A new game on Facebook is the first to highlight the concept of upcycling, where trash is turned into valuable products rather than thrown away. Manhattan-based startup Guerillapps created Trash Tycoon, where players take the role of recycling entrepreneurs. They … Continue reading
Hundreds of millions of people in countries all over the world use Facebook every day. Now, some are using the ever popular game apps as a platform for changing real world behaviors and cleaning up the planet. Terracycle, known for … Continue reading
Hundreds of millions of people in countries all over the world use Facebook every day. Now, some are using the ever popular game apps as a platform for changing real world behaviors and cleaning up the planet. Terracycle, known for … Continue reading
Instead of building a city, Trash Tycoon asks you to clean one up. The houses and streets are already there, but they’re a mess. It’s a game that attempts to teach players about the benefits of recycling, but it doesn’t … Continue reading
A new game on Facebook is the first to highlight the concept of upcycling, where trash is turned into valuable products rather than thrown away. Manhattan-based startup Guerillapps created Trash Tycoon, where players take the role of recycling entrepreneurs. They … Continue reading
2. Trinity Lutheran School helps recycle the “unrecyclable” Burr Ridge’s Trinity Lutheran is another local school making a difference. Instead of throwing away difficult-to-recycle materials like cookie wrappers and potato chip bags, Trinity Lutheran sends that refuse to TerraCycle in … Continue reading
TerraCycle, a company that specializes in the collection and reuse of non-recyclable post-consumer waste, is sponsoring a sustainability-themed social game for Facebook. Created by Manhattan-based startup Guerillapps , the game, called Trash Tycoon , is the first ever to highlight … Continue reading
Social games maker Guerillapps has teamed up with CarbonFund.org, TreeHugger, and Terracycle to launch Trash Tycoon, a game designed to encourage “upcycling”—the process of converting trash into usable products. Instead of planting crops or building cities as in FarmVille or … Continue reading