Oyster mushrooms could consume a million cigarette butts in Australia
A trial program in Australia called CigCycle aims to divert up to 1.2 million cigarette butts from landfills by feeding them to oyster mushrooms, which will consume the toxic chemicals and plastics inside them. Researchers will test if the remaining materials after the mushrooms break down the cigarette butts can be recycled into an alternative material for polystyrene, which could be used in construction and transportation. The CigCycle program is now scaling up and recruiting businesses and venues to register to participate for free by depositing cigarette butts for the trial. Learn more.
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