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RMIT engineers mixed 1% recycled cigarette butts into fired-clay bricks, and the bricks matched standard strength while cutting firing energy by 10%- Psychology explains why people litter even when they know it is wrong: A 2022 study finds good attitudes may not be enough, while personal control, connection to nature and social pressure shape the decision to stop
- Why Some Urban Birds Build Nests with Cigarette Butts: A Surprising Survival Strategy
- ET MSME Awards 2024: Meet the nominees competing with their ‘innovative’ prowessThe Economictimes.com is back with ET MSME Awards 2024. The awards will honour the exceptional MSMEs in the country who are at the top of t...19 Mar, 2025, 10.01 PM IST
- South Korea says North Korea has again launched trash-carrying balloons across the borderNorth Korea has been launching balloons filled with trash into South Korea as part of a psychological warfare campaign. The South Korean Jo...05 Sep, 2024, 07.10 AM IST
- Sister of North Korean leader Kim calls South Korea's live-fire drills 'suicidal hysteria'Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, condemned South Korea's recent front-line live-fire drills as "suic...08 Jul, 2024, 12.14 PM IST
- N. Korea sends more balloons as Kim Jong Un's sister warns of 'new counteraction'North Korea sent hundreds more trash-carrying balloons over the border, Seoul's military said Monday, after Kim Jong Un's powerful sister w...10 Jun, 2024, 11.33 AM IST
- North Korea sends 600 more trash balloons over border, South saysNorth Korea sent 600 balloons carrying trash into South Korea, causing anger in the country. The balloons, which contained cigarette butts,...02 Jun, 2024, 09.16 AM IST
- Plastic pollution from cigarettes likely costs $26 billion per year: StudyThese costs may seem small compared with the overall economic and human toll of tobacco, but they are cumulative and preventable, the resea...04 Dec, 2023, 05.56 PM IST
- Britain takes home litter-picking trophy at inaugural SpoGomi World Cup in TokyoTeam 'The North Will Rise Again' from Britain collected 57.27 kilograms of rubbish, earning 9,046.1 points and beating the host Japanese te...25 Nov, 2023, 09.34 AM IST
- Cigarette butts recycled to make soft toys. This Noida firm offers the perfect example of sustainabilityThe company has recycled cigarette butts into various products in the last four years.22 Apr, 2022, 04.02 PM IST
- Masks and gloves are saving lives - and causing pollutionThe Pacific Beach Coalition recently noticed a dramatic increase in discarded PPE on beaches in and around the city of Pacifica, south of S...24 Mar, 2021, 09.02 PM IST
- Cigarette butts 'not toxic to humans, environment' says CSIR-IITR study, cites lower chemical levels as reasonBurnt and unburnt butts of 10 cigarette brands and beedi brands were used in the study.12 Sep, 2020, 10.10 AM IST
- How plastic ban will affect businesses and consumersIndia’s plastic-processing industry has over 30,000 units and an annual turnover of Rs 2.25 lakh crore.22 Sep, 2019, 09.27 PM IST
- NGT orders study to find if cigarette butts fall within category of toxic wasteThe NGT bench directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to get the study done by Lucknow based-Indian Institute of Toxicology...12 Apr, 2019, 08.09 PM IST
- Cigarette butts one of the biggest ocean pollutants04 Sep, 2018, 08.43 AM IST
- Cigarette butts to eliminate mosquitoes?Bengaluru, Sep 22 (IANS) Cigarette butts (CBs) thrown into garbage as trash can be turned into a valuable resource for killing mosquitoes t...22 Sep, 2017, 12.37 PM IST
- From cultivation to consumer waste, here's how tobacco life cycle impacts usTobacco is often grown without rotation with other crops, so plants require intensive use of fertilisers & pesticides.10 Jun, 2017, 01.05 AM IST
- As duties make cigarettes expensive, foreign brands like Luvin Fresh surreptitiously enter the marketGudang Garam, Djarum Black some of names that have prompted enforcement agencies to smoke out those who are bringing such foreign cigarette...04 Apr, 2015, 10.41 AM IST
- Tobacco litter is challenge for a clean India: ExpertsHarish Vasudevan, environmental law expert, said, "studies point out that tobacco refuse is a major source of litter on the planet."05 Jan, 2015, 03.10 PM IST
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