Dive summary:
- Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co, a subsidiary of Reynolds, the nation's second-largest cigarette manufacturer, is funding a national recycling program that gives $1 to Keep America Beautiful for every pound of cigarette butts sent in.
- Cigarette butts can be turned into pellets, which can be used to make plastic shipping pallets, railroad ties and park benches.
- Cigarette butts are one of the most littered items in the U.S., yielding about 135 million pounds of annual waste that ends up thrown out the window or dropped on the ground.
From the article:
A subsidiary of the nation's second-largest cigarette maker Reynolds American Inc. is funding a national recycling program to reward do-gooders for cleaning up tobacco waste and turn cigarette butts into pellets used to make items such as plastic shipping pallets, railroad ties and park benches.
New Mexico-based Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co., the maker of Natural American Spirit cigarettes, is teaming up with TerraCycle Inc. for the program. It aims to snuff out one of the most littered items in the U.S. that yields about 135 million pounds of cigarette butts annually and get tossed on roadways, thrown in the trash or put in public ashtrays. ...
