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Time to kick the bu...
Time to kick the butt of the most common litter item in the world: Ban cigarette filters
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Green, D. S. (author)
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- Carney Almroth, Bethanie, 1974 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap,Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
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Altman, R. (author)
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Bergmann, M. (author)
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Gundogdu, S. (author)
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Warrier, A. K. (author)
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Boots, B. (author)
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Walker, T. R. (author)
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Krieger, A. (author)
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Syberg, K. (author)
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- Elsevier BV, 2023
- 2023
- English.
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In: Science of the Total Environment. - : Elsevier BV. - 0048-9697. ; 865
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- Cigarette filters offer no public health benefits, are single-use plastics (cellulose acetate) and are routinely littered. Filters account for a significant proportion of plastic litter worldwide, requiring considerable public funds to remove, and are a source of microplastics. Used cigarette filters can leech toxic chemicals and pose an ecological risk to both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Bottom-up measures, such as focusing on consumer behaviour, are ineffective and we need to impose top-down solutions (i.e., bans) if we are to reduce the prevalence of this number one litter item. Banning filters offers numerous ecological, socioeconomic, and public health benefits.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Cigarette filters
- Cellulose acetate
- Single -use plastics
- Ecological
- risk
- Planetary boundaries
- Plastics treaty
- toxicity
- Environmental Sciences & Ecology
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Altman, R.
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Bergmann, M.
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Gundogdu, S.
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Warrier, A. K.
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Boots, B.
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Walker, T. R.
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Krieger, A.
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Syberg, K.
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