More and more municipalities sign the call of the No (Plastic) Filter-campaign Municipalities have to deal with the effects on cigarette filters, from cleaning costs to less attractive living environments. That is why they increasingly support a cigarette filter ban. Increasing support  Seven large and small Dutch municipalities signed the call: Venlo, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The

There is no reason not to ban cigarette filters in the upcoming revision of the SUPD The Single-Use Plastic Directive (SUPD), introduced in 2019, banned single-use plastic (containing) items that were found most in litter and for which alternatives were available: cutlery, straws and stirrers and cotton buds. These measurements have had a tremendously positive

The cigarette filter should have never existed. For eight decades it has been merely a marketing tool for the tobacco industry to sell more cigarettes.  It is one of the most persistent beliefs surrounding cigarette filters: the filter protects people who smoke from the toxins of combustion. Years of research, however, show that this is

A ban on plastic cigarette filters risks lock-in: from one polluting and misleading product to another Three months into the campaign we changed our goal: from a plastic cigarette filter ban to an all filter ban. The decision didn’t come overnight: we knew it might sound radical and that we might lose support in society,

Press release Utrecht, July 6th, 2025  On July 5th thousands of volunteers around the world collected 964,000 cigarette butts from their streets and nature. No Butts Day is an annual event that mobilises people from every continent. They call on governments to ban plastic cigarette filters. ‘’In decades we’ll look back and think: how could

International butts action day calls for a ban on plastic cigarette filters. On Saturday, July 5th 2025 the seventh edition of ‘No Butts Day’ takes place. Thousands of volunteers all over the world pick up as many cigarette butts as possible to raise awareness and inspire policymakers to take action. The event is not about