Cigarette filters release two dozen microfibers upon first contact with water, threatening wildlife and human health.

Billions of cigarette butts end up on sidewalks, beaches, and gutters each year. They are small, easy to ignore, and hard to ...

Cigarette butts are a major pollution problem, but new research shows they can be recycled into fast-charging energy storage ...

(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 butts ...

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 ...

Cigarette butts have long been considered an environmental hazard, but new research is revealing a more immediate health threat. A recent study found that the microplastics from cigarette filters ...

One more reason to kick butts. Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in the US, according to the CDC, causing ...

The world's most common type of litter, cigarette filters leach thousands of toxic chemicals and microplastics into the environment. Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Plastic straws and bags have received ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Plastic straws and bags have received ...