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Four OCs have set up a company aimed at recycling cigarette butts.
We caught up with them to delve deeper into their business.
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Cigarette butts taken out of the ocean at Killmurrin in Co. Waterford. One cigarette butt contaminates 80 litres of sea water so every single one kept out of the ocean counts. Click the link in our bio to view our… https://t.co/eAhXncLxsa
A thread detailing the devastating impact that cigarette butts have on planets and ecosystems. We recycle cigarette butts into a sustainable plastic alternative to petroleum-based plastic. Our #IntelligentPlastic solves problems instead of creating them. #zerowaste#recycling
6.5 trillion cigarette butts are discarded each year. More than 1 million tonnes of this waste ends up in the ocean where it breaks down and destroys sea life. Our mission is to keep millions of tonnes of toxic… https://t.co/aavuu82e2K
A cigarette butt breaks into thousands of particles of microplastic, which are consumed by plankton. The plankton become buoyant and die. This damages the ocean’s ability to act as a carbon sink and destroys entire ecosystems. #IntelligentPlastic
6.5 trillion cigarette butts are discarded each year. More than 1 million tonnes of this waste ends up in the ocean where it breaks down. It does not need to end up there. #IntelligentPlastic