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A cigarette surfboard to raise awareness about plastic pollution

This surfboard is made of 10,000 cigarette butts. Industrial designer Taylor Lane tells us why he created it.

06/09/2018 7:06 AM

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35 comments

  • Usin C.
    06/23/2019 07:39

    Gdjb

  • Paul S.
    06/18/2019 18:39

    Take note all of you cigarette smokers

  • Pascal M.
    06/16/2019 19:00

    Ok fine ! But stop doing cigarets with this useless filter ... and no more problem to come ....

  • Julian M.
    06/13/2019 16:30

    I’m so glad I put down the packs. Don’t get me wrong I still hit one or two every once and a while but now that I have laid off them they just seem so unattractive now. Smh.

  • Meytal B.
    06/12/2019 14:44

    for your inadvertent attention

  • Marcel d.
    06/11/2019 19:36

    Cigarette-butts are litter too

  • Terrie A.
    06/10/2019 23:00

    I grew up in Huntington Beach surfing 🏄🏻‍♀️ and when I was hiking Haleakala crater on Maui I started to pick up cigarette butts and tell my pockets are full in the early 70s. Every action has a reaction be a positive!

  • Diane B.
    06/10/2019 15:14

    Two options to completely solve the cigarette but issue.....stop smoking....no butts no problem.......stop putting filters on cigarettes.....paper and tobacco easily biodegrade. ....no filters no butts no problem.

  • Denise M.
    06/09/2019 17:05

    Industrial designer Taylor Lane 😂😂

  • Lorie J.
    06/08/2019 14:04

    Thats awesome,great,brilliant idea🤗

  • Alice B.
    06/07/2019 17:14

    Gross

  • Mandy H.
    06/06/2019 23:48

    Like it!

  • Diane L.
    06/06/2019 18:39

    Oh wow

  • Marian O.
    06/06/2019 14:24

    buti pa sya.

  • Bhaeravii L.
    06/04/2019 11:16

    Well done

  • Gary K.
    06/04/2019 01:44

    If you want to stop this the answer is so simple. When someone buys a pack give them a one dollar discount for 20 butts returned.

  • Teo F.
    06/01/2019 10:29

    Quit smoking, it's the best option.

  • Michiko N.
    05/29/2019 12:27

    Germs?

  • Maryse G.
    05/28/2019 17:00

    What happens when the surfboard is broken? You put it in the trash 🗑??

  • Joy M.
    05/28/2019 12:24

    Small change can do a lot. I wash glass jars and use them for storage and as smoothie containers. Fill them up, screw on the lid and put them in the fridge and when you want them, you can drink straight out of the jar.