Potato Chip Bags and drink pouches: TerraCycle operates around the world and turns otherwise unrecyclable goods into useable products such as fence made from drink pouches, recycling bins from recycled plastics (very clever), Starburst Insulated Coolers made from candy wrappers … Continue reading
Mary Baldwin College students recently added recycling receptacles from TerraCycle, a New Jersey based company that specializes in hard-to-recycle items, such as Capri Sun pouches, yogurt containers, candy wrappers, chip bags, paper towels, cell phones, tape dispensers, wine corks, … Continue reading
The Upcycling program at Bluffton-Harrison Middle School received its first check last week. About $40. Not bad for a volunteer program that sells garbage. Last October parent volunteer Cindy Kanka approached the Bluffton-Harrison school board to request BMS be … Continue reading
Parents and kids at the K-2 school finished fifth in a statewide recycling contest sponsored by TerraCycle, a company started by a Princeton University dropout who sold organic “worm poop” fertilizer in used soda bottles and then branched out to make lunch … Continue reading
9. Companies learn to close the loop. Starbucks announced it’s made considerable progress toward turning used coffee cups into new cups, and five Walmart stores began testing a collection system for 28 types of trash (candy wrappers, yogurt tubs, pens, … Continue reading
Countryside Elementary School has earned a $30,000 grant for placing second in a statewide contest that encourages the “upcycling” of post-consumer packaging. A public school serving children in grades K-4 in Mount Laurel, Countryside community saved 46,554 items from the … Continue reading
Trenton-based TerraCycle converts non-recyclable products and packaging into affordable, eco-friendly items that range from backpacks to benches. Its design team suggests a novel interior decorating idea: Drill holes in vinyl records and connect them with jump rings to make a … Continue reading
She found out the offer came from TerraCycle’s Drink Pouch Brigade, a free fundraising program for schools and nonprofit groups that pays 2 cents for every Capri Sun pouch collected. So far, TerraCycle has collected 50 million drink pouches through … Continue reading
In addition to new mums, poinsettias and hard goods products, the event – dubbed Plants On Parade – gave Clearwater the opportunity to talk about a few of its unique initiatives, including an interactive sustainability initiative that involves kids … Continue reading
TerraCycle is a company that converts ordinary trash into consumer goods. They work with schools and non-profits to obtain the materials they use. TerraCycle provides the groups with collection kits and pays them for the waste material they send in. TerraCycle upcycles things like chips bags, drink … Continue reading