Ban the Butt campaign fights waste from cigarettes

More than five trillion cigarettes are made every year and campaigner say they represent a significant problem.  They’re not talking about the health aspect, but the environmental side, cigarette butts are the most littered item in the world, claim experts.

And while much attention has been focused on plastic pollution in the world’s waters, cigarette filters have been the most collected item on the world’s beaches for the last 30 years: some 60 million have been picked up in that time.