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planet or plastic ?

Updated: Feb 16, 2021

cigarette buts

Cigarette butts are the top plastic polluters, with an estimated two-thirds of the trillions of filters used each year tossed into the environment.Trillions of cigarette butts are thrown into the environment every year, where they leach nicotine and heavy metals before turning into micro-plastic pollution.

Did You Know?

-Cigarette butts leach toxic chemicals into water, where they can remain for as long as 10 years.

-About 4.5 trillion cigarettes are discarded each year worldwide, making them the most littered item on Earth.


PLANET OR PLASTIC?

Three things you can do to be part of the solution: 1. Quit smoking. 2.You can always give us your cigarettes to create ink out of them.

3.Don’t use cigarettes unless they can be recycled.


source: national geographic




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