Cigarettes from waste become a resource
Rome, October 19 (askanews) – Smoking is also harmful to the environment. Cigarette filters are not biodegradable; they become microplastics and remain in the sea, where they release harmful substances, causing significant damage to the marine ecosystem.
Legambiente's Beach Litter 2020 survey, presented in July, revealed alarming data: 28.137 items of various types of waste were found on 189 square meters of monitored beaches, an average of 654 per 100 meters. Among the top ten types of objects found, cigarette butts and pieces of plastic ranked first, with a percentage of 14% each.
A total of 3.885 cigarette butts were recorded, an average of 90 per 100 linear meters. And it's estimated that around 4,5 trillion cigarette butts are discarded worldwide every year.
