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Port of San Diego to start recycling cigarette butts

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The Port of San Diego has started a unique project, as it will recycle a type of waste that is often left behind as litter - cigarette butts. This project aims to
 
The Port installed 31 cigarette butt receptacles that it purchased from TerraCycle around San Diego Bay, in Port parks and in other Port areas with heavy pedestrian traffic. The receptacles provide an easy option for smokers to dispose of their used cigarettes. Port’s General Services Department staff will empty the receptacles and ship the used cigarette butts to TerraCycle. TerraCycle will then process the used butts, separating the tobacco from the paper. Those elements will be then composted and the cigarette’s filter will be recycled into plastic pellets.