At Cagliari Elmas airport circular economy with Re-Cig ashtrays to recycle cigarette butts
Two Smokers Points made from cellulose acetate that the Civezzano-based company obtains from cigarette butts have been installed at the Sardinian airport
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From cigarette butts the new ashtrays made under the banner of circular economy. The novelty concerns Cagliari airport where Smokers Points have been installed, ashtrays that allow cigarette butts to be recovered and start the process of transforming waste into new raw material. Carrying out the initiative in the Sardinian airport is RE-CIG®, a company from Civezzano in the province of Trento, founded in 2016, which deals with the collection of cigarette butts, carrying out a business model linked to the circular economy by which butts are transformed into a plastic material (cellulose acetate) that can be used to produce new objects.
Smokers points at the airport
Smokers Points are available to those who will use the spaces dedicated to smokers outside the arrivals and departures areas of Cagliari Airport, which can be identified thanks to the special signage provided by the management company Sogaer.
The collaboration between Sogaer and Re-Cig®
"The collaboration between the management company of the Cagliari airport and the RE-CIG® company," the management company says, "provides a collection and recycling service, which, thanks to a patented technology, makes it possible to obtain a plastic polymer. Known as RE-CIG®, the recycled cellulose acetate can be used to produce new objects: from eyeglass temples, to films, to synthetic fabrics, to industrial components'.
