Blastin’ E[sg]-Cigs and the EPA
Sustainability Now
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E-waste is a new risk for tobacco manufacturers with the investment in these new products so they don't have I'm talking about big tobacco particularly that discloses their sustainability efforts. In UK retailers selling more than 100,000 pounds of a product have to actually recycle and offer recycling programs for that product. Big tobacco has not been proactive yet on the issue that their disposable products pose to the environment and society which is odd because producers of electronics are legally obliged to fund the recycling of a tonage equivalent to what they put on the market Yet as Ora noted not much has been done and retailers aren't helping the problem either.
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