Cigarette Butts

Dublin, Ireland

Type of waste: domestic

In 2021 a study showed that cigarettes butts are the biggest litter scourge in all of Ireland!! When it comes to day-to-day littering, the survey shows cigarette-related litter accounts for the vast majority of waste: almost 50%. https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2022/09/23/cigarette-butts-remain-irelands-biggest-litter-scourge/

Rezero

Rezero's mission is to grant waste with an alternative, new life once it's discarded. To this day they've saved over 150 million cigarette filters from being incinerated. They create both buttons and glasses with their brand new material from cigarette butts.

https://www.rezeromaterial.com/material