Dive Brief:
- Vancouver, Canada is partnering with TerraCycle Canada to start the "Cigarette Waste Brigade," a cigarette butt recycling program.
- Smokers can discard their finished cigarettes in one of 110 bins which have been placed on the sidewalks of downtown Vancouver or they can be collected and sent into a facility for processing.
- Cellulose acetate in the filters will be used to produce shipping pallets and other industrial products, while the tobacco will be composted.
Dive Insight:
The pilot program was launched as part of the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan. Vancouver is striving to become the greenest city in the world by 2020. Other efforts include a LEED-certified convention center, an auto-share and using recycled plastics in road construction.
