Shareholders Seek to Hold Tobacco Industry Accountable for Littered Plastic Cigarette Butts

As You Sow filed a first-of-its-kind shareholder proposal on Friday asking U.S. tobacco giant Altria to assess and take responsibility for the collection and cleanup costs of trillions of discarded plastic cigarette filters. Used cigarette filters are the most littered form of plastic on the planet, with an estimated marine ecosystem and waste management cost of $26 billion per year.

Circular EconomyAs You SowDecember 12, 2023Altria, Cigarette Butt, Cigarette filter, plastic pollution