Did you know that cigarette butts are mini hazardous waste collectors? The same ingredients that have adverse effects upon smokers are also captured in cigarette butts. When tossed into the environment, they can hang around and pollute from one to ten years. So what can smokers do? Terra Cycle comes to the rescue with your help. Terra Cycle has a Cigarette Waste Recycling Program. All you do is save the butts, package them, and mail them to Terra Cycle. You will have done something very beneficial.