Time to kick the butt of the most common litter item in the world: Ban cigarette filters
THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH MAN, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.1-3, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Kısa Makale
- Cilt numarası: 1 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2023
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161256
- Dergi Adı: THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH MAN
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Aerospace Database, Analytical Abstracts, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, EMBASE, Environment Index, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, Geobase, Greenfile, MEDLINE, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Public Affairs Index, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-3
- Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Cigarette filters offer no public health benefits, are single-use plastics and the most common source of plastic (cellulose acetate) pollution. Filters are routinely littered, accounting 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.