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ZW50dXJlcy5jYT --000000000000be8dc9058b798c17 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" A Nova Scotia student has done something useful with the 37.4 pounds of cigarette butts he collected over three months on his campus, besides showing off what a horrible mess it was. He sent them off to an Ontario company where they make fertilizer out of them: "Even though his class project has been completed, Johannesen said he plans to keep picking up cigarette butts so he can send them to a recycling company in Toronto where the paper, tobacco, and ash will be turned into industrial-grade fertilizer, which is most often used on golf courses." The full story can be found here: https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/nova-scotia-student-s-cigarette-butts-pile-growing-every-day-1.4367145 Your comments on that "high-grade fertilizer", please. Nancy On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 7:19 PM Mary Macaulay <marymacaulay@hotmail.com> wrote: > Please note that birds and other wildlife also directly ingest these > highly poisonous butts - another way in which this highly toxic trash > contributes to environmental harm. Hope no one on the list is excusing > themselves from littering in this way thinking they are helping out > wildlife ..?? > > With kindest regards > > Mary (Macaulay), P.Eng. > CEO Insect Recovery Project > Social Enterprise - Tatamagouche Remember Adventures & Caper Cafe > Bed & Breakfast, Pedal Buggy, bike, kayak, coaster & snowshoe rentals, > great bird friendly coffee, organic baking, breakfast & pasta, soups, > stews, vegan curries & chili, pollinator meadow, games & more!! > (Cafe/Buggies Open Wed to Sunday: 8:00 am - 3 pm; Tatamagouche B&B phone > me directly , Angevine Lake Chalet - book via Airbnb) > RememberAdventures.ca & InsectRecovery.org > 1-902-293-1533 > Twitter @RememberTata & @InsectRecovery > > On Jun 16, 2019, at 6:27 PM, Parker Donham <parker@donham.ca> wrote: > > I asked Prof. Google about this, and she directed me to the following. > > - From Scientific American:* Cigarette Butts in Nests Deter Bird > Parasites > <https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/culturing-science/cigarette-butts-in-nests-deter-bird-parasites/>* > - From the Economist: *Some birds use discarded cigarettes to fumigate > their nests* > <https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2017/09/30/some-birds-use-discarded-cigarettes-to-fumigate-their-nests> > - From Nature: *City birds use cigarette butts to smoke out parasites > <https://www.nature.com/news/city-birds-use-cigarette-butts-to-smoke-out-parasites-1.11952>* > - From the New Scientist: *From the New Scientist Birds use cigarette > butts for chemical warfare against ticks > <https://www.newscientist.com/article/2138655-birds-use-cigarette-butts-for-chemical-warfare-against-ticks/>* > > These reports in the popular press all seem based on a single study by by > three Mexico City researchers published in Biology Letters. The Royal > Society has an abstract (but the full paper is behind the usual > unconscionable academic paywall): > > - *Incorporation of cigarette butts into nests reduces nest > ectoparasite load in urban birds: new ingredients for an old recipe?* > <https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2012.0931> > > > > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 12:17 PM Ken J MacAulay <kenmacaulay@eastlink.ca> > wrote: > >> John there was a recent article on-line about wild bees using plastic to >> line their nests. That article also mentioned birds using cigarette >> butts >> in their nests to kill mites etc. Like you, though, I can't remember if >> it >> was on a news feed or a FaceBook article. Here is a link to an article >> that >> mentions the butt use at the end of the piece. >> >> >> https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/06/wild-bees-building-homes-from-plastic/ >> >> Ken MacAulay >> Port Mouton, NS >> >> > > -- > *Parker Donh**am* > +1-902-565-5555 > parker@donham.ca > Contrarian.ca > > > -- Nancy Robinson 514-605-7186 --000000000000be8dc9058b798c17 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">=C2=A0 <br>A Nova Scotia= student has done something useful with the 37.4 pounds of cigarette butts = he collected over three months on his campus, besides showing off what a ho= rrible mess it was.=C2=A0 He sent them off to an Ontario company where they= make fertilizer out of them:<br><br>"Even though his class project ha= s been completed, Johannesen said he=20 plans to keep picking up cigarette butts so he can send them to a=20 recycling company in Toronto where the paper, tobacco, and ash will be=20 turned into industrial-grade fertilizer, which is most often used on=20 golf courses."=C2=A0 The full story can be found here: <br><br><a href= =3D"https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/nova-scotia-student-s-cigarette-butts-p= ile-growing-every-day-1.4367145">https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/nova-scoti= a-student-s-cigarette-butts-pile-growing-every-day-1.4367145</a><br><br></d= iv><div>Your comments on that "high-grade fertilizer", please.=C2= =A0 <br><br>Nancy<br></div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div = class=3D"gmail_attr" dir=3D"ltr">On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 7:19 PM Mary Macau= lay <<a href=3D"mailto:marymacaulay@hotmail.com">marymacaulay@hotmail.co= m</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;bor= der-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class=3D"gmail_quote"= > <div dir=3D"auto"> Please note that birds and other wildlife also directly ingest these highly= poisonous butts - another way in which this highly toxic trash contributes= to environmental harm. Hope no one on the list is excusing themselves from= littering in this way thinking they are helping out wildlife ..??<br> <br> <div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"gmail-m_3658703734265637831AppleMailSignature"> <div><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">With kindest rega= rds</span></div> <div><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br> </span></div> <div> <div> <div><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Mary (Macaulay), = P.Eng.</span></div> <div><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">CEO Insect Recove= ry Project</span></di