Activists build Christmas tree from cigarette butts in call for plastic ban

Activists from the Korean Federation for Environmental Movement built a Christmas tree out of cigarette butts to call for a ban on the use of plastic for cigarette filters. Filters made with plastic are the second most littered single-use plastic product, according to the European Union. 

The tree is installed in front of KT&G Tower, the office building of the nation’s dominant tobacco manufacturer with over 60 per cent of market share.