Before the smoke-free policy, Fanshawe placed numerous cigarette butt receptacles throughout the College’s designated smoking areas. These receptacles were regularly emptied and their contents were shipped off to a specialised recycling facility called TerraCycle, where the plastics from the butts would be turned into items such as park benches and playground equipment.

KITCHENER — A volunteer-run recycling program is keeping a serene, little-known city park clean and green. Area residents near Lakeside Park, a lush oasis close to St. Marys Hospital, used a city grant to purchase recycling bins for their neighbourhood park and take turns emptying them.