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The tobacco industry does not offer any real solutions to this problem, but instead shifts the blame onto consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information on this issue and to better understand how to fight cigarette butt pollution, you can download <a href=\"https:\/\/transparencyandtruth.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260522_Greenwashing_EN.pdf\">our factsheet<\/a> or read <a href=\"https:\/\/transparencyandtruth.ch\/en\/ressource\/greenwashing-and-pocket-ashtrays\/\">our analysis<\/a> on the subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With more than 3 billion cigarette butts discarded in nature every year in Switzerland, this waste represents one of the major forms of environmental pollution. The tobacco industry does not offer any real solutions to this problem, but instead shifts the blame onto consumers. 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