When I went to visit Danish friend Helle in Aarhus in June 2003, I noticed that outdoor tables at cafes and drinking places all had upturned small terracotta flower pots sitting in the ashtrays.
This meant that the ashes wouldn't get whipped up and around on a windy day. (Aesthetically too, the contents of the ashtrays would be out of sight for people who might find cigarette butts visually repugnant because of the association with the bad habit.)
This good practice would be redundant now with smoking being phased out to a large extent in many countries, but it's still a good example of how some people (/ cultures) think of things that other people (/ cultures) don't seem to be able to come up with.
(Denmark, 2003)
PS: I've recently (in the last year or two) spotted a couple of drinking places in London taking up this practice for their outdoor tables.
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