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ELIMINATING THE IDEA OF WASTE®

Portland effort aims to turn cigarette butts from litter into railroad ties

TerraCycle Include USA Cigarette Waste Brigade
Once the box is full, it is shipped free of charge to the New Jersey-based TerraCycle, which will use the tobacco to make compost and turn the plastics in the butts to pellets for use producing items such as park benches, shipping pallets and railroad ties, according to Lakeman.