Cigarette butt pollution presents a growing environmental challenge that imperils aquatic ecosystems worldwide. Comprising largely of non‐biodegradable cellulose acetate filters and residual toxicants ...

Environmentally hazardous cigarette butts may ironically hold the answer to cleansing Australia's waterways of major metal contaminants, according to a new James Cook University-led study published in ...

Cigarette butts are the most littered item on the planet. People toss out an estimated 4.5 trillion cigarette butts each year, and that number may double by the end of 2025 as e-cigarette use grows.

Next week's global conference on tobacco control will consider what to do about the sheer volume of cigarette butts trashing the planet, with some recommending banning them completely. 'The best thing ...

Visitors sometimes leave stuff behind at Great Lakes beaches. Broken pieces from plastic toys or bits of styrene from coolers can get lost in the sand. One of the most common pieces of plastic trash ...