If you think you’ve reduced your carbon footprint all you can, think again. By looking at the problem of landfills from two sides – not putting stuff in them and taking stuff out of them – a company founded in … Continue reading
As many great companies do, this one started in a dorm room. Tom Szaky, now at the ripe old age of 27, is the founder and CEO of TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/> and was named one of the fastest growing private companies … Continue reading
If you don’t have a need for bottled urine, perhaps you’d like to purchase some worm poop? According to TerraCycle Inc. <http://www.terracycle.net/products/43-Lawn-Fertilizer> , worm poop is an ideal, natural fertilizer. That is why they package the naturally occurring waste in … Continue reading
Lunch boxes, totes and even flower pots are the newest additions to the “waste makes haste” trend. Made of recycled juice pouches, crushed computers, fax machines and other “disposables,” a range of products turns trash into treasure. The products are … Continue reading
Kindergartners use money from recycling to start garden.
Lunch boxes, totes and even flower pots are the newest additions to the “waste makes haste” trend. Made of recycled juice pouches, crushed computers, fax machines and other “disposables,” a range of products turns trash into treasure. The products … Continue reading
Isaac said after her students learned about landfills, they wanted to do something to help the earth and began to raise money through TerraCycle. TerraCycle gives 2 cents for each recyclable received and uses the collections to make tote bags, … Continue reading
Four leading energy foods producers are sponsoring the TerraCycle program to recycle their wrappers into eco-friendly products and earn money for charities. So far, Clif Bar, Kashi, Odwalla and Bear Naked have helped keep more than 82 million wrappers and … Continue reading
With budget cuts increasing every year, local teachers are saving trash to meet their classroom needs. Thomson Elementary, Norris Elementary and Maxwell Elementary schools earn money for used drink pouches, cookie and candy wrappers, chip bags and other trash that … Continue reading
You’ve probably seen them in the cereal aisle at the grocery store: bags of bargain cereal with one-off names like Cinnamon Toasters, Apple Zings and Honey Nut Scooters. The titan of bagged cereals, the Minneapolis, Minn.-based Malt-O-Meal, has found a … Continue reading