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Butt

An obsolete measure of volume equivalent to 126 gallons.

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Butts had to be set up in every town which were to be used for practise.

News Where did Butts Road get its name from?

"Smoking-related litter, in particular cigarette butts are unsightly and difficult to clean up.

Smokers in Cheshire West urged to 'park their butt' NOT litter! Those who dispose of their butts appropriately will be rewarded with free pocket ashtray; Those who dispose of their butts appropriately will be rewarded with free pocket ashtray

The 'Rubbish Youths' have picked up nearly 10,000 cigarette butts from Sihanoukville's Ochheuteal Beach over the past two weekends, after launching a campaign to collect one million butts from Cambodia's coastal areas to keep the beaches clean.

Rubbish Youths collect 10K cigarette butts at Sihanoukville beach

Summary: When smokers toss away cigarette butts onto street pavements or out into the open landscape, little do they know how much damage that can in...

No ifs or butts when it comes to littering

The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Ecology Center said it is buying collected cigratte butts at P300 per kilo.

Subic center pays for cigarette butts

Western Australians are being urged to report litterbugs - potential firebugs - who flick cigarette butts out of vehicle windows.

Australia : Stub out litter and firebugs

KIT LIST YOU'LL NEED TO BUILD A WATER BUTT To do this job you will need: A water butt (with stand, to raise it off the ground) A water butt diverter kit, to match your downpipe A tape measure A spirit level A hack saw A drill with a 25mm bit A rubber mallet (or block of wood and a hammer) A concrete paving slab and sharp sand (if fitting on an uneven surface) BE SURE TO RAISE YOUR BUTT OFF THE GROUND Depending on how much space you have, you can buy water butts that hold various volumes of water, from 25 litres up to over 500 litres.

Free rain

An Iranian researcher at RMIT University in Australia has demonstrated how bricks made with cigarette butts can save energy, not to mention denting a global littering problem.

Make bricks with butts

Adrian Butts, 25, bombarded Cerys Williams with calls and followed her for four months before drunkenly confronting her in a pub.

Man went after his ex with a knife

Lampkin Butts, president and chief operating officer of Sanderson Farms Inc., has been appointed to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's New Orleans Branch.

Sanderson exec named to Fed board

VANCOUVER To clean the streets of cigarette butts and test local appetites for a refund system similar to beverage bottle deposits, West End Cleanup group held a "cigarette butt buy-back" day on June 16, 2013.

Birth of butt-cycling

Sparrows and house finches in the megacity are using old cigarette butts to construct their nests and, according to ornithologists, the technique might not just be a matter of using a readily accessible building material.