Stub out polluting cigarette filters for good, campaigners say
1 year, 9 months ago

Stub out polluting cigarette filters for good, campaigners say

Dutch News  

Campaigners have called for efforts to ban cigarette filters to be stepped up after volunteers collected over 600,000 cigarette butts on Plastic Buttsmut Day. The initiative, which started life in 2019 in Amsterdam and is called Plastic PeukMeuk in Dutch, is aimed at raising awareness about the damage the plastics in discarded cigarette filters do to the environment, but campaigners also want a complete international ban on the filters. The Netherlands is aiming for 70% fewer filters in the environment in 2026, but raising awareness is not enough and the only remedy is a complete ban, campaigner Karl Beerenfenger said. “Even if we reduce the number of filters by 70%, that still leaves over a billion butts out in the streets each year.” Beerenfenger said the European Union missed an important opportunity to put cigarette filters on the list of banned single-use plastics, along with plastic drinking straws, cups and Qtips, in 2021.

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Stub out polluting cigarette filters for good, campaigners say
1 year, 9 months ago

Stub out polluting cigarette filters for good, campaigners say

Dutch News  

Campaigners have called for efforts to ban cigarette filters to be stepped up after volunteers collected over 600,000 cigarette butts on Plastic Buttsmut Day. The initiative, which started life in 2019 in Amsterdam and is called Plastic PeukMeuk in Dutch, is aimed at raising awareness about the damage the plastics in discarded cigarette filters do to the environment, but campaigners …

Clean-up campaign: Volunteers pick up more than 600,000 cigarette butts
1 year, 9 months ago

Clean-up campaign: Volunteers pick up more than 600,000 cigarette butts

NL Times  

During the international clean-up campaign "Cigarette Butt Cleanup Day", volunteers collected more than 600,000 cigarette butts on Saturday. The joint collection is an action of the so-called Plastic Peuken Collectief, which also calls for an international ban on plastic cigarette filters. One step has already been taken in recent years, as the Dutch government wants to introduce a European ban …

Ban is best way to stop cigarette filter menace: minister
1 year, 11 months ago

Ban is best way to stop cigarette filter menace: minister

Dutch News  

The best way of preventing cigarette filters from ending up in the environment is a ban, junior infrastructure minister Vivianne Heijnen has said in a briefing to MPs. Heijnen said that an outright ban has been shown to be the most effective option to achieve the government target of reducing the number of filters in litter by 70%. It could …

Netherlands lags on raising awareness of single use plastics ban
2 years, 6 months ago

Netherlands lags on raising awareness of single use plastics ban

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has not got to grips with EU legislation banning forms of single use plastic, according to a report by environmental campaigners. Although the ruling came into force on January 1 2022, the report says that some countries are ‘laggards’ in introducing local legislation, others are ‘unambitious’ and some have ‘adopted damaging measures or exemptions.’ Red mark The report …

Netherlands lags on raising awareness of single use plastics ban
2 years, 6 months ago

Netherlands lags on raising awareness of single use plastics ban

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has not got to grips with EU legislation banning forms of single use plastic, according to a report by environmental campaigners. Although the ruling came into force on January 1 2022, the report says that some countries are ‘laggards’ in introducing local legislation, others are ‘unambitious’ and some have ‘adopted damaging measures or exemptions.’ Red mark The report …

Animal rights MPs call for ban on plastic in cigarette filters
3 years, 2 months ago

Animal rights MPs call for ban on plastic in cigarette filters

Dutch News  

Cigarette filters containing plastic are highly polluting and should be banned in the Netherlands, according to a parliamentary motion submitted on Thursday by the pro-animal PvdD. Instead, they leach microplastics and chemicals, with consequences for the environment and animals that come into contact with them.’ Clean up In a clean-up day organised by Dutch anti-litter group the Plastic Soup Foundation …

Butting Out the Toxic: Kolkata Man on Mission to Collect, Recycle Cigarette Filters
3 years, 4 months ago

Butting Out the Toxic: Kolkata Man on Mission to Collect, Recycle Cigarette Filters

News 18  

At a passing glance, Nirit Datta cuts a bohemian-looking figure with a flowing long beard and a fast-talking demeanour but five minutes in a conversation with him makes it very clear that the former IT professional has a good head on his shoulders, and one that is filled with a strong desire to make a difference, however big or small. …

Butt out! Anti-plastic campaigners collect cigarette waste across Netherlands
3 years, 8 months ago

Butt out! Anti-plastic campaigners collect cigarette waste across Netherlands

Dutch News  

Eleven environmental organisations have organised a massive collection of discarded cigarette butts across the Netherlands ending on Saturday 10 July. Campaigners, who are walking from Amsterdam’s central station to Dam square, will use the cigarette butts they collect to make a giant artwork inspired by their hashtag #nofilterplease. ‘I think a lot of people are still unaware of how harmful …

