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Cigarette filters are the world’s most common form of litter and now University of Gothenburg researchers are calling for these filters to be completely banned.

In just one week, environmentalists in Lisbon, Portugal's capital, gathered 650,000 butts and built this mountain.

Cigarette butts are globally recognised as the most commonly discarded waste item, totalling around 766.6 million kilograms of toxic litter annually.

The campaigners collected enough stubs to fill 40 plastic buckets, then emptied them into a mound to raise awareness about the often-overlooked form of pollution.

The mountain of cigarette butts was heaped in the capital's Comercio Square to raise awareness of how hidden plastic causes pollution.

The World Health Organization says 4.5 trillion cigarettes filled with heavy metals and chemicals are littered every year.

Climate activists gathered 650,000 cigarette butts and piled them up in the heart of Portugal's capital Lisbon on Sunday to raise awareness about the often-overlooked form of pollution.

Climate activists gathered 650,000 cigarette butts and piled them up in the heart of Portugal's capital Lisbon on Sunday to raise awareness about the...

Climate activists gathered 650,000 cigarette butts and piled them up in the heart of Portugal's capital Lisbon on Sunday to raise awareness about the often-overlooked form of pollution.

Enough stubs to fill 40 buckets were collected