Publications

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

Former Dutch State Secretary for the environment Vivianne Heijnen wanted to put a ban on all single-use cigarette filters on the agenda of the revision of the European Union’s Single-Use Plastics Directive (in 2025), she wrote to parliament in 2023. Research by CE Delft showed that a ban is the only effective option to achieve

Today marks the launch of the international No Plastic Filter campaign, uniting voices across the planet for a ban on plastic cigarette filters. A growing coalition of citizens, businesses, institutions, scientists, NGOs and local authorities worldwide is calling on policymakers to take action. Quintessential to the campaign is the publication of this website.  Almost all