Are cigarette filters biodegradable?

Question

Are cigarette filters biodegradable?

Answer 1

cigarettes kill u

Answer 2

1st, I have to giggle a bit because the title is kida... wierd

Well said Gravy Maker! I totally agree...

Answer 3

actually it takes many years for them to break down.

Answer 4

NO!

Answer 5

Thats a negative!

Answer 6

Not sure, but they certainly make the place look bad. I mean, smokers always toss their butts anywhere they please. I think it looks disgusting to see cigarette butts all over the ground. Smokers are so inconsiderate and get hostile if you ask them not to smoke around you or toss their butts everywhere. They say they have rights too. Yeah, they have rights to make me breath in their filthy fumes and live with their discarded butts.

a--holes!

Answer 7

Who gives a c**p?

Answer 8

NO!! Dispose of them properly.

They are a huge problem for both our water systems and our wildlife. If you flick your butt when you are done with your cigarette, it will likely wind up in a storm drain. Cities spend millions of dollars a year cleaning them up. They are hazardous waste. All the nasty chemicals in your cigarette are collected in the filter at high concentrations and are released into the water ways when they enter the storm drain system. If they stay on land and are eaten by anything, bird, dog, or whatever it can be fatal.

Answer 9

Cigarette filters will be here after the next coming of Christ and the third nuclear holocaust.

They are not biodegradable and they are not recyclable.

They are so prevalent in our landscape they are becoming a part of the topsoil and each time land is backfilled they are spread more and more.

Answer 10

I certainly hope so, I friggen hate when people flick them on the floor.

Answer 11

i heard no. i have a friend who always rips them off when he's done and then throws them away later.

Answer 12

yes.

Answer 13

no, they are fiberglass loaded with chemicals.  Smoking chokes more than just yourself.

Answer 14

Cigarette filters will be broken down once they are disposed of.  It takes about 200 years for one to be completely broken down, so the filter you through on the ground today will have completely disintegrated by about 2208.