For the same reason that cigarettes are bad for you, they're bad for the environment. Butts leach chemicals into the soil and poison animals that try to eat them. Vape and e-cigarette waste is dangerous too—posing the risk of fires when disposed in landfills. Here's how to handle the waste responsibly:

Cigarette Butts

TerraCycle actually has a free program for recycling cigarette butts! Sign up online, then collect the butts and mail them in when you have enough for a shipment. 

Vape and E-Cigarette Waste

• Household Hazardous Waste
  
• Wild Side Smoke Shop – 1634 SW Washburn Ave.
• CBD American Shaman of Topeka (Croco) – 3627 SE 29th St., Suite 110
• CBD American Shaman of Topeka (Wanamaker) – 6032 SW 29th St.

Lighters

Empty or broken lighters can be recycled at Full Circle Sustainability as part of the paid TerraCycle program. Lighters containing lighter fluid should be taken to Household Hazardous Waste. Consider switching to a refillable lighter in the future!