No More Butts | A World Without Tobacco Waste

DID YOU KNOW?

Up to 4.5 trillion butts are littered globally each year.

It's reported that 6 trillion cigarettes are consumed every year.

Estimates indicate that up to 4.5 trillion of these are littered. That is nearly 143,000 butts littered per second.

As a charity, No More Butts is taking action.

Butts leach chemicals into the environment

Up to 4.5 trillion butts are littered globally each year.

In addition to causing hundreds of fires each year, up to 7,000 chemicals and various heavy metals leach from butts into the environment.

This can harm marine species and damage soil quality.

Cigarette filters provide no health benefit

Butts are a plastic and are not bio-degradable

Cigarette filters (butts) are a single-use plastic. They are problematic, unnecessary and avoidable.

As a charity, No More Butts advocates for a ban on the sale of filtered cigarettes, as they provide no benefit to human health.

Butts are a plastic and are not bio-degradable

Research shows it can take up to 15 years for cigarette butts to break down in sea water.

Cigarette butt filters contain cellulose acetate, a fibrous plastic.

There's No More Butts, something must be done.

We acknowledge that our work takes place on the traditional lands of Indigenous Peoples around the world. We honour them as the original and continuing stewards who have cared for these beautiful lands and waters since time immemorial, and we recognise their profound and enduring connection to culture and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, and to all Indigenous Peoples. As an organisation, we are committed to learning from and supporting Indigenous communities in our work.

HELP US TACKLE THE WORLD'S MOST LITTERED ITEM

Join the 2026 Big Butt Hunt

It's time for a filter-free future

WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE

JOIN OUR MISSION TO RID THE WORLD OF TOBACCO WASTE

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DID YOU KNOW?

Up to 4.5 trillion butts are littered globally each year.

Up to 4.5 trillion butts are littered globally each year.

Up to 4.5 trillion butts are littered globally each year.

Butts leach chemicals into the environment

Up to 4.5 trillion butts are littered globally each year.

Up to 4.5 trillion butts are littered globally each year.

Cigarette filters provide no health benefit

Butts are a plastic and are not bio-degradable

Butts are a plastic and are not bio-degradable

Butts are a plastic and are not bio-degradable

Butts are a plastic and are not bio-degradable

Butts are a plastic and are not bio-degradable

OUR IMPACT

butts retrieved from the environment

butts retrieved from the environment

butts retrieved from the environment

volunteer hours since 2020

butts retrieved from the environment

butts retrieved from the environment

value of pro-bono hours

butts retrieved from the environment

value of pro-bono hours

HELP INCREASE OUR IMPACT

A PETITION FOR A FILTER FREE FUTURE

VAPING: A NEW THREAT

HELP US TACKLE THE WORLD'S MOST LITTERED ITEM

Join the 2026 Big Butt Hunt

It's time for a filter-free future

WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE

JOIN OUR MISSION TO RID THE WORLD OF TOBACCO WASTE

THE BIG BUTT HUNT RETURNS IN

DID YOU KNOW?

Up to 4.5 trillion butts are littered globally each year.

Up to 4.5 trillion butts are littered globally each year.

Up to 4.5 trillion butts are littered globally each year.

Butts leach chemicals into the environment

Up to 4.5 trillion butts are littered globally each year.

Up to 4.5 trillion butts are littered globally each year.

Cigarette filters provide no health benefit

Butts are a plastic and are not bio-degradable

Butts are a plastic and are not bio-degradable

Butts are a plastic and are not bio-degradable

Butts are a plastic and are not bio-degradable

Butts are a plastic and are not bio-degradable

OUR IMPACT

butts retrieved from the environment

butts retrieved from the environment

butts retrieved from the environment

volunteer hours since 2020

butts retrieved from the environment

butts retrieved from the environment

value of pro-bono hours

butts retrieved from the environment

value of pro-bono hours

HELP INCREASE OUR IMPACT

A PETITION FOR A FILTER FREE FUTURE

VAPING: A NEW THREAT

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