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Recycling proposal is carried

ACT Whitsundays is a small local charity group that has been working with TerraCycle, a "global leader in recycling". Collection bins would be deposited at libraries in the Whitsundays and then be collected by ACT Whitsundays and for-warded to TerraCycle for recycling.

Baltimore initiative collects 55K cigarette butts in one neighborhood

Baltimore is one of many cities that TerraCycle has teamed up with in recent years as part of its Cigarette Waste Brigade program. Other participants include VancouverSeattleSt. LouisNew Orleans,Columbia, MO and Salem, MA. For every pound collected, $1 is donated to the Keep America Beautiful Cigarette Litter Prevention Program.

Elementary school in Wood-Ridge wins playground

For the past several months, Doyle School collected Colgate brand oral care waste such as empty toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes and floss containers and sent these to Terracycle for recycling. The school was given one playground credit for every shipment of recyclables sent. Members of the community also voted daily on a website that tracked their progress and standing among other schools in the competition.

Waterfront Partnership Recycling Program Collects 55,000 Cigarette Butts In First Six Months

Waterfront Partnership sends all collected cigarette litter to TerraCycle, an international recycling company, for recycling into a variety of useful products. TerraCycle then processes separated cigarette waste into organics and plastics. Organics, including leftover tobacco and cigarette paper, are added to non-food compost. Cigarette filters are recycled into a variety of industrial plastic products, such as shipping pallets.

Baltimore Inner Harbor Recycling Program Collects 55,000 Cigarette Butts in Six Months

The nonprofit also teamed up with international recycling company TerraCycle to turn its collected cigarette waste into useful products like compost and shipping pallets. The Baltimore Sun has more: A recycling initiative collected 55,000 cigarette butts during its first six months in the Harbor East neighborhood, according to a news release.

National news briefs — compiled July 13

A recycling initiative collected 55,000 cigarette butts during its first six months in the Harbor East neighborhood, according to a news release. The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore started the program by installing 15 recycling receptacles and now plans to expand into other areas of the Inner Harbor. The Waterfront Partnership used TerraCycle, an international recycling company, to transform the cigarette waste into useful products, such as compost and shipping pallets.

R.S. Hughes Providing Turnkey Packaging Recycling Program

 R.S. Hughes, an industrial distributor specializing in abrasives, adhesives and sealants, is working with Henkel and TerraCycle to provide turnkey recycling solutions for anaerobic adhesive packaging. As part of the Anaerobic Adhesive Recycling Program sponsored by adhesives manufacturer Henkel, R.S. Hughes is outfitting key customers with recycling boxes that they can fill with empty Loctite adhesive containers.