Tobacco companies to be billed for cleaning up cigarette butts in Spain

Tobacco companies now have to pay to clean up cigarette butts in Spain. Some want Canada to go further

Tobacco companies will now have to foot the bill to clean up discarded cigarette butts in Spain, after new regulations came into effect Friday. Advocates in Canada are hoping to see similar legislation

Spain passes law forcing tobacco companies to pay for cleaning up cigarette butts

Cigarette butts represent the world's most abundant form of litter. Spain wants to put an end to them.

Spain tobacco firms to pay to clean up cigarette butts

Cigarette manufacturers will also have to educate smokers not to throw away butts in public.

Spain makes tobacco companies pay for cleaning up cigarette butts

The new law is in line with the European Union’s goals to limit the use of single-use plastics by mandating polluters to clean up after themselves.

Spain rules tobacco companies must pay for cigarette butt clean up

Spain has also banned single-use plastic cutlery and plates.

Tobacco companies asked to foot the bill for cleaning up cigarette butts in Spain

New environmental legislation in Spain will require tobacco businesses to pay for cleaning up the millions of cigarette ends that consumers throw away each year, as reported by the Guardian. The decision, which takes effect this Friday, is one of a number of policies intended to lessen waste and boost recycling. It forbids the use of cotton buds, expanded polystyrene cups, plastic straws, single-use plastic cutlery, and plates, as well as restric