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Why are cigarette butts made, and it is changing the environment

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We need to get people to change the way they responsibly decompose of their cigarette butts.

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Responsible usage of cigarette butts changes our environment

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We can try to inform people of the damage cigarette butts do to the environment and more awareness, but unfortunately not everyone will listen

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To Hamish,
Hi are names are Dre and Ryder. We are in year 6 and from Immanuel Gawler and this term was are doing a exhibition and are topic is cigarette butts.

On the 11th if November we are working towards a virtual exhibition here at Immanuel. We are trying to find information about how cigarette butts effect our environment.

We would appreciate if you could spend some time answering some questions.

Here are our questions

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We walked 2.28 km and found Cigarette butts nearly every meter we walked

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How much people smoke in Japan?
In 2016 20 million people smoked in Japan

How much people smoke in Russia?
In 2016 35 million people smoked in Russia
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What is the most popular cigarette in Japan?
Seven Stars

In 2018 almost 18 percent of the Japanese adult population were smokers, with Japan Tobacco's Seven Stars being the most popular cigarette brand among them, selling just under five billion cigarette sticks in a year.

What is the most popular cigarette in Russia
Belomorkanals

A new Russian cigarette, Belomorkanal, was introduced and became one of the most popular brands in Russia. Belomorkanals are a traditional Russian papirossi cigarette constructed with about 3 to 4 cm of tobacco and a long paper cylinder holder.
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How much does cigarette cost in Japan?

The price of ordinary cigarettes in Japan is about 30% of cigarettes in the U.S. The cheapest cigarettes in Japan are around $2.62 in Japanese it’s 200 yen and the most expensive ones are around $6.29 in Japanese it’s 480 yen.

How much does it cost in Russia
In Russia it’s $1.94 if you converted to Australian it is $0.03

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Responsible choices change our environment

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Responsible choices change our environment

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Cigarette butt were made to consume some of the toxins in cigarette butts, it collects solid particles known as tar. They are also were made to keep tobacco from entering there mouth. Most cigarette filters contain a core of two layers of wrapping that are made of paper and maybe rayon.

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How can we change the environment with the responsibility of cigarette butts?

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How can we change the environment with the responsibility of cigarette butts?

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There are many ways to reduce the environmental impact of cigarette buttwaste. Including making decomposable filters, increasing fines for littering butts and expanded public education.

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*Lots of cigarette butts are near occupied places like Big W and Faster pasta.
*There are two places that have ashtrays in Gawler: Woolworths and Big W.
*The amount of butts is lower closer to ashtrays, but even then with the ashtray 15 meters away there were butts on the ground.
*A lot of butts are thrown in side streets.
* A designated smoking area had no ashtray.

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Red is cigarette butts and purple is ashtrays

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1 Keep Australia Beautiful website
2 Victoria Litter Action Alliance
3 NSW Environment Protection Authority NSW Litter Prevention Kit
4 NSW Fines for Cigarette Litter
5 Cigarette Butt Litter
6 National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
7 EPA Victoria Report litter
8 NSW and Office of Environment and Heritage

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Hi Melissa Steele,
Our names are Dre and Ryder. We are in year 6 and from Immanuel Gawler and this term was are doing a exhibition and our topic is cigarette butts.

On the 11th of November we are working towards a virtual exhibition here at Immanuel Gawler

We would appreciate if you could spend some time to come in to answer some questions.

Here are some questions

1. How bad are cigarette butts hurting animals, plants and the environment?
2. What is the best way of getting rid of cigarette butts?
3. Do you think there is a better way to get rid of cigarette butts
4. Is there a better alternative to the way cigarette butts are made that would be better for the environment?
Is there a time for you to meet us?

Melissa’s response

Hello Dre and Ryder,

Thanks for your email.

The earliest I could come in to talk to you would be Wednesday 4th November. Would that work or is it too close to your virtual exhibition? I can meet any time between 11.30am-2.30pm

In the meantime, you might like to take a look at the following links (these should help answer most of your questions)

https://www.kabc.wa.gov.au/resources/litter-information/cigarette-butts

https://www.kabc.wa.gov.au/campaigns/bin-your-butt

https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2020/sep/cigarette-butt-bricks

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Hi KESAB

Our names are Dre and Ryder. We are in year 6 from Immanuel Gawler and this term we are doing a big project.
Our topic is cigarette butts and we were wondering if we could ask you some questions

1. How do cigarette butts hurt the environment (and animals)?
2. Do you have any solutions to fix this problem?

Thanks for your time and we look forward to hearing from you

From Dre and Ryder

KESAB response

Hello Dre and Ryder

Thank you for contacting KESAB regarding cigarette butt litter.  I have attached a fact sheet from Keep Australia Beautiful which will assist but I will answer your two questions:

How do cigarette butts hurt the environment (and animals)?

1. Cigarette Butts are made from plastic.  When they are littered they leach chemical toxins into our waterways and this causes pollution.

2. Further to this it has been recorded a number of times that animals, birds in particular mistake this awful litter item for food and ingest it.  This is toxic to the bird and can kill them.

Do you have any solutions to fix this problem?

1. I would say the best way would be for people not to smoke cigarettes in the first place as this would stop the manufacture.  Demand = Supply and so if we remove the demand there is no supply chain for the manufacturer.

2. However, if people do choose to smoke cigarettes then they have a responsibility not to drop the butts into the environment.

3. Butt Bins do help people to do the right thing as they are provided with proper facilities to do so.

4. Fining people for littering is another thing that might help.

Please go to http://www.buttfree.org.au/about-butt-littering/ and to http://www.notagoodlook.com.au/also as these will have further information for you.

Regards

Louise

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Cigarette butts are made of a plastic called cellulose acetate. When tossed into the environment, they dump not only that plastic, but also the nicotine, heavy metals, and many other chemicals they've consume into the surrounding environment.

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