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Cigarette Butts, World’s Most Littered Plastic Item

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Why are cigarette butts a problem? Cigarette butts take years to decompose and they release harmful toxins into the environment. To know more listen the episode.

Cigarette butts are the most abundant form of plastic waste in the world, with about 4.5 trillion individual butts polluting our environment. You must be thinking, Cigarette filters commonly known as cigarette butts are made of cotton or paper. Well, these ends are made of primarily plastic.

Cigarette Butts, World’s Most Littered Plastic Item

Cigarette Butts, World’s Most Littered Plastic Item

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