No Butts Day

The thriving bottom-up movement created by litterpickers plays an important role in growing global support for a cigarette filter ban. The fight against cigarette filter pollution is fought both in board rooms and on the ground. A rapidly growing number of litterpickers are working hard locally and regionally to put cigarette filters on the agenda

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

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