Santa Cruz County’s First-in-the-World Cigarette Filter Ban Passed

“Cigarette filters are the world’s leading source of trash and the leading source of plastic pollution. Globally, approximately 4.5 trillion used filters – or butts – are discarded into the environment every year. Filters are non-biodegradable and cannot be feasibly collected or recycled.”

https://ash.org/santa-cruz-countys-first-in-the-world-cigarette-filter-ban/