Cigarette butts containing plastic filters are the most littered item in the world. “Many smokers assume the filters are made of a biodegradable material,” says Elizabeth Smith, who works on ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

When entrepreneurs Tadas Lisauskas and Xavier Van Osten first envisioned it, the biodegradable cigarette butt seemed like a sure-fire winner. The need was obvious. The world's most common piece of ...

We don't advocate cigarette smoking, but if you're going to do it anyway, keep an eye out for Greenbutts--biodegradable cigarette filters that sprout grass or flowers when placed the soil.

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 filters are the most littered item in the world. “Many smokers assume the filters are made of a biodegradable material,” says Elizabeth Smith, who works on ...

Cigarette butts containing plastic filters are the most littered item in the world. "Many smokers assume the filters are made of a biodegradable material," says Elizabeth Smith, who works on ...

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

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 filters are the most littered item in the world. "Many smokers assume the filters are made of a biodegradable material," says Elizabeth Smith, who works on ...

Cigarette butts containing plastic filters are the most littered item in the world. “Many smokers assume the filters are made of a biodegradable material,” says Elizabeth Smith, who works on ...

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