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Cigarette butts causing ‘serious damage to environment’, study on impact to plant growth reveals
Cigarette butts are believed to be the most pervasive form of plastic pollution on the planet with trillions are discarded every year. Now new research has indicated they pose a significant risk to plant growth. Usually made of cellulose acetate fibre, a type of bioplastic, cigarette filters can take decades to break down. An estimated 4.5 trillion are littered each year.
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I didn't realize it's that bad: "The presence of cigarette butts in soil reduces the germination success and shoot length of clover by 27 per cent and 28 per cent respectively, and in grass, germination success was reduced by 10 per cent and shoot length by 13 per cent, according to the new study published in the journal Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. "
I'm not a smoker and I hate when people throw cigarettes butts in the grass, on the ground, etc. Unfortunately this form of ignorance of some people costs even more people to suffer in the future.
Yep,smokers are such inconsiderate slobs.