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Premiers pas pour l’association Nom d’un Barbusse

Portée par « la volonté d'établir une collaboration avec les membres de la vie scolaire et de la commune, afin de promouvoir toute initiative tendant à améliorer les conditions d'accueil, d'apprentissage et d'épanouissement des enfants scolarisés au groupe scolaire Henri-Barbusse », l'Association des parents d'élèves indépendants (APEI) Nom d'un Barbusse est née en septembre 2014.

Portland promotes cigarette butt recycling to make downtown friendlier

A key component of the initiative is the butt's final destination. A New Jersey company, TerraCycle, accepts the waste and composts the unburned tobacco and paper and recycles the plastic in the filters into pellets used to make products like park benches and shipping pallets, Lakeman said. Roylos hopes other cities in Maine and beyond will install Buttlers, and he has a plan to offer manufacturing and installation work to military veterans.

Why Durable Bioplastics, Not Biodegradable, May Be the Answer

To conclude this series about bioplastics and the biodegradability (or lack thereof) of plastic products and packaging, I want to discuss the future of what I consider to be one of the only viable alternatives to plastics derived from non-renewable resources: durable bioplastics. The key word here is durable, because biodegradable plastics of any composition are not the long-term sustainable solution we need. When you compost a biodegradable plastic cup, that polymer can no longer be reused and maintained, meaning all of the energy and material inputs are lost in the soil.