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THE BUTT BLITZ
Canada's LARGEST cigarette litter cleanup -
a partnership of Unsmoke Canada and A Greener Future
We have an ambitious annual goal of collecting 1 million cigarette butts.
And this April we collected 282,216.
- An initiative of Unsmoke Canada in partnership with A Greener Future, an environmental non-profit dedicated to leading the effort in sustaining a clean and healthy environment. Check them out!
- Keeping our communities clean and Canada beautiful.
- Empowering people to make responsible disposal choices and raising awareness about the environmental and health impacts of cigarette litter.
We’re in the news
CTV News - Campaign to clean up one million cigarette butts comes to Halifax
InSauga - World’s largest cigarette cleanup coming to Ontario communities this month
Durham Radio News - Join Canada’s largest cigarette butt cleanup during three stops in Oshawa this month
The Londoner & 14 other outlets - Butt blitz hits Brantford's downtown
CityNews - Butt Blitz returns: Montrealers hit the streets to clean up cigarette litter
The Signal - 'Butt Blitz' targets cigarette litter in Halifax
Burlington Today - Join the fight against cigarette litter in Burlington this weekend
Welland Tribune & 4 other outlets - It’s everywhere, all the time’: Cigarette butt, waterfront cleanups in Niagara next week
THE BEBOT
Canada’s FIRST beach cleaning robot
The BeBot sifts sand to filter out plastics before they enter our waterways. It can clean up to 24,000 square metres over eight hours on one single charge, removing the equivalent of around 19 bowling balls worth of plastic in one use.
The BeBot technology is deployed as part of the Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup, an initiative of environmental organization Pollution Probe – learn more about them here – and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks.
Unsmoke supports this initiative because inspiring conversations about waste reduction and reducing litter from post-consumer waste helps Canadians to enjoy clean, healthy community spaces.
Bebot news
CBC NEWS – Meet the beach cleaning robot scrubbing Ontario parks clean
Waste & Recycling Magazine – Beach cleaning robot rolls out in Ontario parks
Environmental Journal – Beach combing robot assists Great Lakes Plastics cleanup
The Canadian Press – Canada's first beach cleaning robot is coming to Ontario parks this summer
Water Canada – Canada’s first beach cleaning robot to be introduced as part of the Great Lakes Plastics Cleanup
5 years of Unsmoke Canada Cleanups – By the Numbers
1,305,188 cigarette butts picked up and recycled
1,305,188 cigarette butts picked up and recycled
1,704,314 cigarette butts picked up and recycled
1,704,314 cigarette butts picked up and recycled
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6,360,740 cigarette butts picked up and recycled
6,360,740 cigarette butts picked up and recycled
Look at the map of engaged communities who made this happen
Unsmoke in your community
Recycling Programs
Unsmoke works with TerraCycle to tackle post-consumer waste from combustible cigarettes because it is the right thing to do. We have free programs in place allowing consumers to mail in their waste – free of charge – for responsible recycling.
The Unsmoke Free Cigarette Recycling program allows Canadians to recycle cigarette butts, getting more of the world’s most littered item out of our environment! This program is free to use for all Canadians. Click here to learn more about the program.
To tackle waste from smoke free products including vapes, we encourage Canadians to make use of the Circular Program. This program ensures that Canadians can recycle ALL types of vape pods, vape devices, and heated tobacco consumables. It’s an important step towards a circular economy, where products and materials live a longer life instead of being wasted. This program is free to use for all Canadians.
Tree Planting Initiatives
One way we are giving back to communities is by supporting reforestation and sustainable forestry practices across Canada. These actions are important tools to tackle climate change and contribute to healthy environments for all Canadians. In 2024, in partnership with Veritree, we planted 25,000 trees in British Columbia and 35,000 in Ontario.
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