Can discarded cigarette butts be recycled?

Recycled cigarette butts can be sent to factories for processing and paper making.

The most important filter in cigarette butts is composed of cellulose acetate. After heating, the slag liquid is discharged, and the rest is fiber, which is an important raw material for papermaking. After heating, draining, stirring, compressing and drying, the harmful substances in the original cigarette butts have been basically removed, and cigarette butts have become raw materials for papermaking.

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Although the paper "made" from cigarette butts has a certain gap with the paper produced in industry in color and feel, at this stage, foreign countries have made greeting cards, invitations, cartons, notebook covers and other items with these papers, and also used technical means to make the paper appear in different colors.

Environmentalists said: "People often throw away cigarette butts after smoking. Although our technology doesn't sound complicated, it can make cigarette butts that used to be rubbish come in handy. I hope to establish a recycling industry chain and let the environmental protection concept of waste utilization be known to everyone. "

China Com- Brazil's new concept of environmental protection is to recycle cigarette butts to make paper.