4.5 trillion cigarette butts are littered every year according to Ciggy Board Boys, Ben Judkins and Taylor Lane. Enough of that waste finds its way into the ocean to present a serious problem. Instead of simply harping on the issue or putting blinders up, Judkins and Lane came up with a creative way to raise […]
A while back The Good Brine posted a video entitled The Roach Tail by Juddy Productions (Ben Judkins) that focused on a surfboard made from cigarette butts. The project seemed to us like a great way to publicize the issue of pollution in the ocean – specifically the easily underestimated problem of discarded cigarette butts. […]
Keeping toxic butts out of the ocean is a serious task. While roughly 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are tossed out as litter each year the filters they’re comprised of do not biodegrade over time. Instead they break up into microplastics that remain on land or in the sea, and release accumulated toxins like arsenic, formaldehyde, and […]