Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle cigarette butts? http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20090722/how-can-i-reuse-or-recycle-cigarette-butts Creative ideas for reusing and recycling random stuff Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:15:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: amelia http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20090722/how-can-i-reuse-or-recycle-cigarette-butts/comment-page-1#comment-1019506 amelia Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:37:55 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/?p=1418#comment-1019506 DO NO put the tea talked about here in your soil or on your plants. If it were just tobacco, maybe but cigarette butts include arsenic, formaldehyde, chromium and lead. Indeed, there are 1,400 potential chemical additives. Toxicological data has shown that these chemicals from discarded cigarette butts are capable of leaching into surrounding water where they can harm aquatic life. Nicotine has been shown to be lethal to species of fish, crustaceans, zooplankton, and other aquatic organisms, as well as being a known insecticide. On top of leeching toxins, cigarette butts present an ingestion, choking and poisoning hazard to wildlife who mistake them for food, and because cigarette filters are composed of cellulose acetate, a form of plastic that can persist in the environment for long periods of time. Plastics of this sort have been found in the stomachs of sea turtles, fish, birds, whales and other marine creatures. DO NO put the tea talked about here in your soil or on your plants. If it were just tobacco, maybe but cigarette butts include arsenic, formaldehyde, chromium and lead. Indeed, there are 1,400 potential chemical additives. Toxicological data has shown that these chemicals from discarded cigarette butts are capable of leaching into surrounding water where they can harm aquatic life. Nicotine has been shown to be lethal to species of fish, crustaceans, zooplankton, and other aquatic organisms, as well as being a known insecticide. On top of leeching toxins, cigarette butts present an ingestion, choking and poisoning hazard to wildlife who mistake them for food, and because cigarette filters are composed of cellulose acetate, a form of plastic that can persist in the environment for long periods of time. Plastics of this sort have been found in the stomachs of sea turtles, fish, birds, whales and other marine creatures.

]]> By: Beth Redstone http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20090722/how-can-i-reuse-or-recycle-cigarette-butts/comment-page-1#comment-993976 Beth Redstone Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:13:54 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/?p=1418#comment-993976 Remove the paper, soak the tobbacco in water, strain and use as a bug repellant in the garden. Remove the paper, soak the tobbacco in water, strain and use as a bug repellant in the garden.

]]> By: Shaun Grimes http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20090722/how-can-i-reuse-or-recycle-cigarette-butts/comment-page-1#comment-993903 Shaun Grimes Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:46:39 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/?p=1418#comment-993903 I've solved the problem of cigarette butt recycling. Please look at my website. I’ve solved the problem of cigarette butt recycling. Please look at my website.

]]> By: Shorty http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20090722/how-can-i-reuse-or-recycle-cigarette-butts/comment-page-1#comment-991843 Shorty Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:04:36 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/?p=1418#comment-991843 You guys are all thinking about natural, Indian-style tobbacco cigarettes as pesticides, I don't know how strong the cigarettes there are, but the ones here are chock full of chemicals. I doubt you'd want all that anywhere near a plant you'll be eating. You guys are all thinking about natural, Indian-style tobbacco cigarettes as pesticides, I don’t know how strong the cigarettes there are, but the ones here are chock full of chemicals. I doubt you’d want all that anywhere near a plant you’ll be eating.

]]> By: Shaun http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20090722/how-can-i-reuse-or-recycle-cigarette-butts/comment-page-1#comment-991550 Shaun Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:20:36 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/?p=1418#comment-991550 I think I've solved the problem. I think I’ve solved the problem.

