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TerraCycle wants your butts

TerraCycle Inc. has created the Cigarette Waste Brigade, asking people to send their butts so they can be recycled into pellets used to make items such as park benches, shipping pallets and railroad ties. Hold on to your butts … … Continue Reading

Waste and Recycling News · Nov 16, 2012

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

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