TERRACYCLE NEWS

ELIMINATING THE IDEA OF WASTE®

Read This Before Trashing Your Energy Bar Wrapper

school TerraCycle Energy Bar Brigade Include USA
If you're anything like me, mountain biking makes you hungry. Hungry enough to warrant taking food on the trail. And what satisfies your hunger? Well, if we're still drawing similarities to myself...typically an energy bar, trail mix or handful of granola will do the trick. Why are we talking about my trail snack consumption? Because I just found out about this recycling program that will keep my wrappers out of the landfill. Dubbed the TerraCycle "Brigades," this free collection program converts hard to recycle wrappers into unique products like shower curtains or backpacks. "As an eco-friendly start up company, many of our employees are outdoor enthusiasts themselves," TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky, an avid biker, said in a press release. "They were sick and tired of seeing wrappers on the trails they were running and biking on!"  So, how does it work? Request to join the Energy Bar Brigade and TerraCycle will ship four postage-paid collection bags to your address. When you fill a bag with 200 wrappers, seal it up and send it off at a UPS drop-off location. Oh, and for every wrapper you collect, two cents will be donated to a school or charity of your choice!