Sweden is the only place I know of where people put their ciggs out appropriately and make sure they aren't lit and throw them in the trash. Stockkholm is pristine, quite a sight to behold.

Are you moving to Stockholm? Everywhere in the US has trash, it's a culture thing. I live in an area of NYC (well all the boroughs in general) where dog poop is all over the sidewalk, moving to NJ soon, at least people pick up after their dogs.

I can't recall the last time I put trash in a public area. Maybe as a child but even then... (I am an inner city kid- my parents were strict immigrants, perhaps where this came from for me). There would have to be a mindshift for this to change in America. Seems like we have bigger fish to fry though.