Cigarette receptacles keeping streets clean in Argenta

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All of the butts are collected about once a week then sent to TerraCycle. “They recycle every part of the cigarette," said Kent. They plan to survey the streets again in a few months to track how well these are working, with hopes of one day adding more.

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Cigarette receptacles keeping streets clean in Argenta

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Thanks to a grant, smokers now have 12 cigarette receptacles up and down Main Street to drop their cigarette butts in.

Author: Erika Ferrando

Published: 9:09 PM CDT August 2, 2018

Updated: 9:09 PM CDT August 2, 2018

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - We all see cigarette butts along the sidewalks and streets every day, but in North Little Rock's Argenta District, you may start to see less. Thanks to a grant, smokers now have 12 cigarette receptacles up and down Main Street to drop their cigarette butts in. They were installed about a month ago and already people are noticing cleaner streets.

"It’s a personal choice to smoke, but when you put it on the ground its everybody’s problem then," said Randy Naylor, president of Keep North Little Rock Beautiful. Cigarette butts are the most littered item in the country and the world according to Keep America Beautiful. "In a three-block area we picked up 600 cigarette butts," said Naylor on the few hours he spent surveying the area in June. He teamed up with Argenta Downtown Council and was awarded a $2,500 grant from the Cigarette Litter Prevention Program to install the receptacles. Argenta Downtown Council will service the receptacles. That crew has been responsible for cleaning up the butts on a daily basis. "We’ve noticed a pretty big difference. There were a lot of cigarette butts on the street, our team was out having to pick them up all day, and now it’s not quite so bad," said Chris Kent, Executive Director of Argenta Downtown Council. All of the butts are collected about once a week then sent to TerraCycle. “They recycle every part of the cigarette," said Kent. They plan to survey the streets again in a few months to track how well these are working, with hopes of one day adding more.

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Somehow it’s almost back-to-school time once again and that means your kids will need new supplies for the new year. But before you head out to add to the estimated $83-billion spent on back-to-school shopping this fall, here’s how you can make the whole experience easier on the planet and your wallet.

Think before you buy all those new notebooks and folders - Chances are your kids have leftover notebooks they didn’t finish off last year, so tear out and recycle the used pages and let them use the rest to start the year off. And when it’s time to get new ones, there are eco-friendly options like Sustainable Earth sugarcane notebooks and folders made from 100% post-consumer recycled paper, so you can save some trees.
Reuse backpacks - Instead of running out to get a new backpack every school year, play around with fabric paint, patches, or stickers to spruce up last year’s. And when you do need a new one, consider getting one from places that offer a lifetime guarantee, like Patagoniaand JanSport.
Go for a PVC-free binder - If you want to avoid PVC, a plastic that lingers for decades in the environment and has been linked to health concerns, check out alternatives from Naked Binders that are made from earth-friendly materials like wood and recycled plastic.
Make lunchtime more sustainable - You can skip those single-use items, like plastic baggies and water bottles, in kids’ lunches if you have the right essentials. A small reusable water bottle and reusable bagsmade of silicone that can hold snacks and sandwiches go great with a plastic-free lunch box and they’re kinder to Mother Earth.
Be mindful of tossing last year’s stuff - Don’t just throw old school supplies in the trash if you can recycle them. Elmer's will take old glue sticks for you and TerraCycle will take used pens, pencils, and markers.

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Turning discarded cigarette butts into something that can be reused in the future... The receptacles will be emptied by city workers, shipped to a company called TerraCycle where it will be sterilized and separated with the tobacco and paper composted, and the filters turned into plastic pellets that will be used in a variety of industrial applications such as plastic shipping pallets.

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Hamilton's Barton Village BIA installs an interactive cigarette disposal box where smokers are invited to vote in a poll... They say a particular hot spot is in front of the Hamilton general hospital. Once collected the butts are shipped off to “Terracycle.” there the tobacco, ash and paper are turned into compost and the plastic in the filters is recycled.