WasteBar turns cigarette butt waste into food currency in the Netherlands
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There is a small mobile cart somewhere in the Netherlands right now, and if you bring it a handful of cigarette butts, it will give you poffertjes. Those are Dutch mini pancakes, in case you were wondering, and yes, the exchange is real. WasteBar is the project behind it. You collect litter from the ground around you, bring it to the cart, and get food or drinks in return. Cigarette butts and cans are the main currency, while a portion of poffertjes is one of
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