It’s great to see that the forums are active! I haven’t figured out how to mention People in my replies! @aidanmp doesn’t work. How do you do it? xD
To aidanmp
– Longwood resealed a study that sais that 95% of cigarette filters are made of cellulose acetate (a plastic), and the balance are made from papers and rayon
( I pressume that the 5% of compost filters are not used by the usual tobacco companies.)
-Yes. The filter needs to be separated from the excess tobacco and paper that can be treated as compost. This procedure takes about 2-3 seconds per bud to do by hand and i imagine can somehow be automated. Maybe one floats in some liquid that the other doesn’t ( Research to be done) .
– Well, an easy way to collect buds would be to arrange with social public spaces, Like the outdoors space of a pub to collect the buds from their ashtrays for you. I know some people that would be willing to do that for me and my estimate is ,on a good night, something like 1000 cigarette buds can be collected almost effortlessly. Another great way is to just clean up a beach! or the street! Keep your head down in a busy city like London and i promise your sight will pick up a cigarette bud almost every moment of walking.
-That is definitely a point to be taken seriously. I believe that with chemical treatment, one could extract the stuff that makes the filter stink. But even if you don’t remove that stuff there’s a chance that the smell fades in the melting process. (need to experiment) . And even if is does stink, theres a solution around that. You make things that don’t need to smell good. Like ashtrays perhaps.
– A business would be a nice way to ensure that I can keep doing cigarette products and putting cigarette buds to use. Are you looking for a project to work on?
– Is it healthy or safe to be used in a product?
– I imagine that some products would be suitable to be made from cigarettes and some would not. One would not make a pacifier out of cigarettes but one could, with the right treatment make other products out of them. Perhaps industrial?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VxMwKETtUg
This is Teracycle recycling company that shows that it’s possible! They show that it’s possible. I don’t know much about their procedure though! It looks like its an intricate process!
Here’s a news-clip video about Terracycle to check out if you are interested.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl1AIUWeVTo
– I think giving a demand to ciga-products gives value to the cigarette bud and thus helps to keep cigarette buds out of landfills and in some cases the ocean.
I think this is something could appeal to both a non-smoker and a smoker.
Thanks for the interest in the topic! I might just start experimenting!
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