Once again, volunteers will fan out across Vernon picking up discarded cigarette butts as part of the Canada-wide Butt Blitz program... The difficult-to-recycle waste is sent to TerraCycle, a Toronto-based company that recycles materials not typically accepted at municipal facilities.

As part of a worldwide effort to rid the environment of harmful cigarette butts, the fourth annual Butt Blitz will get underway... Not only are communities being cleaned of litter, but this difficult-to-recycle waste is sent to TerraCycle, a Toronto-based company that recycles materials not typically accepted at municipal facilities.

La ribambelle accueille près de 300 bouts de chou de la maternelle 4 ans et de la maternelle régulière... À son arrivée à La ribambelle, David Courtois a bien vu certaines pratiques qui se font dans les classes. «Mais, à l’heure du dîner, je trouvais dommage de voir beaucoup de trucs aller directement à l’enfouissement. Il n’y avait qu’une seule poubelle noire. Ça me faisait mal au cœur de constater tout ce qui était perdu», confie-t-il. Il a donc décidé de prendre les choses en main. «Je me suis lancé dans ce projet dans le but d’améliorer la valorisation des matières résiduelles», dit-il...  David Courtois a découvert qu’un produit bien populaire chez les enfants, la gourde collation (compote), pouvait se récupérer ailleurs. «Chez Gesterra, on ne récupère pas ces objets. À force de fouiller parmi les noms d’entreprises fournis par Gesterra, j’ai trouvé une compagnie, TerraCycle, spécialisée dans le recyclage de produits dits non recyclables», a-t-il mentionné.

Cigarette butts are the most littered item in the world. A common sight on sidewalks, roadways and beaches, approximately 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are improperly disposed of, tossed out windows, snuffed out on the ground or dropped into gutters each year... Through the free Cigarette Waste Recycling Program, cigarette butts can be safely disposed of, and fully recycled to a second life. Managed by international recycling company TerraCycle, the program is completely free to participate in and is available to any individual, organization, business or city within Canada – over the legal smoking age of 19, of course.

All of the cigarette butts that will be collected are going to be sent to TerraCycle, a company which has a process to turn the butts into plastic that is then used to make different goods, like shipping pallets. The tobacco is separated out and sent to compost so it’s a win-win situation.

Get your butt out of here. That’s the message of environmental group A Greener Future, which is bringing its fourth annual Butt Blitz to Barrie May 5. Volunteers collect cigarette butt litter, which is then transported to TerraCycle, a Toronto-based recycling company. Barrie’s cleanup starts at the Spirit Catcher and runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pocket ashtrays will be distributed by event co-ordinators. “Cigarette butts are highly toxic especially when they come in contact with water,” group founder Rochelle Byrne said. “They threaten the health of wildlife and contaminate our own drinking water. Removing littered butts from the local environment has so many benefits and is easy to achieve with the collective impact of the Butt Blitz."   Organizers say 22 communities will host events across the country.

LAVAL, Quebec—Bausch + Lomb announced that its One by One Recycling Program—the first contact lens recycling program of its kind—has recycled nearly 2.5 million used contact lenses, blister packs and top foils since the program launched in November 2016, diverting more than 14,000 pounds of waste from landfills. The program is made possible through a collaboration with TerraCycle, a leader in the collection and repurposing of hard-to-recycle post-consumer waste. Available to eyecare professionals and their patients across the U.S., the Bausch + Lomb One by One Recycling Program works by providing participating practices with large recycling bins to collect used contact lenses, blister packs and top foil.

1. Package Refunds– Bottle deposits are the most popular that people are familiar with however there are other options as well. TerraCycle is another great free program that you can send in your packaging in pre paid envelops to raise money for charity!

A lot of us already set aside plastic milk jugs, glass bottles and old newspapers for the recycling bin. But with Earth Day approaching, it doesn’t hurt to ask: Could we all be doing more? A lot of times, our good intentions to help the planet are thwarted by recycling incorrectly or simply not knowing what can be recycled. If you’re looking to pitch in more – or even to just get started! – check out our easy-to-follow tips.

A Laurier Brantford graduate is urging smokers to cast their butts. John Panesso Ramirez wants smokers to put their cigarette butts in a new gadget called the Ballot Bin instead of flicking them onto the sidewalk. “I’m not sure of the dimensions,” Ramirez said during the Ballot Bin’s unveiling last week. “But up here, in this flat area, you put a question, something like ‘Will the Toronto Maple Leafs with the Cup this year, yes or no.?’