For the everyday sweet-eater, Terracycle is your best bet. Founder Tom Szaky made the once-kitschy term “upcycling” into a legitimate process, and since its humble beginnings in 2001, Terracycle has become one of the No. 1 upcycling companies in the … Continue reading
Sustainability Initiatives by these companies were judged by Tom Szaky of TerraCyle and Brian Wagner of PTIS, Packaging and Technology Integrated Solutions. The Packaging Association of Canada organized the “Green Den” presentation.
BOOM BOOM POW TerraCycle makes mini Speakers ($13.99) and Boomboxes ($18.99) from upcycled M&M’s, Skittles and Starburst candy wrappers. Upcycling means using materials that would otherwise go to waste—in this case, excess packaging. Light, portable and super-colorful, the speakers and … Continue reading
USING WASTE TO CREATE NEW PRODUCTS Every product has a story to tell. A jacket that has been made from hot air balloons or a luxury handbag made out of old fire hoses – our waste is increasingly being used as … Continue reading
TerraCycle Billboard Bags Billboards can take thousands of years to breakd ow in a landfill. TerraCycle solves this problem by making these messenger bags from actual used billboards; each bag’s color and graphic is unique. To learn more, visit www.terracycle.net.
TerraCycle has a more unusual model. It collects all kinds of hard-to-recycle stuff by mail — drink pouches, candy wrappers, plastic bags, wine corks, toothpaste containers — and then turns them into other things. “In 2011, you’ll see a playground … Continue reading
TerraCycle: We’ve already mentioned TerraCycle–a company that collects potato chip bags and food wrappers to make useful products. Join their Candy Wrapper Brigade to turn in your wrappers for some cash! Just sign-up and they’ll send you prepaid postage labels–for … Continue reading
I have a favor to ask of each of you. Our Girl Scout Troop is participating in a fundraiser through TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/> . We ship (free of charge, I must add) our recyclables in bulk to this company in exchange … Continue reading
.” After the students empty the pouches and remove the straw, Mrs. Janis slits the bottom, rinses them out with water (to discourage “critters” while the pouches await shipment) and dries them, usually on her clothesline. “I am old-school enough … Continue reading
The Candy Wrapper Brigade is a partnership between Mars/Wrigley, Cadbury and TerraCycle, a company that makes products from non-recyclable waste materials. They’re currently asking for you to send in some of your used candy wrappers to use as raw materials … Continue reading