A Canadian company says it has discovered a way to recycle cigarette butts. TerraCycle said it will make plastic pallets for industrial use from waste, including butts, cigarette foil and plastic packaging. The paper and remaining parts of tobacco will be composted.

A Canadian company says it has discovered a way to recycle cigarette butts. TerraCycle said it will make plastic pallets for industrial use from waste, including butts, cigarette foil and plastic packaging. The paper and remaining parts of tobacco will be composted. "As a company committed to recycling waste streams that others deem worthless or unsavoury, cigarette waste will help to promote our belief that everything can and should be recycled," TerraCycle founder Tom Szaky said in a release.

TerraCycle Canada of Ontario has established a national program aimed at diverting  cigarettes from landfills. An Ontario company is encouraging Nova Scotia to turn discarded cigarette butts into  cash for charities and non-­‐profits. TerraCycle Canada has launched a national campaign to encourage smokes and related  waste to be recycled under a program that started at the end of May.“We want to really spread the message across the country,” TerraCycle spokeswoman  Denise Barnard said Thursday in an interview from Toronto.

L’entreprise canadienne TerraCycle, qui se spécialise dans le recyclage de déchets, a annoncé hier la mise sur pied d’un programme de recyclage des mégots de cigarette. Baptisé «Brigade des déchets de cigarettes», le programme de collecte gra- tuit sera implanté à l’échelle du pays et servira à transfor- mer les mégots de cigarette en palettes de plastique pour usage industriel. TerraCycle recyclera aussi les emballages des paquets de cigarettes ainsi que leurs feuilles inté- rieures en aluminium