Passionfish has ponied up to reduce butts on the scenic Pacific Grove coast. Not that kind—nudity isn't permitted at Lovers Point. Cigarette butts.
The popular restaurant, which has a reputation of serving sustainably sourced food, contributed $1,050 to install two "butt bait tanks" at Lovers Point, according to a press release. The devices look a little bit like parking meters with metal dorsal fins. "Save some fish," they read. "Feed me butts."
Some cig butts are made of plastic, which means they don't biodegrade. Studies have shown butts can leach toxic chemicals including heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons into the environment.
The Gulpable butt tanks can hold up to 2,000 butts each. Santa Cruz-based conservation group Save Our Shores has been working with the Passionfish staff to do beach cleanups this year; they report collecting more than 1,000 butts, among other trash, on a single day in January.
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