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TerraCycle now accepts and upcycles cigarette butts

After a long two years of planning and tweaking, TerraCycle, the recognized leader in upcycling items that previously were considered non-recyclable, is now accepting used cigarette butts for its latest Brigade. This amazing project was the brainchild of TC’s founder … Continue Reading

EnviroThink · Nov 16, 2012

Tobacco Company, Terracycle Team Up to Recycle Cigarette Butts

Cigarette butts are the most littered item in America and make up 38% of all trash on U.S. roadways, according to Keep America Beautiful. Annually, worldwide cigarette butt litter amounts to 1.69 billion pounds. TerraCycle Inc., a company devoted to … Continue Reading

Earth911 · Nov 15, 2012

Cigarette maker funds recycling

RICHMOND, Va. — A subsidiary of the nation’s second-largest cigarette maker Reynolds American Inc. is funding a national recycling program to reward do-gooders for cleaning up tobacco waste and turn cigarette butts into pellets used to make items such as … Continue Reading

KOB 4 (CBS Affiliate) · Nov 15, 2012

Those cigarette butts? Reynolds wants to recycle

Erie Times News · Nov 15, 2012

Reynolds subsidiary funding cigarette recycling

Boston Globe (Online and Print) · Nov 15, 2012

Reynolds funds cigarette recycling

The Day (online and Print) · Nov 15, 2012

Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Launches Butt Recycling Program

Convenience Store New · Nov 15, 2012