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!
