Design
Someone's Come Up With an Ashtray That Rewards Smokers for Not Littering
"Fumo" emits happy beeps and blipping lights anytime it's fed a cigarette butt.
Cigarette butts are the cockroaches of the litter world: Their numbers are massive and you're rarely more than a few feet from one in the urban environment. In America, butts are the most prevalent form of litter on the roadways; worldwide, they're the No. 1 item found uglifying beaches and waterways.
The ubiquity of these stink-tubes is a problem, as the chemicals they leach out are harmful to animals and could be contaminating environments with heavy metals. But with the majority of smokers admitting they've tossed butts onto the ground at some point, it's a problem without a glaring solution (at least until the whole planet turns to vaping).