- Our country’s beaches, forests, and streets are under a huge assault from cigarette butts, some smokers are not only putting their health in danger but also disposing their butts randomly into the environment.
- Cigarette butts are plastic and take more than a hundred years to degrade, seriously threaten the natural life.
- To draw attention to this threat, ‘Friends of Nature Cartoonists’ organized a “Cigarette butt free Ayvalık’ themed cartoon competition in cooperation with the Ayvalık Municipality and TEMA Foundation.
- 235 cartoons, 113 artists from 25 countries were prequalified by the organization comitee.
- The 41 finalist cartoons from 41 artists will be exhibited at Altinova Kum Ada Beach, 31 August where the public will vote for the winner., the winners will receive a package of local produce from the Ayvalik Municipality.
- We are inviting all lovers of a butt free environment and art lovers to Altinova Beach to cast their vote for the winning cartoon Wednesday 31 August @ between 13:00 – 15:00 hours