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This British invention could stop the world’s biggest cause of plastic pollution
Feb 6, 2025 By David Maddox /The Independent UK/
A British invention developed near to Rachel Reeves’ constituency in Leeds could solve the world’s biggest cause of plastic pollution. Campaigners want the UK government to force cigarette manufacturers to use the biodegradable cigarette butt, developed by Greenbutts....Read More
22nd Century Announces New Greenbutts Manufacturing Agreement for Innovative Plant-Based, Biodegradable Cigarette Filters
Greenbutts successfully qualifies its patented filter substrate on Aiger's Next Gen machinery
Greenbutts and Filtrona announce joint development agreement to produce biodegradable filters
Greenbutts Welcomes Peter Dobson as Sensory Advisor
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Greenbutts & H.I.E. Announce Distribution Agreement for Biodegradable Substrate and Filters in the EU
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/
GREENBUTTS Inc, a science-driven leader in biodegradable filter technology, announces that we have entered into a strategic agreement with H.I.E Handelsgesellschaft mbH effective September 15, 2023....Read More
Greenbutts Welcomes Distinguished Tobacco Scientist to Global Advisory Team
SAN DIEGO, March. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/
Greenbutts, a leader in biodegradable filtration technology, is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael W. (Mike) Ogden has joined as a strategic advisor. Dr. Mike Ogden comes to Greenbutts from a distinguished and accomplished 35+ career at Reynolds....Read More
Greenbutts & Boegli Announce New Technology Improving Biodegradable Filters
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/
Greenbutts, a science-driven leader in biodegradable filter technology, announces a jointly patent-protected new technology with world-renowned Boegli Gravures S.A....Read More
Greenbutts Announces Grant of Patent, Adds to IP Portfolio
Greenbutts Appoints Former Big Tobacco Executive as Chief Strategy Officer
Who’s Doing What to Tackle Cigarette Litter
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The World’s Most Littered Item Comes Under Fire
July 31, 2019 By Saabira Chaudhuri /The Wall Street Journal/
Smokers’ habit of tossing cigarette butts on the ground sparks concerns about single-use plastic.... Read More
Small item, huge problem, green solution? The saga of San Diego's Greenbutts
April 22, 2019 By Peter Rowe /San Diego Union Tribune/
When entrepreneurs Tadas Lisauskas and Xavier Van Osten first envisioned it, the biodegradable cigarette butt seemed like a sure-fire winner....Read More
Plastic straw ban? Cigarette butts are the single greatest source of ocean trash
Aug. 27, 2018, 4:30 AM EDT By James Rainey /NBC News/
Environmentalists have taken aim at the targets systematically, seeking to eliminate or rein in big sources of ocean pollution — first plastic bags, then eating utensils and, most recently, drinking straws.... Read More
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