Shannon Mead

Shannon Mead is an award-winning Australian environmental advocate and subject-matter expert on tobacco-related plastic pollution and single-use plastics. He is the founder and Executive Director of No More Butts, a volunteer-led organisation working to prevent tobacco waste from entering the environment.

Shannon was named Queensland Environmental Philanthropist of the Year in 2024 and Cairns Regional Council's Volunteer of the Year in 2022. He has represented Australian civil society in the UN Global Plastics Treaty process and was the principal writer of UNEP Perspectives Issue 45, Plastic Tobacco Filters: A problematic and unnecessary plastic impacting the environment and human health, for No More Butts. His work brings together environmental advocacy, research, public health, and policy to address tobacco-related plastic pollution and advocate for phasing out plastic cigarette filters.