On Saturday July 4th 2026 people everywhere around the world join forces for the biggest plastic cigarette filter cleanup on Earth. Thousands of volunteers will collect and count hundreds of thousands of plastic and toxic cigarette filters from their local streets, parks and waterways.
This event originated eight years ago in The Netherlands but grew in an international action.
It’s an effective way to raise awareness and drive the message home that a ban on plastic cigarette filters is the only real solution.
You can join by organizing your own local cleanup event or join an existing one. Help us by reporting the number of collect cigarette filters and by doing help to finish off the filter.
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About
The driving force behind No Butts Day is Bernadette Hakken, teacher by day and in her free time superhero Het Peukenmeisje (aka The Cigarette Butt Girl). Co-organizer is Plandelman aka Pick Litter Man, the alter ego of journalist Anton Damen. This dynamic duo is part of a collective of likeminded people: het PPC (Plastic Cigarette Butt Collective) with the shared goal of banning the butt.
Latest news
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Netherlands becomes first EU member state to support European ban on cigarette filters
A European ban on cigarette filters is more likely to succeed than a national measure. A possible ban on filter cigarettes is on the table during the revision of […]
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The impact of cigarette filters on public health and the Belgian environment
Filters in cigarettes do more harm than good: they fail to prevent the adverse effects of smoking and promote the enjoyment of smoking through a more pleasant mouthfeel. Moreover, the filters are very poorly biodegradable, which means that toxic cigarette butts pollute the environment for many years. It follows that they offer no benefit, be it from a public health perspective or an environmental one. The Superior Health Council therefore supports a general ban on cigarette filters, both at national and European level.
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Dutch municipalities want the tobacco industry to pay all cigarette butt cleanup costs.
20-04-2026 Dutch municipalities, the ministry, and water boards want tobacco industry to bear all the costs of cleaning up cigarette butts, according to a survey by the NOS. Currently, the tobacco industry pays about half, while Dutch taxpayers foot the bill for the rest. The butts are highly polluting to the environment and difficult to remove. The tobacco industry however, want to pay less than they currently do.
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