Recent research has highlighted the various ways in which cigarette butt pollution affects the environment, including the leaching of toxic chemicals into water bodies and the overall impact on ...

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"But if we can create this circular economy where we can collect these cigarette butts, transform them into char and then use that to mitigate pollution, then that is much more sustainable." ...

If these are chronic problems for you, indoor air pollution could be to blame ... The culprits? "Cigarette smoke is the biggest offender, and also the most fixable problem," says Karin Pacheco ...

Moving forward, Alvarez stresses that it is essential to address the issue of cigarette butt pollution on the Esplanade, particularly given its potential to introduce microplastics into the ocean.

Authorities declared a pollution alert from Tuesday to Friday, after the micro-particle level hit 158 micrograms per cubic meter. That is the equivalent of smoking more than seven cigarettes a day ...

including leaking toxic substances into our water bodies. We even end up ingesting them indirectly." The cigarette butt pollution raised so much concern around the world prompting countries to ...