Cigarette Butt Bricks: Tons Of Toxic Waste

Cigarette Butt Bricks Author Name Institution Affiliation Every year, billions of cigarettes are produced the world over, producing millions of tons of toxic waste in the form of cigarette butts, most of which end up polluting the environment. In order to deal with this problem, experts at RMIT University in Australia discovered a unique way to reuse cigarettes (Sarani & Kadir, 2013). These days, the concept of using cigarettes to make bricks and asphalt is gaining popularity. It is believed that fired-clay bricks made with cigarette butts are a good way to save energy. In addition, these can help solve the problem of global littering. The bricks made from cigarette butts are said to be better, stronger or more rigid than the bricks made from concrete materials, or clay-bearing soil, sand and lime. In addition, butts are not biodegradable, which means it will take them many years to break down. On the other hand, metals like chromium, cadmi...