4.5 trillion cigarette filters per year are killing the world's plants

Plastic garbage has now created a crisis in the world. But people often only think of plastic bags and plastic straws, without knowing that there is still a scary garbage than cigarette filters.

According to statistics from a study published on the BBC, human species produce about 5.6 trillion cigarettes a year. Sadly, as many as 4.5 trillion filters filtered out of the environment, completely abandoned irresponsibly by human hands.

Each year, human species produce about 5.6 trillion cigarettes.

And according to a study by experts from the University of Anglia Ruskin, it is these littered pieces of filter that are causing the worldwide vegetation to suffer . They prevent plants from absorbing nutrients, preventing them from growing normally, and above all poisoning plants with extremely toxic chemicals.

Specifically with the presence of cigarette filter, the germination process of grass is reduced to 10% - 27%, height is also 13% - 28% lower.

The material makes the cigarette filter dangerous as cellulose acetate - a type of plastic that requires at least 10 years to decompose. Experts did an experiment at Cambridge, and the results showed that areas with up to 128 filters were discarded on 1 square meter. Whether it is smoking or smoking, its filter still brings the same harm.

The material that makes the cigarette filter dangerous is cellulose acetate.

In 2018, environmental activists - like Thomas Novotny from State University of San Diego (USA) - believe that we need to prohibit the types of filters currently circulated on the market. The reason is that cigarette purifiers have been used to make marketing tools, even though they do not bring any benefits to human health. However, this proposal was rejected because it did not provide enough evidence.

The study was published in the journal Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.

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