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Plastic products made from cigarette butts

The City of Melbourne is out to promote its participation in a scheme that’s set to sweep all the butts away by running a citywide initiative to recycle millions of cigarette butts into industrial products. To complete the initiative, the City … read more

GovNews · Jul 26, 2017

The City of Melbourne is upcycling cigarette butts into plastic products

In collaboration with Enviropoles (who does the collecting) and TerraCycle (who does the recycling), the City is ensuring the butts are turned into usable items, including plastic furniture and shipping pallets.

Concrete Playground · Jul 26, 2017

Butts into better things

The City of Melbourne has become one of only two councils in Australia to run a citywide initiative to recycle millions of cigarette butts into industrial products. The City of Melbourne has partnered with Enviropoles, which collects the cigarette waste, and TerraCycle, which … read more

Government News · Jul 26, 2017

Terracycle Oral Care Brigade

Tagg - Toorak Times · Jul 24, 2017

Holy smokes, butts are useful

Herald Sun · Jul 24, 2017

Daily Solutions Digest

The Big Fix · Jul 21, 2017

“I Tried Plastic-Free July”

Marie Claire · Jul 21, 2017

PLASTIC FREE JULY – GETTING STARTED [HANDY TIPS]

Honest to Goodness Blog · Jul 6, 2017