Save the Butts
Save The Butts – Goumbook's waste to value sustainable initiative
Save the Butts – waste to value, is an engaging campaign that started in February 2022, and promotes awareness about plastic pollution, ocean conservation and behavioral change, based on circular economy.
Save the Butts Campaign data
Some Facts About Cigarette Butts
- Worldwide, around 4.5 trillions of cigarette butts are littered in the environment every year.
- It can take up to 12 years for cigarette butts to decompose (European Parliament, 2018)
- There are more than 7,000 chemicals in a cigarette (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2010)
- Cigarette butts are 95% plastic, making them big plastic polluters.
- 500lt of water is contaminated with 1 cigarette butt
Join Campaign
You can join Save the Butts whether you are an individual, school, work in a company or want to sponsor the campaign.
Youth & Schools participation
This is a great opportunity for the youth and school students to get involved to clean up the environment and put the hours in to count towards their community service.
Corporate partners participation
The perfect way to involve your team in your sustainability agenda, whether you do a beach clean-up or join the annual commitment program.
Save The Butts Targets and Objectives
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The Save The Butts campaign is funded in part by
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