Mosquitoes pose a very big threat in the Philippines, with over 200,000 cases of malaria and dengue fever reported in just one year. While certain solutions exist, these are usually … read moremuch too costly for the average residential community to afford for effective maintenance. So Taguig City, Philippines launched NICO, an ashtray that extracts nicotine from cigarette butts to create a safe, organic, and accessible pesticide for free. NICO was launched in two residential communities, providing thousands with easily accessible and effective insecticide. NICO will soon be launched in 26 more communities.Agency: DDB Tribal Manila
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