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TxDot Tackles Tobacco Trash

By KGNS News

Every year the Texas Department of Transportation conducts a study to find out if Texans are truly doing their part to help keep the state beautiful.
While litter on highways has gone down overall, there is one tiny problem that can have a big effect on the environment in the long run.
Our Cynthia Cano explains.

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chill out said on Wednesday, Jun 30 at 1:04 PM

It's the laredo tradition of buying a beer or two and smokes after work they throwing it on the road thinking out of sight out of mind. Even if you put cans up and down the road they are just to stupid to use them. They don't know or care about the millions in tax payer dollars trying to keep our roads clean.

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beer bottles said on Wednesday, Jun 30 at 10:00 AM

how about the beer bottles guess no one noticed them cause everybody is just focused on smoking and smokers.

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El Fumador said on Monday, Jun 28 at 2:14 PM

Ah the Health Care industry.. watch "SiCKO" Health Insurance agencies give bonuses to people who have the most denied claims!

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Anonymous said on Monday, Jun 28 at 12:06 PM

I say get all the prisoners just sitting on the a**es in air conditioned cells to pick up the trash around Laredo and the highways.

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RoeG said on Monday, Jun 28 at 11:52 AM

Easy solution.....do not smoke cigarretes. Everyone's health insurance will go down and there will be no more litter from the lazy people who throw the cigarette butts in the streets.

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El Fumador said on Monday, Jun 28 at 11:21 AM

I urge you to try to find an ashtray in a supermarket. I usually have to go to the Family Dollar to get replacements (the glass kind). Then they whine about "litter"? Well, help us out and make ashtrays available! This didn't use to be the case, you could go to Target, Walmart, etc and find ashtrays readily, even some very nice glass kinds, but lately this has changed. Heck, even cars have done away with the cigarette lighters and ashtrays. So what does that tell you?! Keep your butts in the car? HOW?! Yes, you can get those cup holding ashtrays, but, try using one of them, usually the butts get stuck at the top and don't drop inside, which sometimes cause a little fire if the plastic starts to melt.

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lies said on Monday, Jun 28 at 10:47 AM

its just another way to say lets sc**** the smokers again. its time to move on with drinkers too. do you see the beer bottles? the butts were staged.

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