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‘Park Your Butts’ campaign aims to eliminate cigarette waste in Salem

TerraCycle’s Cigarette Waste Brigade has collected nearly 36 million units of cigarette butts to date. By using funding from Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, TerraCycle has the ability to turn the cigarette waste into plastic pellets, while composting the leftover tobacco. … Continue Reading

WasteDive.com · Sep 11, 2015

‘Park Your Butts!’ highlights cigarette recycling in Salem

Butt bins for cigarette recycling have been placed around the downtown area and labeled with bright yellow decals to make them visible. Once full, butts are sent to New Jersey-based TerraCycle, where they are recycled into industrial-grade plastic goods. Future … Continue Reading

WickedLocal.com · Sep 11, 2015

TerraCycle among recycling award winners

TerraCycle, Trenton, New Jersey, was one of three small businesses to win quarterly $5,000 “People & Planet Awards” from Green America. The awards have been designed to “recognize innovative U.S. small businesses that integrate environmental and social considerations into their strategies … Continue Reading

Recycling Today · Sep 9, 2015