Cleaning the world of cigarette butts
Solving pollution from cigarette butts.
Through the use of science, we have developed a unique technology to recycle them, recovering the plastic from its filter, and turning it into a new sustainable material.
Why cigarette butts?
5.6 trillion are generated every year, representing millions of tons of plastic in the environment
70% of cigarette butts end up in nature and streets
Each one of them contains +7,000 toxic substances and is made of a plastic called cellulose acetate
About 40% of the waste found in coastal environments are cigarette butts
Our technology
Through a chemical process, completely sustainable from its design, we are able to remove all the toxic substances contained in cigarette butts and recycling to pellates
-We eliminate the toxicity
-40% Less carbon footprint
-Scalable and exportable technology
Impact
FilterFreaks
Transforming cigarette butts into a sustainable material for the future. FilterFreaks is the world’s first pellet based on cellulose acetate recovered from cigarette filters. It is a unique material that can be used in conventional plastic molding processes, while helping to clean the planet.