Tybee Beautification has added a new champion to its anti-litter efforts, the righteous rapper (or should that be "wrapper"?) Mr. Naz T. Butt! Mr. B's efforts include visits to various schools and events in the Chatham County area, a video which debuted first on the City of Tybee's local cable access channel, but due to popular demand can also be seen on YouTube, and a coloring book which you can download to color yourself or make available to classes for anti-littering education.

In an effort to increase public awareness of the litter problems in our community, the Tybee Beautification Association has launched a major public awareness campaign throughout Chatham County. Lamar Advertising has generously donated the space and artwork for three billboards in our community. Tybee Beautification Association and the City of Tybee Island purchased the vinyl for the signs. The billboards have attracted a lot of attention and have generated a great deal of positive feedback.

The Tybee City Council recently amended its beach rules to include cigarette butts in the list of items unlawful to leave on the beach. The city also now requires beach goers to contain their trash. Beach patrols are on duty every day and will issue tickets for violations of the litter ordinance. You can be ticketed for having refuse sitting or scattered around your chair so please depose of your trash properly.

Section 1. Section 9-5-1, enacted on 5/8/03, reads in part:

Place litter in trash containers. It shall be unlawful to throw, place, deposit, sweep or scatter, or cause to be thrown, placed, deposited, swept, or scattered, any paper, food, cigarette butts, bottles, cans, trash, fruit peelings or other refuse upon the beaches or structures erected thereon. Beach goers must contain their trash at all times.