TerraCycle in the news

'Unrecyclable' items raise over £3,500 medical education in Africa

Salisbury Recycles for Medic to Medic raised £3,587 for charity by collecting and recycling “unrecyclable” items from the community.

Team leader and Medic to Medic trustee, Dr Bryony Hamel, and volunteer Naomi Spencer, have signed up to several of US-based recycling company TerraCycle’s free recycling programmes that aim to recycle hard-to-recycle items, including the Sistema Food Storage Container and Reusable Bottle Free Recycling Programme which enables her to set up a drop-off point for such items.

www.salisburyjournal.co.uk · Jan 12, 2023

Meet the woman recycling ‘non-recyclable’ waste

They are the frustrating items that can’t go in your recycling bin and end up in landfill. But for Susan Simpson, so-called ‘non-recyclable’ waste is much sought-after and treasured material. With a group of other volunteers, the Norfolk County Council … Continue Reading

eveningnews24.co.uk · Oct 23, 2022

One-man 'trash to cash' recycling mission in Milton Keynes raises amazing £66k for charities

One man’s determination to help the environment has resulted in a mountain of ‘unrecyclable’ waste being recycled – as well as tens of thousands of pounds raised for charity.

George Thomson, 73, has a large collection container outside his Downs Barn home and takes in items that are refused under the council’s own kerbside collection scheme.

These include crisp packets, Pringles tubes, biscuit and snack wrappers, cheese packaging, soap pumps, kitchen spray triggers, surface wipe packs, toothpaste tubes, beauty product packaging, sweet wrappers, coffee bags and plastic gloves.

Once collected, the items are sent to TerraCycle, the world’s leader the reuse of non-recyclable waste.

www.miltonkeynes.co.uk · Oct 18, 2022

SUN SAVERS Four savvy tips to make warming and cheap dishes for your winter pack lunch

thesun.co.uk · Oct 1, 2022

TerraCycle launch UK-first recycling programme for “hard-to-recycle” plastics

circularonline.co.uk · Sep 28, 2022

Hayling Island eco champion raises money for tree planting project by recycling the ‘unrecyclable’

portsmouth.co.uk · Sep 15, 2022

ZERO WASTE WEEK: HOW LONDONERS CAN RECYCLE “UNRECYCLABLE” ITEMS

thedailybrit.co.uk · Sep 6, 2022

Be first in Belfast to recycle ‘hard to recycle’ items and make money for charity

belfastlive.co.uk · Aug 16, 2022

How recycling crisp packets will help Duckworth Worcestershire Trust’s environmental work

worcesternews.co.uk · Aug 15, 2022

YOUNGSTERS AT NIELDS SCHOOL IN SLAITHWAITE CASH IN BY RECYCLING THE ‘UNRECYCLABLE’ AND HELPING SAVE THE PLANET

huddersfieldhub.co.uk · Aug 12, 2022