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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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133 comments

  • Brut nature
    06/07/2018 16:20

    More details here: https://www.thecigarettesurfboard.com/ - or on Instagram: @thecigarettesurfboard

  • Russell T.
    06/09/2018 10:03

    ☮️ I love the final analogy... That the ocean is many drops of water. If you think on this a moment, it puts everything into prospective. That one person can begin the change. BE THE CHANGE.

  • Rahja D.
    06/09/2018 10:09

    ...

  • Paolo P.
    06/09/2018 11:32

    Priscila Prisco Paixão

  • Ale A.
    06/09/2018 14:15

    Whaaaaaaat?! 😯

  • Kimberly P.
    06/09/2018 15:26

    AWESOME IDEA..CONGRATS YOU ARE DIFFERENT BUT FULL OF HEART FOR OUR OCEANS PROTECTION.. WELL DONE..KEEP SPEADING YOUR WORDS OF WISDOM TO THE WORLD..:) ALL THE BEST FROM CANADA THE GREAT WHITE NORTH STRONG AND FREE..:)

  • Kimberly P.
    06/09/2018 15:27

    Taylor Lane You ROCK..:)

  • Michela M.
    06/09/2018 17:31

    Toxic but healthy the same surf ahah

  • Viv K.
    06/09/2018 17:50

    Congratulations Taylor you are awesome😊

  • Fernanda D.
    06/09/2018 19:22

    🙂

  • Amy L.
    06/09/2018 21:54

    cigarettes are made of plastic how bad and people litter them!

  • Wolfgang B.
    06/09/2018 22:17

    I don't know if I would want something like that though that's nasty

  • Will C.
    06/09/2018 22:24

    So cool

  • Adnane A.
    06/10/2018 02:13

    ha lm39oul

  • Mark K.
    06/10/2018 04:05

    It’s just a surfboard made of resin you don’t need the cigarette butts in it. you didn’t upcycle anything

  • Ignacio A.
    06/10/2018 04:38

    Harry Ward here u go

  • Hendrik S.
    06/10/2018 08:37

    Honestly people, I HATE what plastic and what it is doing to us as human beings and how it is destroying our beautiful planet. ALL form of plastic should be banned entirely.

  • Mia P.
    06/10/2018 12:32

    so cool!

  • Joseph M.
    06/10/2018 14:42

    Glad I could help you make your surfboard bubba

  • Joseph M.
    06/10/2018 14:42

    I'm gonna lite up right now