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Cigarette butts - Threat to Oceans, Marine life and birds

by Arjun Anand | 16-10-2019 01:06 recommendations 0

Cigarette butts are one of the most collected type of litter from beaches.

Cigarette butts degrade the beach environment and have important negative environmental consequences on marine life (e.g., ingestion by fish, birds, and marine mammals can cause toxicity problems.

Cigarette butts takes at least 5 years to break down in seawater. Birds and aquatic animals can mistake the butts as food, resulting in serious digestive problems that may lead to death. Butts have been found in the stomachs of young birds, sea turtles and other marine creatures.

Do you know that the majority of cigarette butts or filters are made from fibrous material called cellulose acetates, a kind of plastic that are thin tows that are packed tightly to form a filter? The purpose of the filter is to trap toxic substances from the cigarette before it enters the smoker¡¯s lung.
UAE beaches are generally clean and litter free, the authorities are doing regular clean-up of public areas. There are hefty littering fines. However, still we can see, hundreds of cigarette butts carelessly discarded on public beaches 

During a recent visit to a beach here, I saw that the area had several cigarette stubs.  I did a cleanup activity by picking up the cigarette butts.

Let us all be responsible citizens and do our part to help keep our planet
cigaratte butts  clean. Moreover, we don¡¯t need a special day for cleanup, if you see it, just take a small effort to clean it.
cigaratte butts cleanup
 
Regards
Arjun Anand

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5 Comments

  • sagar koirala says :
    Hello Arjun
    Green Cheers from Nepal

    I just read your report and you have written it brilliantly .Every Country Government should act strongly to mitigate this problem. Keep Shining and Writing awesome reports .

    Regards,
    Sagar Koirala
    Posted 25-10-2019 21:11

  • Meena Pandey says :
    Hello Arjun!!!
    I hope you are fine and doing great.
    Thanks for sharing about cigarette butts and its composition.

    Keep writing and shining.

    Warm regards,
    Meena

    GREEN CHEERS
    Posted 16-10-2019 22:27

  • Sandhya Adhikari says :
    Hello Arjun,
    Thank you so much for presenting a new concept,
    Keep writing such a great report,
    Yours,
    Sandhya
    Posted 16-10-2019 17:50

  • Madhu Aryal says :
    Hello Arjun,
    I hope you are doing fine.Thank you so much for your report.Though we are not connected to oceans but our rivers are also in same condition it can helps us a lot to improve our nature.
    Keep writing
    With Regards
    Your
    Madhu Aryal
    Posted 16-10-2019 16:55

  • Asmita Gaire says :
    Hello Arjun
    I hope you are fine.

    It was really a new information for me as we have no sea in our country. Nice report

    Thank you so much for this report.

    Green cheers

    Yours
    Asmita Gaire
    Posted 16-10-2019 13:20

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