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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
>
>
>

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<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>&quot;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.&quot;=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 &quot;high-grade fertilizer&quot;, 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 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:marymacaulay@hotmail.com">marymacaulay@hotmail.co=
m</a>&gt; 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"=
>



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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