Cigarette Butts

Heal the Bay Helps Beaches Year Round

Terry Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Heal the Bay, Litter, Coastal Cleanup Day, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Cigarette Butts, Runoff, Volunteers, Los Angeles News
Terry Gardner

If everyone took a trash bag and a plastic glove with them to the beach, we could help the ocean for 15 minutes before frolicking in the surf and sand the rest of the day.

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WATCH: Cigarette Recycling -- A Green Way To Put Out The Smoke?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cigarette Butts, Video, Green Living, New York Cigarette Recycling, Cigarette Trash, Cigarette Recycling, Cigarette Waste, Cigarette Garbage, Cigarette Pollution, Green News

Cigarette butts have become a ubiquitous part of the human landscape, trampled on from city walkways to green parks. The Chicago Tribune reports that...

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Artist Turns Cigarette Butts Into Beautiful Woven Rug

Treehugger | Jaymi Heimbuch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reclaimed-Materials, Cigarette Butts, Cigarette Butts Rug, Puerto Rican Artist, Junk Art, Woven Rug, Jesus Bubu Negron, Trash Art, Sharjah Biennale, Green News

Puerto Rican artist Jesus Bubu Negron ... roped street cleaners into collecting cigarette butts so he could make the rug shown above. ...

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Cigarette Butts Super Toxic To Fish

news.discovery.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Sustainability, Marine Life, Cigarettes, Animals, Cigarette-Butts, Fish, Green News

Even with a small amount of unburnt tobacco clinging to it, a single cigarette butt soaked for a day is enough to turn a liter of water a sickly yello...

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