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Berlin Installs Cigarette Butt Recycling Canisters

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BERLIN, Md.- The Town of Berlin says it has purchased a new solution to cigarette butts piling up in the downtown area.   The town has purchased a new solution called "Cigarette Buttlers." They are essentially 15 small black boxes that resemble bird boxes attached to poles.   The town has bought about 15 new canisters and seven have been installed already in the downtown area.   Ivy Wells, with the town's Economic and Community Development, says the purchases were all apart of a grant the town applied for and received.   "Berlin is a sustainable community so what I did last year was I wrote and received a $10,000 grant from the Department of Housing and Community Development," Well said.   Only $2,000 were used for these Cigarette Buttlers though; the remaining portion went toward new trash cans and recycle receptacles.   Through a company called TerraCycle, the butts will be recycled and turned into things people can purchase like benches.   The town will collect these materials and send them directly to the company.