If you have ever mourned the number of cigarette butts littering your local streets, take heart that they can actually be used as a resource to produce new products—and you can get involved.
Terracycle is a New Jersey-based firm that has been doing great things for over ten years, specializing in recycling the “unrecyclable”, including plastic packaging, diapers, and cigarette butts.
The company has partnered with businesses, cities, and consumers around the world to collect used filters so they can be ‘upcycled’ into something useful.
Instead of throwing the butts into a trash can, after which they end up in landfills, Terracycle distributes designated cigarette receptacles for smokers to trash the butts. Once the receptacles are full and returned to Terracycle,…
