Terracycle: 27-Year-Old Turns Stinky Trash into Serious Cash
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There's an old saying that goes, "One man's trash is another man's treasure."
Nobody has proved that more true than Tom Szaky.
Szaky went from being a political refugee to a Princeton college student to the head of a rapidly growing company called TerraCycle, an "upcycling" company that turns garbage into new products. And he's only 27 years old.
His company is at the forefront of turning trash into treasure, of making people more environmentally aware, and of using recycling as a way of helping society. His latest project is called The Brigades, a collaboration with major companies to get people to recycle and help raise money for worthwhile causes such as public schools and non-profit organizations.