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Cigarette Pollution SolutionsButts Only Box® Made in U.S.A. U.S. Patent D618388
Butts to watts®
Cigarette recycling program
Cigarette Pollution SolutionsWe don’t accept this
Cigarette Pollution Solutions
• Cigarettes are the number one littered
item in the world.
• In 1998 we threw away over 170 million
pounds of cigarette waste.
• Each pound of cigarette waste will
produce over 500 watts of energy.
Cigarette Pollution SolutionsCalifornia Department of
Transportation (Caltrans)
litter characterization
study showing 34% of
trash collected by count is
cigarette litter.
Cigarette Pollution Solutions
Bird nest lined
with used cigarette
filters.
Cigarette Pollution Solutions
• "School officials say landscapers who
should be planting flowers and pruning
shrubs are spending time instead picking up
butts on the 15,000-acre campus: Some 13
landscapers spend 10 hours a week picking
up discarded cigarettes at an estimated cost
of $150,000."
-- Philadelphia Daily News, March 27, 2000 on
Penn State Cigarette Litter Costs
Cigarette Pollution Solutions
• "A smouldering cigarette end started the fire
in the Mont Blanc tunnel which killed 39
people last year, the newspaper Le Parisien
reported yesterday...
The cigarette end, thrown from another
vehicle, entered the lorry's air intake, setting
fire to the air filter and then the entire
engine..."
--Electronic Telegraph (UK), May 6, 2000
Common receptacles
Soup anyone?
Cigarette Pollution SolutionsCaltrans cigarette litter program
Trail modelCaltrans has installed receptacles at the 56
busiest rest areas in California. These sites
receive over 100 million visitors each year.
Cigarette Pollution SolutionsRoadside modelCaltrans has placed these at the
rest areas so motorists can
empty car ashtrays without the
fear of starting trash can fires.
The reflective labeling and
related signage promotes the
program 24 hours a day.
Cigarette Pollution SolutionsSignage installed as part of Caltrans cigarette litter prevention program
San Jose International Airport collected
enough in three months to charge over
11,000 cell phones for an hour
Butts to Watts®We offer a complete system of receptacles, recycling, and reporting
Butts to Watts®
Cigarette waste is very high in BTU
potential.
This helps fuel the waste to energy facility
and reduces the need for natural gas use at
the plant.
The ash from the plant is used as
construction material.
This is the Commerce refuse to energy facility. It is
operated by the Los Angeles County Sanitation District
Cigarette Pollution Solutions
The city of Oceanside has installed receptacles in the
harbor, at the pier, along the beach, and downtown to
address cigarette litter problems in high traffic areas.
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What we do:
Empty and maintain receptacles on a scheduled basis
Turn cigarette waste into electricity at waste to energy plants
Provide monthly statements of cigarette litter loads
Keep cigarette waste and associated chemical compounds from landfills
Cigarette Pollution Solutions
Is dedicated to reducing storm water
pollution for all of us, the wildlife, and future
generations through simple, easy to use
products.
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Thank you for your time!