TERRACYCLE NEWS

ELIMINATING THE IDEA OF WASTE®

Une 2eme vie pour les TDISCS Tassimo avec TerraCycle (concours inside)

Tassimo, le fameux système multi boissons dont je vous ai déjà parlé lors d’un précédentarticle sur les 10 ans de la marque, a lancé depuis 2012 un programme de recyclage de ses TDISCS en partenariat avec TerraCycle. Ce spécialiste des déchets considérés traditionnellement comme non recyclables (et qui sont généralement envoyés en centre de stockage ou d’incinération après usage), réutilise les TDISCS et les emballages aluminium des paquets Tassimo pour les revaloriser en objets du quotidien : mobilier urbain, accessoires de jardin, sacs, matériel de bureau…

Ranchvale top New Mexico recycler

Students and teachers at Ranchvale Elementary School have found a way to recycle their lunches, or more specifically, their lunch containers. Ranchvale was named the number one recycler of lunch kits — lunch kits including Lunchables and similar pre-packaged lunch products — in New Mexico by Trenton, New Jersey-based recycler TerraCycle Inc., according to a press release from the company.

Thirsty students

Students at St. Paul's Lutheran School must have been awfully thirsty. In the past year, they've collected over 18,000 Capri Sun drink pouches which will be recycled. Their efforts raised more than $2,700 for the school while reducing the amount of trash headed for the landfill. Rachel Zuckerman, a public relations intern with TerraCycle, said St. Paul's students have met the requirements for the second level of the "Drink Pouch Brigade" recycling contest sponsored by TerraCycle and Capri Sun.