Did you know that around the world, 1.2 million tonnes of cigarette butt waste is created each year? Did you also know that smokers in Melbourne put about 9 million cigarette butts into landfill each year? While that sounds bleak, a research team from RMIT University may have found a way to recycle these cigarette butts, keep them out of rivers and oceans, and use them to build roads.

The Daily was joined by Dr. Abbas Mohajerani, a senior lecturer at RMIT University and the leader of the research team in question.