Turning cigarette butts into teddy bears

Brut India

Ever wondered what happens to the cigarette butts you casually throw away? Naman Gupta decided to use this toxic waste to make something surprising... 🧸

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00:00And we have just started We found that there is no specific guidelines

00:20or a specific system to recycle the cigarette butts.

00:48It is

01:06separated manually using thread cutters or scissors.

01:09After separation of these three parts, the paper, polymer and the tobacco, paper that

01:16is received by us is first converted into a pulp form and after creating pulp, we add

01:23an organic binder to it.

01:33Polymer that we receive is first shredded by a shredding machine.

01:37After shredding, it goes through a 24-hour biodegradable chemical recycling process.

01:53The leftover tobacco that we receive is used in making organic compost which is fit to

01:59use in nurseries.

02:26From the beginning until date, we have been facing a lot of setbacks and criticism but

02:32because we dared to provide an end-to-end solution to the problem of cigarette butts.

02:42If you have the determination to provide something to the society, then the people who watch

02:49you or the people who like your idea will definitely support you.

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