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Cigarette Filters Create Garden of Flowers from Discarded Butts

New patent-pending technology could turn cigarette butts into little flower pots. Or at least a seed dispersal system. Cigarette butts are a huge pollution problem, with people flicking there filthy filters all over the place. So what if those filters grew flowers? A new "all natural" cigarette, sporting filters packed with flower seeds so it can be either composted or literally planted to grow plants, hopes to counter the harmful effect cigarettes have on the environment.


Gizmag points us to Greenbutts. The company states, "Organic cotton and natural de-gummed hemp form the filter body. Wheat flour and pure water bind the filter elements as they are spun together. No chemicals or hidden additives.... Our filter is made of an all-natural hemp and cotton blend that can be combined with a wide variety of grass and flower seeds. Partner our product with additive-free tobacco and you have a true all-natural cigarette."

As the artiocle points out we don't know the impact of tar, nicotine, heat, etc. on the seeds. But this is an interesting new product. But where will those filters thrown on the asphalt roads grow?