ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Recycling of Cigarette Butts in Fired Clay Bricks: A New Laboratory Investigation.
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- Cost-effective FRP solutions for enhancing strength and strain of sustainable concrete made with waste tyre rubber.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Upcycling of the Used Cigarette Butt Filters through Pyrolysis Process: Detailed Kinetic Mechanism with Bio-Char Characterization.Polymers · 2023Article
- Fabrication of Flexible All-Solid-State Asymmetric Supercapacitor Device via Full Recycling of Heated Tobacco Waste Assisted by PLA Gelation Template Method.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Fired Clay Bricks Incorporating Cigarette Butts.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Toxicity of cigarette butts and possible recycling solutions-a literature review.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Review
- Leachate Analysis of Heavy Metals in Cigarette Butts and Bricks Incorporated with Cigarette Butts.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
Cigarette butts (CBs) are the most commonly littered waste material in the world. It is estimated that over 5.7 trillion cigarettes are consumed worldwide each year. Consequently, millions of tonnes of highly toxic waste are contaminating the environment. CBs are composed of cellulose acetate filters-a polymer with poor biodegradability-and which, depending upon the environmental conditions, can take many years to decompose. In this study, fired clay bricks were manufactured with 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, and 2% CBs by mass and tested against control bricks with 0% CBs. The results revealed a decrease in compressive strength from 48.6 MPa for 0% CB content bricks to 30.8 MPa for 1% CB content bricks, and a decrease in dry density with the increase in CB content, from 2114 kg/m
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