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Whos Doing What to Tackle Cigarette Litter
2020-11-04 07:00:00| Waste Age
Cigarette filters (butts) are the most common litter worldwide, with about 4.5 trillion of them ending up scattered across landscapes and floating in water bodies yearly, according to research in the British Medical Journal. The butts are
New York Lawmakers Consider Single-use Cigarette Filter Ban
2020-03-17 09:00:00| Waste Age
The rationale behind the proposal is that single-use filter cigarettes pose significant environmental and health concerns.
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TerraCycle Partners with EZ Products to Recycle Cigarette Butts
2019-07-09 10:00:00| Waste Age
The Butt Stops Here program has equipped seven golf carts at Rolling Hills with cigarette receptacles via a Keep America Beautiful grant.
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Keep New Hanover Beautiful, TerraCycle Hit Cigarette Recycling Milestone
2019-05-03 10:00:00| Waste Age
The Keep America Beautiful affiliate recycled more than 500 pounds of cigarette litter with help from volunteers and TerraCycles recycling program.
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Keep America Beautiful Opens Grant Application Period for Cigarette Litter Prevention Program
2019-03-25 09:00:00| Waste Age
The 2018 grant program delivered an average of 62 percent reduction in cigarette butt litter. The deadline for 2019 applications is March 29.
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