Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes Are Not Recyclable
Today is International Day of Zero Waste which reminds us that while we should be aware of what we consume, we should be particularly cognizant of what we waste, how we can minimize it, and how to properly dispose of it. The Earth is almost entirely a closed system, meaning that what we “throw away” has nowhere to go but here.
There are two key principles to preserving our environment. The first is “reduce, reuse, recycle.” The second, basically the first one said in a different way, is the “circular economy.” They are useful ways to think about how humanity makes, uses, and disposes of stuff.
But they don’t apply to cigarette filters and electronic nicotine devices.
Why? Two big reasons.
ASH NEWS
- Press Release: Leaving the World Health Organization is Bad for Public Health
- Press Release: Massachusetts Nicotine-Free Generation Bill Introduced: A Sensible Step Toward Ending the Tobacco Epidemic
- Fact Sheet: How Advocates and Policymakers can Bolster Tobacco Cessation
- Campaign: Honoring 20 Years of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
- Campaign: Empower Women, End Tobacco Exploitation in Luxembourg
- Blog: Women’s Rights Movement’s Impact on Tobacco Control
- Guest Blog: The Basic Right to Breathe At Home Air Free of Neighbors’ Tobacco Smoke: How can you implement it?
- 20 Years of FCTC | Reflections from:
- Alfred Munzer, Director of Pulmonary Medicine Washington Adventist Hospital, Washington, DC; Former President, American Lung Association and Board Member, Action on Smoking and Health
- Chris Bostic, Policy Director of ASH
- Dr. Eduardo Bianco, Director, Addiction Training Program for Health Professionals
- Elif Dagli, Chair, Health Institute – Türkiye
- Dr. Judith Mackay, Director, Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control, Hong Kong
- Laurent Huber, Executive Director of ASH, former Director of the FCA
- Luk Joossens, International expert on combatting illicit trade in tobacco products, Brussels, Belgium.
- Mary Assunta, Senior Policy Advisor, Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance; Head of Global Research and Advocacy, GGTC
- Ross Hammond, former Policy Director, Framework Convention Alliance
- Soon-Young Yoon, representative for the International Alliance of Women to the UN
- Tom Glynn, Stanford University, Prevention Research Center, School of Medicine
- Dr. Ulysses Dorotheo, Executive Director, Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance
- Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, Head of the WHO FCTC Secretariat 2014-2020, Senior researcher at CETAB-Fiocruz, Executive Secretary of Brazil’s Commission for FCTC & Protocol Implementation
TOBACCO NEWS
- UK Government plans for ‘smoke-free generation’ move closer to becoming law
- Hong Kong marks International Women’s Day with improvements, but more work lies ahead
- Fundación Lovexair launched the global #CleanAirHealthyLives campaign to promote their ‘Check@ir’ online questionnaire to self-assess your lung health and contribute to the creation of the first Global Lung Health Map>
- University of Bath Podcast: Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco
- Want to Close the Gap? Eradicate commercial tobacco
- The CNCT has Philip Morris France and its former president condemned
- Kenya’s tobacco control efforts yield significant public health gains
- Health warnings to be printed on individual cigarettes to deter Aussie smokers
- Tobacco Control Has Saved Nearly 4 Millions Lives, Study Estimates
- Tobacco Industry Interference in Spanish Tobacco Product Waste Management
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