WILMINGTON –  Cigarette smoking is a declining trend in the U.S., but cigarette butts remain a litter problem here and across the globe. The countywide Keep New Hanover Beautiful organization, an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful Inc., recently partnered with city officials on a cigarette butt recycling program aimed at diverting some of this waste from local waterways and streets and the landfill.

WILMINGTON -- According to keep America beautiful, cigarette butts are the most littered item worldwide. That's why the City of Wilmington says it's partnered with Keep New Hanover Beautiful to recycle cigarette butts. The city has installed 110 new cigarette-butt- disposal canisters. The city collects the discarded butts, and Keep New Hanover Beautiful  volunteers mail them to Terracycle, a free waste-collection and recycling facility.