Volunteer: Join the UNSMOKE Butt Blitz® - Canada’s Largest Cigarette Litter Cleanup!Make a real environmental impact with A Greener Future this April! That’s why A Greener Future is hosting theUNSMOKEButt Blitz - an ambitious campaign to collect 1 million cigarette butts across Canada in April. And this year we're turning trash into treasure! If we hit our goal, the collected cigarette waste will be recycled into a community park bench - a lasting symbol of environmental action and collective impact. Every single butt collected directly contributes to building something lasting. How it works: Sign Up: Browse our Public Events and pick a date/location near you. Show Up: Check in with our team. We will provide supplies and a safety briefing. Collect: Head out with a group of like-minded volunteers to clear the streets and parks. Track: Watch our Live Dashboard to see the total count climb in real-time! Vote: Help us decide where our new bench gets installed! Location: Various sites across the GTHA (Toronto, Hamilton, & Durham) Time commitment: These one-time events run for 2 hours. No public event near you? You can participate individually and contribute to the million-butt goal! To learn more click here. Cigarette litter is so normalized that most people don’t even notice it anymore, but together we can change that. Every cleanup sparks conversation. Every volunteer shifts culture. Every single butt removed is one less piece of plastic polluting our environment. Feeling ready to kick some butts?Join the movement today and be part of Canada’s largest cigarette litter cleanup. Organization: A Greener Future Make a real environmental impact with A Greener Future this April! That’s why A Greener Future is hosting theUNSMOKEButt Blitz - an ambitious campaign to collect 1 million cigarette butts across Canada in April. And this year we're turning trash into treasure! If we hit our goal, the collected cigarette waste will be recycled into a community park bench - a lasting symbol of environmental action and collective impact. Every single butt collected directly contributes to building something lasting. How it works: Sign Up: Browse our Public Events and pick a date/location near you. Show Up: Check in with our team. We will provide supplies and a safety briefing. Collect: Head out with a group of like-minded volunteers to clear the streets and parks. Track: Watch our Live Dashboard to see the total count climb in real-time! Vote: Help us decide where our new bench gets installed! Location: Various sites across the GTHA (Toronto, Hamilton, & Durham) Time commitment: These one-time events run for 2 hours. No public event near you? You can participate individually and contribute to the million-butt goal! To learn more click here. Cigarette litter is so normalized that most people don’t even notice it anymore, but together we can change that. Every cleanup sparks conversation. Every volunteer shifts culture. Every single butt removed is one less piece of plastic polluting our environment. Feeling ready to kick some butts?Join the movement today and be part of Canada’s largest cigarette litter cleanup. Organization: A Greener Future Opportunity Type: Volunteer Date: Runs Until Apr 30, 2026 Postal Code: L1K 0Y2 Allow Groups: No |
Volunteer: Join Canada’s Largest Cigarette Litter Cleanup - From Your Own Community!Ready to kick some Butt this Spring? Join the UNSMOKE Butt Blitz® and become part of a nationwide movement working to collect 1 million cigarette butts this April. We can’t reach this goal without individuals like you! Whether you collect 10 butts or 10,000, your effort directly contributes to a cleaner, healthier Canada and proves that small actions lead to meaningful change. Cigarette butts are one of the most common - and most overlooked - forms of litter, accounting for 1 in 5 pieces of litter we find at our shoreline cleanups. They may be small, but they’re far from harmless. Cigarette filters are made from plastic and contain toxic chemicals that leach into our soil and waterways as they break down. In fact, a single cigarette butt can contaminate up to 1,000 litres of water! By participating in the UNSMOKE Butt Blitz, you’re not only removing pollution from your community, you’re also helping shift awareness around one of the most normalized forms of plastic waste. How it Works: Register Sign up as an individual through the form on our website. Learn the basics You’ll receive a short training through email that covers safety, what to collect, and how to submit your data. Collect cigarette butts from April 1st - 30th Go out anywhere in your community and collect cigarette litter once or multiple times. Submit your data Each time you go out, submit how many cigarette butts you collected so your impact counts toward the national total. Mail them in Send us your collection to be recycled through TerraCycle Canada (shipping label provided). Optional: Join one of our three short (30-minute max) virtual meetups to connect with fellow Butt Blitzers across the country. This opportunity is completely flexible throughout April - you choose when and where you participate. Collected cigarette butts will be responsibly recycled through TerraCycle Canada. Whether you pick up a handful or a bucketful, every single cigarette butt removed helps build our collective impact. Sign up today and be part of Canada’s largest cigarette litter cleanup. Organization: A Greener Future Ready to kick some Butt this Spring? Join the UNSMOKE Butt Blitz® and become part of a nationwide movement working to collect 1 million cigarette butts this April. We can’t reach this goal without individuals like you! Whether you collect 10 butts or 10,000, your effort directly contributes to a cleaner, healthier Canada and proves that small actions lead to meaningful change. Cigarette butts are one of the most common - and most overlooked - forms of litter, accounting for 1 in 5 pieces of litter we find at our shoreline cleanups. They may be small, but they’re far from harmless. Cigarette filters are made from plastic and contain toxic chemicals that leach into our soil and waterways as they break down. In fact, a single cigarette butt can contaminate up to 1,000 litres of water! By participating in the UNSMOKE Butt Blitz, you’re not only removing pollution from your community, you’re also helping shift awareness around one of the most normalized forms of plastic waste. How it Works: Register Sign up as an individual through the form on our website. Learn the basics You’ll receive a short training through email that covers safety, what to collect, and how to submit your data. Collect cigarette butts from April 1st - 30th Go out anywhere in your community and collect cigarette litter once or multiple times. Submit your data Each time you go out, submit how many cigarette butts you collected so your impact counts toward the national total. Mail them in Send us your collection to be recycled through TerraCycle Canada (shipping label provided). Optional: Join one of our three short (30-minute max) virtual meetups to connect with fellow Butt Blitzers across the country. This opportunity is completely flexible throughout April - you choose when and where you participate. Collected cigarette butts will be responsibly recycled through TerraCycle Canada. Whether you pick up a handful or a bucketful, every single cigarette butt removed helps build our collective impact. Sign up today and be part of Canada’s largest cigarette litter cleanup. Organization: A Greener Future Opportunity Type: Volunteer Date: Runs Until Apr 30, 2026 Postal Code: L1K 0Y2 Allow Groups: No |