Cleaning the world of cigarette butts
Solving pollution from cigarette butts.
Through the use of science, we have developed a unique technology to recycle them, recovering the plastic from its filter, and turning it into a new sustainable material.
Why cigarette butts?
5.6 trillion are generated every year, representing millions of tons of plastic in the environment
70% of cigarette butts end up in nature and streets
Each one of them contains +7,000 toxic substances and is made of a plastic called cellulose acetate
About 40% of the waste found in coastal environments are cigarette butts
70% of cigarette butts end up in the environment, reaching 5.6 trillion annually
22.3% percent of the world’s population smokes
40% of the waste found in the sea are cigarette butts
Our technology
Through a chemical process, completely sustainable from its design, we are able to remove all the toxic substances contained in cigarette butts and recover the valuable cellulose acetate from which the filter is made.
- We recover the acetate
- We eliminate the toxicity
- 40% Less carbon footprint
- Scalable and exportable technology
Celion®
Transforming cigarette butts into a sustainable material for the future. Celion® is the world’s first pellet based on cellulose acetate recovered from cigarette filters. It is a unique material that can be used in conventional plastic molding processes, while helping to clean the planet.
