Collect those discarded cigarette butts. South Korean researchers have found a way to convert the used filters into a material that can be used to store energy. The study was published in the journal ...

Conventional cigarette filters are made of cellulose–low-tech, old, but effective. Chinese scientists think new nanotech filters could do a better job at filtering out badness. It’s a desperate 21st ...

Cigarette filters were widely introduced in the 1950s, ostensibly to make smoking less harmful. With growing public concern about lung cancer and other smoking-related diseases, the tobacco industry ...

Newark, Jan. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Brainy Insights estimates that the global cigarette filters market will grow from USD 35.29 Billion in 2022 to USD 65.01 Billion by 2032. The market for ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Recycling efforts increased in the last decade, but so has the use of single-serve plastics. The Tobacco Product Waste Reduction Act, introduced by Democratic state lawmakers ...

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In a move toward a more environmentally friendly future, Santa Cruz County will implement a ban in 2027 that will prohibit the sale of filtered cigarettes. According to NBC Bay Area, the county ...

Cigarette filters were widely introduced in the 1950s, ostensibly to make smoking less harmful. With growing public concern about lung cancer and other smoking-related diseases, the tobacco industry ...

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, May 18, 2023 (ENS) – On the trail, in the gutter, at the bus stop, in the park, on the beach, cigarette butts are everywhere. In fact, cigarette filters are the world’s most common ...

Plastic straws and bags have received widespread attention as pollutants. But another, even bigger, plastic problem has been slipping under the radar – cigarette filters. Cigarette butts containing ...

Plastic straws and bags have received widespread attention as pollutants. But another, even bigger, plastic problem has been slipping under the radar – cigarette filters. Cigarette butts containing ...