those who throw cigarette butts on the floor
The Chamber of deputies of Brazil is studying a project that establishes a eur33 ticket ($ 100) for those who throw cigarette butts on the ground or any other product linked to the habit of smoking, like cigarillos and cigars.If the proposal is approved, it will be forbidden "throwing down cigarettes filters of the roads, squares, parks or any other areas and public places of public access". The fine shall be in charge of federal, State or municipal transit and double will be charged in case of recurrence.According to the sustainable planet, the project puts in restaurants, bars and establishments that sell cigarettes to obligation to provide suitable containers to put the crumbs. Then, the materials will be recycled unusable â€" the rest will go to landfills.On the other hand, the cigarette companies will be required to provide posters with the determinations of the law, which should be fixed in places of sale and consumption of these products. Who disrespect the rule will be penalised with a fine of €265 ($ 800), which will be charged double in case of recurrence.The draft says that the Government and the manufacturers of cigarettes must develop educational policies aimed at popular awareness "when it comes to proper disposal of post-consumer waste, avoiding future environmental impacts."The text will now have to spend in committees for environment and Sustainable Development and on Constitution and justice and citizenship. Then, and if approved, it will go directly to the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.Photo: Ramon Cutanda / Creative Commons
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