[HTML][HTML] Toward a sustainable circular economy for cigarette butts, the most common waste worldwide on the coast

M Conradi, JE Sánchez-Moyano - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The circular economy is based on the maximum use of resources by reducing, reusing, and
recycling the elements used. Currently, the items littered most frequently in the world are …

A review of environmental pollution from the use and disposal of cigarettes and electronic cigarettes: contaminants, sources, and impacts

MW Beutel, TC Harmon, TE Novotny, J Mock… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
While the impacts of cigarette smoking on human health are widely known, a less
recognized impact of tobacco product use and disposal is environmental pollution. This …

[HTML][HTML] Occurrence of pharmaceutical residues, personal care products, lifestyle chemicals, illicit drugs and metabolites in wastewater and receiving surface waters of …

K Styszko, K Proctor, E Castrignanò… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
This is the first study of broad range of chemical classes CECs conducted in the upper Wisla
river catchment including the biggest WWTPs in this region and surface waters. The list of …

[HTML][HTML] Removal of residues of psychoactive substances during wastewater treatment, their occurrence in receiving river waters and environmental risk assessment

T Verovšek, A Šuštarič, M Laimou-Geraniou… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Continuous consumption combined with incomplete removal during wastewater treatment
means residues of psychoactive substances (licit drugs, medications of abuse and illicit …

[HTML][HTML] Disposable e-cigarettes and cigarette butts alter the physiology of an aquatic plant Lemna minor (Lemnaceae)

DS Green, B Boots, B Olah-Kovacs… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cigarette butts are one of the most littered single-use plastic items worldwide and can have
ecotoxicological effects. e-Cigarettes (or 'vapes') have gained popularity globally as an …

[HTML][HTML] No butts on the beach: aquatic toxicity of cigarette butt leachate chemicals

PD Venugopal, SK Hanna, GG Gagliano… - Tobacco regulatory …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives: Toxic pollutants leaching from littered cigarette butts (CB) raise environmental
impact concerns. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is required to assess the …

Chemical elements, flavor chemicals, and nicotine in unused and used electronic cigarettes aged 5–10 years and effects of ph

M Williams, W Luo, K McWhirter, O Ikegbu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The concentrations of elements/metals, nicotine, flavor chemicals and acids were compared
in the e-liquids of unused and used first-generation electronic cigarettes (ECs) that were …

Recycling potential of powdered cigarette waste in the development of ceramic materials

GD Girondi, MM Marvila, ARG de Azevedo… - Journal of Material …, 2020 - Springer
The final disposal of hazardous waste, such as cigarette waste, cannot be the same as
conventional urban solid waste because it has considerable levels of toxic substances. In …

[HTML][HTML] Recycling of tobacco waste: Development of reconstituted tobacco sheet with suitable strength and low-toxicity

Y Li, L Wan, M Yan, X Tang, S Gao, Y Chen - Resources, Conservation & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tobacco industry produces a large amount of tobacco waste every year, and the disposal of
tobacco waste become a puzzling problem. Recycling of tobacco waste to reconstituted …

Preliminary study on the effect of using heat-not-burn tobacco products on indoor air quality

SJ Yu, MK Kwon, W Choi, YS Son - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the effect of the use of heat-not-burn (HnB) products on indoor air quality (IAQ)
was evaluated. To do this, the concentrations of nicotine, propylene glycol (PG), and …