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If you have a smoking area for employees, would you consider using Terracycle to recycle the cigarette ends?
There are flyers and posters to help get you started available on the Terracycle site:
More from the Terracycle site:
COLLECT AS A BUSINESS
Encourage public places in your communities with designated smoking areas to sign up. Pubs, bars, restaurants, train stations, airports - you name it!
Again, participation is as easy as the three simple steps below.
COLLECT: Collect the cigarette waste from receptacles or ashtrays already in place in the public smoking area – making sure all the waste is safely extinguished. Print out the accepted waste poster to let others know that you’re part of the Cigarette Waste Programme.
PACK: Put all the cigarette waste that you have collected in a plastic bag, making sure it is properly sealed. Box up the bag and download your free shipping label through your profile on terracycle.co.uk.
SHIP: Attach your free shipping label to the box and order a pick-up via UPS by calling 03457 877 877, and UPS will collect at your location. It really is that easy!
What you can recycle in this programme
Programme accepted waste: All parts of extinguished cigarettes, cigarettes filters, cigar stubs, outer plastic packaging, inner foil packaging, rolling paper and ash. Please note: We DO NOT accept the cardboard / paper packaging of a cigarette box which can already be widely recycled via home / public recycling systems nationwide.
The waste collected through the programme will be recycled into a variety of useful plastic products, such as plastic lumber and boards that can be used for a variety of items like construction holding, signage and table tops. TerraCycle has developed innovative techniques to recycle cigarette waste. These consist of:
Collecting and sorting: Cigarette filters are sent to TerraCycle’s local warehouses in liner bags. TerraCycle will check-in and handle the collected containers.
Separating components: Any remaining tobacco or paper will be recycled as compost – nothing will go to landfill. Organics (ash, tobacco, paper) are separated from plastic components (filters) using specific screens.
Washing: Filters are bagged up and transported to a wash plant where they will be removed from any kind of contamination.
Transformation into new products : The filters are then shredded and mixed with other recycled materials. They can be used as a compound to make sheet boards or be densified and extruded into pellets. This plastic can then be used for injection moulding or extrusion.
More from the Terracycle site:
COLLECT AS A BUSINESS
Encourage public places in your communities with designated smoking areas to sign up. Pubs, bars, restaurants, train stations, airports - you name it!
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