Fun Facts

Did you know

Cigarette butts are the number one littered item world wide!

Mining for Butts

Cigarette waste has a high energy potential similar to lignite coal...

Fact

It lakes only 24 cigarette butts to charge your cell phone for up to one hour...

Wasted Potential

In 1998 we discarded enough cigarette waste to power 8,900 average American homes. 24 hours a day for an entire year. That potential energy is burried in a landfill forever.

Mega Mile Stone

San Jose International Airport has recovered a mega watt of energy

using the “Butts To Watts”® program

Miles and Miles

One megawatt of energy will charge 200,000 cell phones for an hour. Placed end to end, you’re looking at 19 miles of cell phones!