Greenbutts: A Smokin’ New Technology
If you are going to smoke, don’t be a butt – use Greenbutts
Greenbutts is a new technology that creates less impact on Mother Earth.
Our beaches. Our oceans. Our businesses. Our local parks. They are all treated like ashtrays. The fact is: humans have smoked for millennia. As long as people continue to smoke, we believe that mitigating the environmental hazards associated with cigarette litter is a noble and worthwhile goal.
Five trillion cigarette butts are pinched by the lips of over one billion smokers worldwide, and they are the most littered item, both in the U.S. and across the globe! Spent cigarette filters are the #1 source of litter across the globe. The negative impact of these cigarette butts on the environment has been well documented. It’s estimated that nearly 65% of cigarette butts end up as litter… intentionally, and can take years to break apart.
That’s the problem, and Greenbutts wants to be the solution with filters that break apart and disperse into the environment.
A “Greenbutt” is a biodegradable cigarette filter made from natural materials using no chemicals or artificial binders.
Greenbutts, which biodegrade in a matter of days, are filters made of natural materials including flax, hemp, and cotton.
No chemicals or hidden additives are used. The synthetic materials in today’s mono-acetate cigarette filters can take up to 15 years to breakdown, however, being a synthetic material, it will only dissipate rather than biodegrade.
Greenbutts’ unique formula for biodegradable material has the potential to be applied to various industries, however, they are beginning with the cigarette industry, as it produces one of the leading contributors of litter worldwide.
