I am the guy who dumps the ash tray into the bucket next to in on the table. Ash tray is clear and I can keep smoking. Once in a great while I will rinse the ash tray.
On the front porch I have a small single stick ash tray. I will flip the accumulated ashes from what I am smoking at the time into the garden, then when I'm done with the stick I put the butt into a small trash can with a lid I keep on the porch. When the can gets full, I empty it into the trash.
On the back patio, I do same with the ashes out onto the lawn, then put the finished butt into the side fire box of my grill/smoker and burn it up next time I'm getting charcoal ready for grilling.
I am fortunate to have an indoor place to smoke, The ashtray is on one side of the chair, the trash can on the other. I literally have to pick up the ashtray, put it in my other hand, and dump it into the trash. Don't have to leave the chair. With that said, I fit into the lazy category because at times there are three or four butts in the tray.
Most of my smoking is on my back deck / around the yard. Not afraid to just ash on the deck. Butt gets tossed in the bushes. I do use my concrete ashtray in my quiet times sitting in my chair on the deck smoking sessions. I try to empty every night into a small steel trash can with lid before I go in. If I don’t and it rains, it makes a mess of my ashtray. Wet ash can become hardened and difficult to clean out. In fact, I’ve used a paste made of ash to repair a hole in the bottom of a pipe. After I empty the ashtray, I turn it upside down so it doesn’t fill with water in case of rain.
I am fortunate to have an indoor place to smoke, The ashtray is on one side of the chair, the trash can on the other. I literally have to pick up the ashtray, put it in my other hand, and dump it into the trash. Don't have to leave the chair. With that said, I fit into the lazy category because at times there are three or four butts in the tray.
I'm a patio smoker so I tend to ash off the 4 decks and throw the butts into the Pine trees where I live.....I think it makes them grow and nourishes them....or so I'd like to believe.
I just collect 2 to 4 cigars worth of ash then dump it in the garden next to the hot peppers. Then I leave the ashtray on the patio for mother nature to clean.