Most people never think twice about a cigarette butt. It's dropped onto a sidewalk, flicked from a car window, or left behind on a beach. After a while, it disappears from sight, and with it, from memory. Many people even believe it biodegrades within a few months. But does it?
Every year, trillions of cigarette butts are discarded around the world, making them the most common form of litter on Earth. Despite their extraordinary abundance, surprisingly little research has explored what actually happens to them once they enter the environment. Do they truly disappear, or do they simply become something we can no longer see?
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