How To Recycle Cigarette Butts | World Wide Waste | Insider Business

Cigarette butts are the most littered item in the world — trillions get dropped every year. One company in India has found a way to recycle them into plush toys and mosquito repellent.

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How Cigarette Butts Stuff Teddy Bears And Burnable Bug Repellent | World Wide Waste

[arunnayak]

Those people who works in recycling waste are doing this world a great favour. Hats off to u guys

[ValKob]

I'm imaginining a Toy Story character, a bear of some sort who was stuffed with this method. It would have a very strong smoker's voice.

[mst]

Is it just me or India is home to many interesting recycling ideas (and they actually do it)? Plastic brick, edible spoons, home walls by plastic bottles & this one.

[lucaso]

my dumbself thought they put the used butts straight into the bear

[wobblegook]

This Indian entrepreneur is incredible and revolutionary 👏

[dragstar]

*Cigarette exists*
Advantages : Self-satisfaction
Disadvantages :
1) air pollution through smoke
2) water and land pollution through the residue
3) cancer and lung diseases to smoker ( including passive smoker )
4) affects foetus of organisms
5) DEFINITELY DOESN'T LOOK COOL

[lsaye]

This is an amazing idea. However when it comes to marketability, I think many parents would have a mental block when told that the fillings were originally from cigarette butts. The mosquito repellent is something that will probably do really well.!!

[darkables]

That's why they call him 'smokey the bear.'

[pectroglory]

Ideally, it would be better if everyone was cleaning up after themselves

[thetruth]

I though they separate the paper and cotton automatically, but it's all manual.
That's such a tedious job for a probably minimum wage pay.

[jeffersonasensi]

Local government in India should fund this small business that promotes sustainable consumption and production. Support these kind of ventures. ❤️

[anukeshpratapsinghrana]

Small steps 🍀to make a better world 🌍
So much potential in India🇮🇳 lot to be witnessed by world

[robertsnearly]

It scares me now to think that if these chemicals were leaching out of the butts, what was being drawn into my lungs with the smoke. I remained ignorant on purpose so I didnt know that answer. This makes me glad I stopped smoking about 5 months ago. I'm not adding to future woes and I'm no longer adding to the problem.

[insectbite]

Once I was at a house my dad owned and the tenants there littered cigarettes and I put them all in one pile blocking the path to the house so the tenants would see the mess they created.

[SuperPlayz]

I wonder why I liked chewing my stuffed animals so much…

[Rowrowthegravyboat]

I think it’s super encouraging to see this kind of recycling!

[manareikitsu]

Hope to see more solutions of waste like this viable to world wide!!

[maemilev]

*Now you know why the cigarettes company are always ahead of their game!*

[eduardkhaimov]

I love this idea, thank you for doing something about our planet

[DemonZapan]

I wonder how they remove the toxic chemicals from the cotton before stuffing a teddybear with it, and after that, where do these chemicals that have been extracted go? Can they be further recycled or at least be safely disposed of?