Como bons brasileiros, não tem coisa mais gostosa que aquele cheirinho de do clássico espresso que a gente não vive sem. Vai bem no café da manhã, depois do almoço, acompanhando um bolo, ou
até mesmo um brigadeiro.
Turning discarded cigarette butts into something that can be reused in the future... The receptacles will be emptied by city workers, shipped to a company called TerraCycle where it will be sterilized and separated with the tobacco and paper composted, and the filters turned into plastic pellets that will be used in a variety of industrial applications such as plastic shipping pallets.
Hamilton's Barton Village BIA installs an interactive cigarette disposal box where smokers are invited to vote in a poll... They say a particular hot spot is in front of the Hamilton general hospital. Once collected the butts are shipped off to “Terracycle.” there the tobacco, ash and paper are turned into compost and the plastic in the filters is recycled.
EcoSuperior, an environmental group recycling cigarettes with TerraCycle, created an EcoTip video about the program.
Melitta® inovou ao trazer para o mercado cápsulas de café recicláveis. Em parceria com a TerraCycle – empresa que trabalha com a solução de resíduos de difícil reciclabilidade, a marca lançou o Programa Nacional de Reciclagem de Cápsulas de Café Melitta®, que permite aos consumidores garantirem a correta destinação desses resíduos, além de contribuir com diversas organizações sem fins lucrativos.
L’association Crèche Pitchoune a rejoint depuis quelques mois le programme de recyclage d’emballages de désodorisants et produits d’entretien, en partenariat avec TerraCycle et la marque Febreze. L’opération permet le recyclage de produits non traités par les filières de tri conventionnelles, tels que les gâchettes de vaporisateurs, emballages de lingettes, cartouches de désodorisants, ainsi que les pompes et bouchons des produits d’entretien ménager.
Avec le concours d'experts très pointus – Cap Gemini pour le numérique, Bouygues et l'innovation menée dans le cadre du programme Elsa pour donner une seconde vie aux batteries, Rémy Le Moigne, spécialiste de l'économie circulaire… – l'atelier a rappelé les avancées technologiques acquises, à l'image des bacs équipés de puces qui ont permis d’améliorer les collectes de déchets et d'en réduire le coût. Il apparaît que le digital en général, et l'intelligence artificielle en particulier, ont généré et devraient générer encore de nombreuses innovations, notamment en favorisant la mise à disposition des ressources.
TRENTON, N.J., July 31: Cigarette butts are the world's most littered item with nearly 4.5 trillion being tossed each year and last year in the United States, it is estimated 1.69 billion pounds of butts ended up as toxic waste. TerraCycle, the world's leader in the collection and repurposing of complex waste streams works with cities and municipalities globally to recycle cigarette butts. Since 2012, when TerraCycle launched its first cigarette recycling program, it has collected hundreds of millions of butts around the world.