Source: East Hebei Edition, Yanzhao Metropolis Daily
In order to guide the environmental awareness of the public and the tourists and protect the environment of the Jinmeng Bay bathing beach continuously, on August 3, the Jinmeng Bay “Cigarette Butts Exchanging for Gifts Event” was officially launched. The citizens and tourists can exchange the cigarette butts picked up for cartoon garbage bags.
It is learned that the Jinmeng Bay “Cigarette Butts Exchanging for Gifts Event” was jointly initiated by the 9th CPPCC Urban Construction Committee and the Jinmeng Bay Management Committee. The Jinmeng Bay Management Committee has set up four cigarette butts exchange sites, including the comprehensive service center under the West Watchtower, the cold drink shop in the Underwater World, the comprehensive service point at Shangri-La Baths , and the comprehensive service point at Hailan Square Baths . Every 30 cigarette butts picked up in the bathing area by a citizens or a tourist can be exchanged for one cartoon garbage bag at the above locations. And there will be a Letter of Acknowledgement given to him.
At the launching ceremony of the event, members of the Urban Construction Committee of the CPPCC, members of the Jinmeng Bay Management Committee, representatives of teachers and students from Baitaling Primary School, residents from Baitaling Street, and employees of the enterprises in the area pick up cigarette butts on the beach as volunteers. The cigarette butts are then collected into plastic bags in exchange for cartoon garbage bags.
(East Hebei Edition, Yanzhao Metropolis Daily Reporter Zhang Hui)