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Waste Watchers searched for cigarette butts during giant street sale

“Everything we pick up today will be counted and weighed,” said group spokesperson Laura Wood. “We sort the items into recyclable and non-recyclable. If it’s recyclable, it gets recycled here. All the cigarette butts are then shipped to TerraCycle.”

USA New Updates · Jul 7, 2019

Contact lenses, cork, hair among recyclables

Recycling used to be so simple: aluminum cans, glass bottles, newspapers and paper bags. The sheer amount of disposable items has turned a garbage problem into a garbage crisis, says Tom Szaky, founder and chief executive of TerraCycle. The company’s … Continue Reading

Erie Times-News Online · Jul 7, 2019

2019 Colgate & ShopRite Playground Challenge

Introducing our first TerraCycle Zero Waste Box! This box is for the disposal of all SMALL plastic or metal bottle caps! These small caps can cause issues with conveyor belts at the recycling plants and are generally trashed if they … Continue Reading

East Amwell Township · Jul 6, 2019

Gardener State: How green is your school?

Home News Tribune Online/MyCentralJersey.com · Jul 6, 2019

Tom’s of Maine Launches Sustainable Toothbrush

Beauty Packaging Online · Jul 5, 2019

Katrin Reifeiss

Cotton and Moss Blog · Jul 5, 2019

Katrin Reifeiss

Medium.com · Jul 5, 2019

16 Companies Rethinking Packaging

EcoWatch · Jul 4, 2019