SARAH ROGERS: No ifs, ands or butts, cigarettes pollute
TerraCycle Include USA Cigarette Butt Recycling Program
For no cost to the participating restaurant, they are supplied with a Sidewalk Buttler receptacle, as well as materials needed to ship collected butts to TerraCycle, where they will be recycled. Cigarette filters can be turned into plastic pellets, and they can be turned into things like pallets and park benches. The organic materials left over are then composted by TerraCycle facilities.