How researchers use mushrooms to break down cigarette butts

Editor’s Note: The video above shows KXAN News Today’s top headlines for April 10, 2023.AUSTRALIA (KXAN) -- Researchers in Australia are tackling a major, continent-wide issue: littered cigarette butts.According to the World Wildlife Fund Australia, half of the roughly 18 billion cigarettes smoked a year end up in a landfill.The company taking the lead, Fungi Solutions, uses fungi to divert waste from landfills and create natural alternatives to plastics.
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