Meet The South Jersey Veteran Who's Picked Up More Than 20,000 Cigarette Butts

By Ryan Hughes and Alan Wheeler, CBS Philadelphia

February 22, 2024

CINNAMINSON, N.J. (CBS) — For the past two years, Jim Alturo has suited up and hit the streets of South Jersey.

The 70-year-old Air Force veteran, dressed in a neon vest and dark-colored gloves, started picking up trash near his neighborhood in Cinnaminson shortly after he retired.

"I do find a lot of plastic from lids and other trash on the ground," said Alturo, who added most of the trash he picks up are cigarette butts.

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