8 Useful Products From Cigarette Butts

8 Useful Products  From Cigarette Butts

cigarette butts are the most common form of plastic litter found on beaches worldwide. When one thinks of the word recycling, it is newspapers, cardboard, glass, steel, aluminum foil, aluminum cans, and plastic bottles that instantly come to mind. These are the common recyclable. But of late a new item – cigarette butt – has been added to the list. Used cigarette filters are full of toxins, which can leach into the ground and waterways, damaging living organisms that come into contact with them. We have found good use of cigarette butts, which lie on streets and foul the environment.

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Why to recycle cigarette butts?

Cigarette filters are made from non-biodegradable plastic, so recycle whenever you can. Cigarette butts are pollution and may be eaten by animals. As a research one cigarette butt can damage ten liters of water around it. Cigarette butts reduce the soil and fertility which is the main cause of global warming. So it must be recycled for a healthy environment. I try to give some ways to recycle the butts which are as follow:

1. Bed sheet and pillow with cigarette butts

cigarette butts pillow

This is an innovative product made of cigarette butts. To make this product you need cigarette buds, a few buttons, and some thread. The core of most cigarette filters, the part that looks like white cotton can be used. We can also develop pillows by reprocessing waste cigarette butts. The opened fiber tuft is used as a filling material for the pillow case and a bonded sheet of fiber is used to make the inner lining of the pillow.

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2. Carpet with cigarette butts

Recycling the butts, not only clean the street but also decrease global warming. The carpetcan be made with both the white as well as the yellow portion of the cigarette. Its design is similar to that of woven textile rugs and eco-friendly as well.

3. Clothing

Recycling cigarette butts we can design stylish dresses, shoes, socks, hats, etc.  What is even more interesting is that these clothes are eco-friendly and have similar durability to what you would find in regular woolen garments.

4. Ear bud

8 Useful Products From Cigarette Butts

Earbuds are used to clean our ear, nose, and other parts too.We can also use buds to remove dust from the corners of windows, picture frames and statute We know everybody uses it. The main stuff for buds is cotton. So cigarette butts can be used as stuff for earbuds. To pick up the dust from our computer’s key board, run an ear bud in between the keys. Add a few drops of rubbing alcohol onto the tip to kill any bacteria..This also works well with DVD players, cameras, radios and other electronic devices.

5. Mop

The mop is an implement consisting of a bundle of thick loose strings or a sponge attached to a handle, used for wiping floors or other surfaces. cigarette butts can be used instead of loose strings and a sponge. The cotton of cigarettes absorbs water so that it can be used for cleaning purposes.

6. Decoration

The decoration is the process or art of decorating something. Designing something to gain attraction is decoration. Paint or wallpaper is applied when decorating a room. For decoration, we use expensive products such as showcases, sofa, wall panting, pots, etc. To reduce the expensive costs we can reuse cigarette products for decoration. We can make attractive art in rooms and other places too.

7. False Ceiling

8 Useful Products From Cigarette Butts

The false ceiling is hung or fixed in a framework made of various materials like Plaster of Paris, Gypsum board, Plywood, PVC sheets, etc. A false ceiling can prove to be energy efficient as it aids in reducing heat during summers and cold during winters, thus lowering the electric bills. We know cotton is a bad conductor of heat. Recycling the cigarette butts we can use it with plywood for the false ceiling so that it minimizes the cost.

8. Tissue Paper


Tissue paper or simply tissue is a lightweight paper or, light crêpe paper. Tissue can be made from recycled paper pulp. We know tissue are made from recycled paper pulp but we can also make them from recycling cigarette products. They can be used as table napkins, toilet paper,paper towels, facial tissues,Wrapping tissue,etc. Apart from above, tissues can be used in the packing industry.

Why Recycle?

Environmental crises have been proclaimed in recent years, and charities and researchers have highlighted the destructive impact of cigarette butts, plastic waste on the environment and species. There has also been a strong focus on the need to recycle. We live in a consumer-driven culture, and recycling transforms the objects we discard into new ones, ensuring that none of the fuel or raw materials necessary to create them are wasted. It also reduces pollution of the atmosphere and ground, as well as the production of greenhouse gases, which are caused by depositing waste in landfills.

Recycling these products has made a significant contribution to the planet. Instead of tossing your trash out carelessly, think about whether it may be reused.

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