The BP oil spill has nothing on the hundreds of miles of garbage floating in the Atlantic Ocean , and its bigger sibling, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch , a plastic-soup in the Pacific Ocean estimated to span the size … Continue reading
The BP oil spill has nothing on the hundreds of miles of garbage floating in the Atlantic Ocean <http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0820/Huge-Atlantic-garbage-patch-still-holds-mysteries> , and its bigger sibling, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch> , a plastic-soup in the Pacific Ocean estimated to span … Continue reading
The company that turned Cheetos bags into MP3 speakers <http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10382623-1.html> is now transforming Chester Cheetah into 32-gallon garbage cans. New Jersey-based recycling company TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/> is teaming up with Pioneer Plastics USA <http://www.pioneerplasticsusa.com/> to make heavy-duty trash cans out of … Continue reading
If you are looking for something fun to watch tonight, check out the first episode of Garbage Moguls, a reality show that challenges the eco-moguls at TerraCycle, Inc. to turn trash into treasure. Tonight’s challenge is for the Terracycle employees … Continue reading
While flipping through the channels tonight, we found a show on National Geographic (NatGeo) Channel called Garbage Moguls featuring Terracycle, a company I previously highlighted in the blog. http://peaceloveplanet.blogspot.com/2010/04/time-has-come.html The show takes you behind the scenes to show how they take … Continue reading
TerraCycle is one of the coolest companies around, taking trash and turning it into cool, funky treasures, all while raising funds for schools and other charities. They sponsored a giveaway <http://ourdailygreenlife.blogspot.com/2010/06/independence-from-trash-green.html> last month on my blog and tonight the company … Continue reading
Back for season two, National Geographic channel’s “Garbage Moguls” aims to do more than just turn doggy junk into doggy toys. TerraCycle wants to “upcycle” your mind. One man’s trash is another man’s … idea for a TV show? Garbage … Continue reading
A few weeks ago when I was contacted by TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/> , I really had no idea who they were. When I read the press information that they sent me, I was really intrigued. TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/> collects garbage and comes … Continue reading
“Garbage Moguls” 8, 11 p.m. (NATGEO) This new docu-reality series follows an ingenious group of eco-capitalists at TerraCycle Inc., a green business that creates and sells products made from non-recyclable waste materials. In the opener, Pedigree challenges the TerraCycle crew … Continue reading
Here’s tonight’s lineup of new shows and events (all times Eastern). Check your local TV listings for additional information. Not bad tonight. A CNN update on New Orleans, the premiere of ‘Garbage Moguls’ and a SyFy Saturday movie with ‘Eureka’ … Continue reading