In France, where young people are among Europe's biggest smokers, streets are often littered with cigarette butts, which take around 12 years to degrade. US company TerraCycle has launched the first butt-recycling programme, transforming the plastic in the filters into everything from pipes to ashtrays.
Début 2013, Terracycle, entreprise canadienne spécialisée depuis dix ans dans le recyclage de déchets de grande consommation, annonçait l’implantation en France d’une chaîne de collecte des mégots de tabac en vue de leur recyclage en objets.
In France, where young people are among Europe’s biggest smokers, streets are often littered with cigarette butts, which take around 12 years to degrade. US company TerraCycle has launched the first butt-recycling programme, transforming the plastic in the filters into everything from pipes to ashtrays.
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Through its free Brigade recycling programs, TerraCycle has diverted more than 2.5 billion pieces of trash from going to the landfill and, with its partners, donated more than $7 million to charity
TerraCycle offers several Zero Waste Boxes that can help factories and manufacturing facilities reduce their environmental impact. Managers can purchase boxes to recycle ear plugs and hair and beard nets separately or a combination box where both can be comingled.
These 2014 honorees include current Columbia Law School Professor Edward Lloyd who will be awarded the Environmental Stewardship Award and TerraCycle, which will be presented with an Environmental Leadership Award. The commitment that both have shown toward the environment has changed New Jersey's future for the better, and in the case of TerraCycle, the country.
The school participates in the Drink Pouch Brigade, a free recycling program for individuals or groups from Capri Sun and eco-pioneer TerraCycle. To mark the milestone of almost 200 million drink pouches collected and almost $4 million given to charity since the start of the program six years ago