| The most littered item on the planet by unit? Cigarette butts. And they’re not just unsightly, they contain toxic chemicals that leech into the environment, especially our waterways.
The good news is that a local company is helping to solve the problem through recycling.
Eric Ascalon of Trenton-based TerraCycle, told Rotarians at our March 1 meeting that 98% of cigarette filters are made of plastic fibers which aren’t biodegradable.
His award-winning company has developed a process for recycling this hard-to-recycle product and is sponsoring free municipal programs and other means for people to properly dispose of the cigarette waste.
For more about this program and others offered by TerraCycle, visit terracycle.org. |
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