The impact of cigarette filters on the environment
On Friday 2nd February, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) published Issue 45 of Perspectives.
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Wasted Space: Why butts are bad for business
Hello Minister Greetings from the land of lockdowns, funny-looking marsupials, and the third best cricket team in the world. I’ve decided to quit Minister! No, not the service, although after the Berlin
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Butting in on the cigarette filter debate
Eight billion is a huge number. When you’re talking about something like grains of sand, you’d probably find that number in a couple of square metres at Bondi. When you’re talking about the number
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No butts about this research
Researchers have shown how industries could work together to recycle cigarette butts into bricks, in a step-by-step implementation plan for saving energy and solving a global littering problem.
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Bondi’s inaugural beach clean-up a major success
The inaugural Ocean Lovers Festival took place over the weekend, transforming Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach into an environment lovers’ sanctuary. Festival goers engaged in a range of ocean conservation and sustainable living activities, including Bondi’s Biggest Beach Clean-Up, hosted by global recycling company TOMRA.
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City of Melbourne to turn cigarette butts into plastic products
The City of Melbourne has partnered with Enviropipes, who collect the cigarette waste; and TerraCycle, who convert the butts into plastic products. As part of the initiative, the City will recycle binned
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