]]> By: Here in Texas http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20090722/how-can-i-reuse-or-recycle-cigarette-butts/comment-page-1#comment-984529 Here in Texas Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:58:23 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/?p=1418#comment-984529 Using tobacco tea as a pesticide is very, very effective... and also quite dangerous for humans as well as insects. Human skin has pores and so do leaves- these are portals for absorption of anything placed on its surface that is small enough to get into them. You can fertilize plants through their leaves and you can absorb medications transdermally. The catch about tobacco tea is that it should never, ever be used on food crops, because it is absorbed by the plant (then you)- and if you're an organic gardener, it'll kill all of your beneficial insects along with the bad guys.The only acceptable use for tobacco tea is on ornamentals. Tobacco works on nerve tissue- it's a central nervous system stimulant- if you do use this tea, you MUST make sure it is NEVER left where children and pets could get to it... it's highly toxic... and if you do insist upon this remedy, wear gloves. Do not let it touch your skin otherwise you could make yourself quite ill, too. Lastly, I wouldn't apply it on a windy day, either. Hope this helps you out. Using tobacco tea as a pesticide is very, very effective… and also quite dangerous for humans as well as insects. Human skin has pores and so do leaves- these are portals for absorption of anything placed on its surface that is small enough to get into them. You can fertilize plants through their leaves and you can absorb medications transdermally. The catch about tobacco tea is that it should never, ever be used on food crops, because it is absorbed by the plant (then you)- and if you’re an organic gardener, it’ll kill all of your beneficial insects along with the bad guys.The only acceptable use for tobacco tea is on ornamentals. Tobacco works on nerve tissue- it’s a central nervous system stimulant- if you do use this tea, you MUST make sure it is NEVER left where children and pets could get to it… it’s highly toxic… and if you do insist upon this remedy, wear gloves. Do not let it touch your skin otherwise you could make yourself quite ill, too. Lastly, I wouldn’t apply it on a windy day, either. Hope this helps you out.

]]> By: Meg from FruWiki http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20090722/how-can-i-reuse-or-recycle-cigarette-butts/comment-page-1#comment-970104 Meg from FruWiki Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:53:54 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/?p=1418#comment-970104 Arlee, how do you know that those pesticides won't be absorbed by the plant and will be washed off? People thought that about other pesticides, but actual testing of pesticide loads has proved differently! (But warning, you'll never eat a non-organic peach again if you read up on that.) Arlee, how do you know that those pesticides won’t be absorbed by the plant and will be washed off? People thought that about other pesticides, but actual testing of pesticide loads has proved differently! (But warning, you’ll never eat a non-organic peach again if you read up on that.)

]]> By: arlee http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20090722/how-can-i-reuse-or-recycle-cigarette-butts/comment-page-1#comment-962303 arlee Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:43:18 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/?p=1418#comment-962303 If you soak cigarette butts in water, you have a pesticide--it will not be absorbed by the plant, and will wash off. I use it as a last resort for pests that have no natural predators in our area. Adding a teeny bit of soap to make it stick to the bug, means it will clog their sphericles and suffocate them. Gruesome, but effective. If you soak cigarette butts in water, you have a pesticide–it will not be absorbed by the plant, and will wash off. I use it as a last resort for pests that have no natural predators in our area. Adding a teeny bit of soap to make it stick to the bug, means it will clog their sphericles and suffocate them. Gruesome, but effective.

]]> By: Meg from FruWiki http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20090722/how-can-i-reuse-or-recycle-cigarette-butts/comment-page-1#comment-950821 Meg from FruWiki Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:20:27 +0000 http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/?p=1418#comment-950821 Ewwwww.... Knowing just some of the poisons in those things I can't imagine wearing them, no matter how well they're cleaned. They deserve to be treated like toxic waste, because that is what they are. I'm normally all for recycling and reusing things, but not these. Off to the landfill they go! And hopefully packed well enough that the nastier chemicals don't leak out. I do really feel for people who are addicted. I've seen how hard it is for some of my loved ones to try to quit even as higher prices keep eating away at already lean budgets and as they worry about what that new cough means. But at the very least, if you can not find a way to quit, please consider those new electric water vapor cigarettes. They *seem* like they'd be better for the environment and maybe slightly less bad for your health as well. Ewwwww…. Knowing just some of the poisons in those things I can’t imagine wearing them, no matter how well they’re cleaned. They deserve to be treated like toxic waste, because that is what they are. I’m normally all for recycling and reusing things, but not these. Off to the landfill they go! And hopefully packed well enough that the nastier chemicals don’t leak out.

I do really feel for people who are addicted. I’ve seen how hard it is for some of my loved ones to try to quit even as higher prices keep eating away at already lean budgets and as they worry about what that new cough means. But at the very least, if you can not find a way to quit, please consider those new electric water vapor cigarettes. They *seem* like they’d be better for the environment and maybe slightly less bad for your health as well.

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