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Press Release: A Greener Future Launches Butt Recycling Program in London

LONDON, ON— A Greener Future is launching a Community Butt Recycling Program, a brand-new initiative, on August 13th, 2022. Known for leading impactful Butt Blitz cleanups where they collect cigarette butt litter, this new program continues these efforts while also preventing cigarette waste from ending up in the environment.

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Press Release: Results from Ontario Trillium Foundation Grant

OSHAWA, ON— A Greener Future is grateful to have received a grant of $59,200 over 12 months from the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s (OTF) Resilient Communities Fund to assist organizations that have suffered due to the impacts of COVID-19.

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Press Release: A Greener Future is Seeking Volunteers Across Canada to Join the Butt Blitz

TORONTO, ON – A Greener Future is now recruiting volunteers from across Canada to join The Butt Blitz, the largest cigarette cleanup in Canada, to help pick up cigarette butts in their local communities.

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Press Release: Lake Ontario Has Fallen Victim to PPE Pollution

TORONTO, ON – The Love Your Lake program, usually a public litter cleanup, but was adapted to suit pandemic conditions, is A Greener Future’s flagship program to clean up the shores of Lake Ontario during the months of May and June. Over 119,000 pieces of litter were picked up during the 265 cleanups between Kingston and Niagara Falls along the shores of Lake Ontario.

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Press Release: Close to 1 Million Cigarette Butts Picked Up Across Canada for Earth Month

OSHAWA, ON – The Butt Blitz, usually an annual one-day event but was adapted to suit pandemic conditions, is the biggest cigarette cleanup in Canada. In honour of Earth Month, 160 volunteers across 25 different cities picked up 825,796 cigarette butts across Canada.

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