News Releases
Company announcements from Greenbutts, retained in full under their original names.
Greenbutts successfully qualifies its patented filter substrate on Aiger's Next Gen machinery
The global industry demand for a viable and scalable alternative is driven by single-use plastic (SUP) regulatory compliance, such as the SUP Directiv...
Greenbutts and Filtrona announce joint development agreement to produce biodegradable filters
SAN DIEGO, Calif. , Oct. 24, 2023 /CNW/ - Greenbutts and Filtrona today announce a partnership to manufacture biodegradable filters for tobacco c...
Greenbutts Welcomes Peter Dobson as Sensory Advisor
SAN DIEGO , Oct. 4, 2023 /CNW/ - Greenbutts, a leading innovator in biodegradable filtration technology, is pleased to announce the addition of ...
Greenbutts & H.I.E. Announce Distribution Agreement for Biodegradable Substrate and Filters in the EU
SAN DIEGO , Sept. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - GREENBUTTS Inc, a science-driven leader in biodegradable filter technology, announces that we have ente...
Greenbutts Welcomes Distinguished Tobacco Scientist to Global Advisory Team
SAN DIEGO , March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Greenbutts, a leader in biodegradable filtration technology, is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael W...
Greenbutts & Boegli Announce New Technology Improving Biodegradable Filters
SAN DIEGO , Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Greenbutts, a science-driven leader in biodegradable filter technology, announces a jointly patent-prote...
Greenbutts Announces Grant of Patent, Adds to IP Portfolio
SAN DIEGO , July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Greenbutts LLC., (the "Company" or "Greenbutts") a scientific leader in biodegradable filter technology,...
Greenbutts Apppoints Former Big Tobacco Executive as Chief Strategy Officer
SAN DIEGO, Calif. , June 22, 2022 /CNW/ - Greenbutts, LLC (the " Company " or " Greenbutts ") is pleased to announce the appointment of Luis San...
In the News
- This British invention could stop the world's biggest cause of plastic pollution
- Feb 6, 2025 | By David Maddox / The Independent UK A British invention developed near to Rachel Reeves' constituency in Leeds could solve the world's biggest cause of plastic pollution. Campaigners want the UK government to force cigarette manufacturers to use the biodegradable cigarette butt, developed by Greenbutts.
- 22nd Century Announces New Greenbutts Manufacturing Agreement for Innovative Plant-Based, Biodegradable Cigarette Filters
- July 10, 2024 | By 22nd Century Group / Newsfile Corp Mocksville, North Carolina- 22nd Century Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: XXII), a tobacco products company focused on nicotine harm reduction and contract manufacturing, today announced an agreement with Greenbutts.
- Who's Doing What to Tackle Cigarette Litter
- Nov. 4, 2020 | By Arlene Karidis / Waste 360 Cigarette filters (butts) are the most common litter worldwide, with about 4.5 trillion of them ending up scattered across landscapes and floating in water bodies yearly, according to research in the British Medical Journal.
- The World's Most Littered Item Comes Under Fire
- July 31, 2019 | By Saabira Chaudhuri / The Wall Street Journal Smokers' habit of tossing cigarette butts on the ground sparks concerns about single-use plastic.
- Small item, huge problem, green solution? The saga of San Diego's Greenbutts
- April 22, 2019 | By Peter Rowe / San Diego Union Tribune When entrepreneurs Tadas Lisauskas and Xavier Van Osten first envisioned it, the biodegradable cigarette butt seemed like a sure-fire winner.
- Plastic straw ban? Cigarette butts are the single greatest source of ocean trash
- Aug. 27, 2018 | By James Rainey / NBC News Environmentalists have taken aim at the targets systematically, seeking to eliminate or rein in big sources of ocean pollution - first plastic bags, then eating utensils and, most recently, drinking straws.