New York is trying to recycle cigarette butts, cigarette butts are being recycled into clothing but this is a new one on me. Picking up cigarette butts and making art. Jinks Kunst, created an impressive piece of art using over 20,000 cigarette butts.
Although he is not the first artist to use cigarettes in art, Tom Deininger made a stuffed rabbit with recycled cigarette butts
EcoTech Displays, http://www.eco-techdisplays.com is collecting cigarette waste in NYC in its advertising display boxes currently located in Manhattan and Queens.
Jinks Kunst’s efforts are great but not a feasible long term recycling solution. On April 27 we will be joining Assemblyman Michael DenDekker for a press conference in Jackson Heights Queens, about his efforts to establish a cigarette butt recycling program throughout NYS and our own efforts to rid the streets of cigarette waste. See our website for details coming soon.