THE SOLUTION TO
CIGARETTE WASTE Help to clean up your community by
Great news - cigarette waste can now be recycled for the first time in the UK! And it’s a free
letting your friends and family know that there
recycling solution!
is a simple and free solution to cigarette waste.
Yes you did read that correctly – there is now an
People can either collect at home, as a business or a
easy solution to help tackle cigarette litter.
public place. Tell any smokers that you know about the
TerraCycle has recently introduced a free recycling
4 EASY STEPS
programme for cigarette waste, which not only helps to eliminate the idea of cigarette waste, but that also turns it into something useful. With support from JTI, waste collected through the Cigarette Waste Recycling Programme will be recycled into a variety of useful plastic products, such as outdoor construction site hoardings and lumber. Any remaining tobacco or paper is composted – nothing will go to landfill!
the opportunity to recycle cigarette waste, or bring a copy of this flyer to your local pub, restaurant, taxi rank,
SIGN UP
train station, etc. Anywhere that has a designated
Visit terracycle.co.uk to set up an account. Then join the Cigarette Waste Recycling Programme.
smoking area or a problem with cigarette litter can join.
COLLECT
Together, we can eliminate the idea of cigarette waste!
Empty your ashtray or cigarette receptacle into a bag when it’s full.
PACK Put the bag of cigarette waste into a box and download your free shipping label through your profile on terracycle.co.uk
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programme, talk to your office manager at work about
SHIP Attach your free shipping label to the box and order a free pick-up via UPS.
Participation is simple and completely free.
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ABOUT TERRACYCLE TerraCycle collects non-recyclable waste and turns it into new products and materials. The company was launched in 2001 by CEO, Tom Szaky, when he was a student at Princeton University. Today, TerraCycle is a highly-awarded, international recycling company that collects difficult-to-recycle packaging and products, and repurposes the material into affordable, innovative products. TerraCycle is widely considered the world’s leader in the collection and reuse of non-recyclable, post-consumer waste. TerraCycle launched in the UK in 2009 and currently offers a number of different recycling programmes for products such as air and homecare products, coffee
HELP MOTIVATE YOUR COMMUNITY TO CLEAN UP CIGARETTE LITTER!
Get your council, local pub, office, anywhere with a designated smoking area or simply places that you see have lots of cigarette butts outside to start collecting cigarette waste today. Simply pass on this brochure or have them visit terracycle.co.uk for more information. It is easy and completely free to recycle cigarette waste through the Cigarette Waste Recycling Programme, and all the waste collected is recycled into useful plastic products. Begin collecting today and help eliminate the idea of cigarette waste!
packaging, biscuit wrappers, baby food pouches, pens and cigarette waste. For more information please visit www.terracycle.co.uk
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