By Effie Herdi & Mouhamad Bigwanto n Indonesia, the tobacco crisis is no longer confined to a public health emergency; it has become a visible and pervasive environmental disaster. Cigarette butts are not harmless organic waste; they are made of cellulose acetate, a type of plastic that takes up to a decade to decompose. As […]
Category: Tobacco Waste
Tobacco Industry Interference in Spanish Tobacco Product Waste Management
Laurent Huber, Raquel Fernández Megina, Ubaldo Cuadrado. On October 22, 2024, the Spanish government released Royal Decree1093/2024 to regulate the management and cleanup of waste from tobacco products. The decree applies to tobacco product filters and single-use filters that contain plastic used with tobacco products, to comply with the European Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European […]