Cigarette litter linked to fires and environmental harm

environment · Summer 2022 · Victoria, Saanich and Central Saanich

An environmental article highlighted cigarette-butt pollution and described recent fires in Victoria and Central Saanich attributed to discarded cigarettes. Two drivers were each ticketed $575 under the Wildfire Act for dropping burning cigarettes.

Sources

• “Both were each ticketed $575 under the Wildfire Act ‘for dropping, releasing or mishandling a burning substance.’” — The Islands Grapevine – September 7th, 2023 (September 7th, 2023)

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