Cigarette butts recycled into plastic products
Lord Mayor Robert Doyle AC says the City of Melbourne is one of only two councils in Australia to run a citywide initiative to recycle millions of cigarette butts into industrial products.
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City of Melbourne introduces cigarette butt recycling initiative
The City of Melbourne has become one of only two councils in Australia to run a citywide initiative to recycle millions of cigarette butts into industrial products.
City of Melbourne introduces cigarette butt recycling initiative
The town of Melbourne has become one of just two councils in Australia to run a city wide initiative to recycle millions of smoke butts into industrial services and products.
Recycling cigarette butts; Good for Melbourne & the environment
The Council of the City of Melbourne is making big inroads into a worldwide litter problem, cigarette butts. The council is running a citywide program to recycle cigarette butts into plastic products such as street furniture, shipping pallets and ashtrays.
Schools can win by recycling
TERRACYCLE and Colgate are calling all primary schools in New Zealand to take part in the 2017 Colgate Bright Smiles Bright Futures (BSBF) recycling competition.
Company has visionary approach to recycling
CONTACT LENSES AND BLISTER PACKS ARE NOW RECYCLABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME, FOLLOWING A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BAUSCH + LOMB AUSTRALIA AND TERRACYCLE.
10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Recycle
To reduce personal waste, there is no better place to start than confronting what’s in your household bin. Most of us like to think we’re pretty savvy when it comes to recycling but there’s probably some things you're throwing in the bin that could actually be recycled. Here are 10 items you could give new life to.
Bausch + Lomb Sets Up Contact Lens Recycling in Australia
Bausch + Lomb Australia has partnered with TerraCycle to facilitate recycling of contact lenses and blister packs for the first time. Any brand of used contact lenses and blister packs can be recycled for free.
You Can Now Recycle Used Contact Lenses and Blister Packs!
When my Terracycle newsletter arrived today announcing their FREE Bausch + Lomb Recycling Programme I immediately signed-in to my Terrcycle account, requested a free shipping label, then emailed it to my local post office to print because I don’t have a printer. Next, I boxed up all my lenses and blister packs, and when the netball season ends in three weeks, I’ll add the final ones and send them all off.
UPS Logistics And Technology Solutions Help TerraCycle Divert 40 Million Pounds Of Waste From Landfills Recycling Innovator and UPS Turn Trash to Treasure
ATLANTA, Aug. 02, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global customs and logistics solutions by UPS (NYSE:UPS) are powering TerraCycle's mission to transform hard-to-recycle items like toothpaste tubes and snack bags into new products, diverting 40 million pounds of waste from landfills since 2012.
UPS's unique customs expertise and technology solutions helped TerraCycle grow its global recycling programs and customer base, which means less waste. Over the last five years, for instance, TerraCycle has turned 3.5 billion pieces of waste into useful products like trash cans and park benches.
The collaboration reflects UPS's commitment to solving environmental challenges and helping customers achieve a more sustainable global supply chain focused on waste reduction, reuse and recycling.