CIGARETTE LITTER IN THE UK STATISTICS

CIGARETTE LITTER IN THE UK

In the UK, 120 tonnes of cigarette related litter are discarded on our streets every day.

- Cigarettes account for over 40 per cent of street litter.

- Cigarette filters can take up to 12 years to degrade.

- If you litter with cigarette butts you can face a £75 fixed penalty fine.

- Approximately 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are littered worldwide each year.

- Cigarette butts leak toxins that contaminate water and harm marine life and the environment.

- Every day UK smokers throw away about 200 million butts

Cigarette filters have been found in the stomachs of fish, birds, whales and other marine creatures, who mistake them for food.