Butt out! Anti-plastic campaigners collect cigarette waste across Netherlands
3 years, 8 months ago

Butt out! Anti-plastic campaigners collect cigarette waste across Netherlands

Dutch News  

Eleven environmental organisations have organised a massive collection of discarded cigarette butts across the Netherlands ending on Saturday 10 July. Campaigners, who are walking from Amsterdam’s central station to Dam square, will use the cigarette butts they collect to make a giant artwork inspired by their hashtag #nofilterplease. ‘I think a lot of people are still unaware of how harmful …

142,000 littered cigarette butts picked up in NL cleanup, awareness project
4 years, 6 months ago

142,000 littered cigarette butts picked up in NL cleanup, awareness project

NL Times  

Dozens of volunteers came together in 18 Dutch municipalities on Saturday to pick up littered cigarette butts, both as a cleanup project and to raise awareness about this form of plastic litter. A total of 142 thousand cigarette butts were picked up during the course of one afternoon, the Plastic PeukMeuk movement, a collaboration of environmental organizations, companies and citizens, …

Cigarette butts causing ‘serious damage to environment’, study on impact to plant growth reveals
5 years, 8 months ago

Cigarette butts causing ‘serious damage to environment’, study on impact to plant growth reveals

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The presence of cigarette butts in soil reduces the germination success and shoot length of clover by 27 per …

EU parliament approves ban on single-use plastics
6 years ago

EU parliament approves ban on single-use plastics

Al Jazeera  

The European Parliament votes by 560 to 35 in favour of banning 10 single-use plastics. European Union legislators have overwhelmingly approved a ban on single-use plastic items – including straws, forks, knives and cotton buds – to counter pollution amid efforts to push manufacturers to step up their recycling efforts. 180611101445709 The ban was approved at the European Parliament on …

The dirty truth about cigarette filters
6 years, 2 months ago

The dirty truth about cigarette filters

CNN  

CNN — Plastic straws and bags have received widespread attention as pollutants. “Many smokers assume the filters are made of a biodegradable material,” says Elizabeth Smith, who works on tobacco control policy at the University of California San Francisco. The collection of Stanford Research Into the Impact of Tobacco Advertising In reality, while filters did block some toxins, they also …

Holes in cigarette filters more dangerous than thought: Dutch health body
7 years, 7 months ago

Holes in cigarette filters more dangerous than thought: Dutch health body

Dutch News  

The small holes in cigarette filters are doing more harm than good, the government institute for health and the environment RIVM said on Friday. Although the holes should in theory lessen the amount of damaging chemicals a smoker inhales, they actually compensate for the lack of nicotine by sucking harder on their cigarettes or smoking more, the RIVM says. The …

Holes in cigarette filters more dangerous than thought: Dutch health body
7 years, 7 months ago

Holes in cigarette filters more dangerous than thought: Dutch health body

Dutch News  

The small holes in cigarette filters are doing more harm than good, the government institute for health and the environment RIVM said on Friday. Although the holes should in theory lessen the amount of damaging chemicals a smoker inhales, they actually compensate for the lack of nicotine by sucking harder on their cigarettes or smoking more, the RIVM says. The …

Dutch cancer charity joins lawsuit against big tobacco over holes in filters
8 years ago

Dutch cancer charity joins lawsuit against big tobacco over holes in filters

Dutch News  

Cancer charity KWF Kankerbestrijding has made a formal complaint against the big four tobacco companies, accusing them of grievous bodily harm and fraud. The organisation says the tobacco firms have lied to smokers about the damaging side effects of their addiction, particularly by using cigarettes that give false readings in test results through the use of tiny ventilation holes in …

Dutch cancer charity joins lawsuit against big tobacco over holes in filters
8 years ago

Dutch cancer charity joins lawsuit against big tobacco over holes in filters

Dutch News  

Cancer charity KWF Kankerbestrijding has made a formal complaint against the big four tobacco companies, accusing them of grievous bodily harm and fraud. The organisation says the tobacco firms have lied to smokers about the damaging side effects of their addiction, particularly by using cigarettes that give false readings in test results through the use of tiny ventilation holes in …

Cigarette filters could be banned as 4.6 TRILLION litter the planet and damage the Earth
10 years, 10 months ago

Cigarette filters could be banned as 4.6 TRILLION litter the planet and damage the Earth

Daily Mail  

Should we ban cigarette filters? Scientists claim that 4.6 TRILLION litter the planet each year and damage the environment Cigarette butts are the items most commonly picked up in urban clean-ups Experts claim they contain the same toxins found in cigarettes and cigars As a result they can contaminate the environment and water sources Researchers from San Diego are calling …

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