Recycling Cigarette Containers
As innocuous as empty film canisters
may seem, they can actually be quite useful when the right through is
provoked.
Cigarette butts are a thing which plagues the environment on a daily
basis. Not only are cigarettes quite possibly the most harmful thing we
can apply to our bodies (this of course does not include the consumption
of radioactive products, or things like knives) but the smoke harms the
air and the ozone layer.
Cigarette butts infuse our soils and the earth with unwanted chemicals
like acetone and tar, which kill and destroy much wildlife each year.
Cigarette butts are simply disposed of with a simple flick, and are
usually not given much of a second thought in terms of the environment.
In some countries, harsh fines are implemented when it is discovered of
careless cigarette butt disposal. This is a great incentive not only to
quit the habit, but to help the environment.
Empty film canisters can be used as ash trays on the go. This is a
fascinating way of recycling empty plastic containers, and helping the
environment stay cigarette free.
When finished smoking a cigarette, you would simply place the cigarette
butt lit end down into the plastic, extinguish the ember, and then place
the lid over the top.
This holds the cigarette butts until you are able to dispose of them
appropriately.
A music festival in Australia, which is dedicated to helping the
wildlife, the environment and the world in general, implemented this
idea in 2005.
Volunteers for the Byron Bay based festival, Splendour in the Grass,
handed out little empty film canisters, with stickers on them reminding
people of the harsh facts when it comes to cigarettes and the
environment.
They had cigarette police, who if they saw a punter smoking and
discarding their cigarette on the ground, they would request that the
person place their cigarette butt in the canister, as well as picking up
a few extra ones off the ground.
This was a fantastic idea, in terms of getting rid of cigarette butts in
a part of the world that needs its environment to withstand the pressure
of people and their societies around them. Some people considered the
task of putting out the cigarette in the canister too much, and
relinquished from cigarettes for the duration of the festival.
After a punter had filled up their canister, several depositing bins
were available for discarding the canisters.
If many other places in the world executed this mentality, the world
would surely be a cleaner place, on both the ground and in the air.
If you’re a cigarette smoker, and you also have a few spare film
canisters lying around, please consider the environment and the
difficult task of having to process such chemicals.
Use your empty film canisters when you are away from an ash tray, and
hopefully help preserve our delicate eco system.
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