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Roger Svendsen hunts for cigarette butts at a Lake Phalen beach.
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Roger Svendsen volunteering at an orphanage during his service in Vietnam.
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The "Butt Man" finds another
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Roger Svendsen shows of his haul from one day of collecting cigarette butts.
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Roger Svendsen collects cigarette butts from beneath a park bench.
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Roger Svendsen posed with his collection of cigarette butts, before his family convinced him to dispose of them.
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Roger Svendsen searches for cigarette butts at the edge of Lake Phalen
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Roger Svendsen keeps logs of his daily harvest of cigarette butts.
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Roger Svendsen hunts for cigarette butts at a Lake Phalen beach.
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