It's a sure sign of spring in London.
The snow is melting and long-buried cigarette butts are resurfacing.
"Basically all litter that's been piling up becomes that much more visible," said Jay Stanford, the director of fleet and solid waste at the city.
So, where do they all go?
For the past few years, butts collected in the city's pole-mounted bins have been sent to Terracycle, a company that specializes in recycling unusual products.
Twinlab, a provider of health and wellness products, is giving consumers a free way to recycle all brands of supplement and vitamin packaging. Through
Twinlab’s Supplement the Earth Recycling Program, managed by international recycling company
TerraCycle, consumers can now send in all brands of empty supplement and vitamin packages for processing, to be repurposed and used again.
Shannon Dougherty is absolutely giddy that, on a pole outside the Fishtown bar she owns, there’s a small metal box that’s the latest tool in her personal war on litter.
“There are so many problems in the world right now that are so complicated,” said Dougherty, the owner of Cedar Point Bar & Kitchen. “This just seems like an easy one to fix. The 19-inch rectangular receptacle is called a
TerraCycle “zero waste” box. Installed in February by the Fishtown Neighbors Association, the box can hold hundreds of cigarette butts before they’re shipped to New Jersey, where they will be processed and recycled into such things as ashtrays, fence posts, industrial supplies, and park benches.
A pioneering company finding circular solutions for previously non-recyclable items continues to go from strength to strength.
TerraCycle has made its name globally for its ability to take the non-recyclable, things like ‘cigarette butts and chewing gum’ and repurpose them using innovative processes. It also
featured on these pages last year for its involvement in developing a London gym made using deodorant cans.
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An Inside Look at Waste Sorting and the Trash Cycle
Unless you’ve chosen to live a
zero-waste lifestyle, you have a hand in the
258 million tons of waste Americans produce each year. And once your rubbish is picked up from your home or business, you probably don’t give it too much thought. But those empty food containers and old magazines have a long way to go after disposal.
From the waste transfer station to landfill processing, learn what happens to your garbage after you throw it away.
An Inside Look at Waste Sorting and the Trash Cycle
Unless you’ve chosen to live a
zero-waste lifestyle, you have a hand in the
258 million tons of waste Americans produce each year. And once your rubbish is picked up from your home or business, you probably don’t give it too much thought. But those empty food containers and old magazines have a long way to go after disposal.
From the waste transfer station to landfill processing, learn what happens to your garbage after you throw it away.
Today TerraCycle, the company known for recycling-the-unrecyclable, announced record expansion and unprecedented revenue growth, making the last 15 months the most successful in the company's history.
Today TerraCycle, the company known for recycling-the-unrecyclable, announced record expansion and unprecedented revenue growth, making the last 15 months the most successful in the company's history.
TRENTON, N.J., March 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Today TerraCycle, the company known for recycling-the-unrecyclable, announced record expansion and unprecedented revenue growth, making the last 15 months the most successful in the company's history.
