Kimberly-Clark Professional, a global leader in cleanroom and laboratory contamination control garments, has helped divert 137,000 pounds of disposable garments and 45,000 pounds of nitrile gloves from landfills through its innovative large-scale recycling program called RightCycle by Kimberly-Clark Professional. The RightCycle by Kimberly-Clark Professional program allows cleanroom employees to conveniently deposit used gloves, hoods, boot covers and hairnets in collection boxes where they are then delivered to recycling pioneer and partner, TerraCycle. TerraCycle transforms these otherwise landfill-bound items into useable products such as composite decking, park benches, and Adirondack chairs. “By recycling more than 90 tons of garments and gloves since the program began, we have helped our customers achieve or exceed their Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainability goals,” said Randy Kates, director, Global Scientific Business, Kimberly-Clark Professional. “At Kimberly-Clark, our mission to create Exceptional Workplaces that are healthier, safer and more productive is inseparable from our commitment to protecting the environment. This program addresses both of these goals.” Since 2011, the Kimberly-Clark Professional and TerraCycle partnership has made it simple and convenient for companies to recycle these previously non-recyclable waste streams, helping them meet their zero-waste goals. The overwhelming success of the RightCycle by Kimberly-Clark Professional program is part of a larger goal by Kimberly-Clark Corporation, the parent company of Kimberly-Clark Professional, to send zero manufacturing waste to landfills by 2015. The company’s Global Nonwovens Division has already worked to keep more than 99 percent of its manufacturing waste out of landfills. As the environmental and economic costs of landfilling and recycling manufacturing waste continue to rise, alternative recycling options are becoming increasingly important to both industry leaders and consumers. Through this pioneering program, Kimberly-Clark Professional is not only providing a more long-term solution to its own waste-generation, it is helping to pave the way for a more sustainably conscious corporate world. About Kimberly-Clark Professional Kimberly-Clark Professional partners with businesses to create Exceptional Workplaces* helping to make them safer, healthier, and more productive. Key brands in this segment include: Kleenex, Scott, WypAll, Kimtech, and Jackson Safety. Kimberly-Clark Professional, located in Roswell, Ga., is one of Kimberly-Clark Corporation’s four business sectors. To see how we are helping people the world over work better, please visit www.kcprofessional.com.

de stylos usagés ont été récoltés en 2013 dans les différents services de Brest Metropole Océane (BMO). Ils ont été achetés par l'entrprise TerraCycle sous la forme d'un chèque remis à une association. TerraCycle les a ensuite transformés en une nouvelle matière première. Pour mener à bien ce projet, BMO avait mis en place 144 points de collecte.

De kommunale dagplejere i Klarup har været flittige. Som et led i miljøvirksomheden TerraCycle og mejerigiganten Arlas kampagne, Brug Låget!, har de indsamlet mere end 21.700 brugte plastiklåg fra mælk og yoghurt. Læs mere her: Dagplejere Klarup

Alte Zahnbürsten, leere Zahnpastatuben und Zahnseidedöschen sowie alte Plastikumverpackungen dazu sammeln die Schüler der Volksschule Absdorf. "TerraCycle" erzeugt daraus neue Dinge, wie z.B. Gießkannen und Schneidebretter.

Alte Zahnbürsten und leere Zahnpastatuben, die sonst in der Müllverbrennung landen würden, haben die Kinder der Volksschule Maria Bild gesammelt. Die ausgedienten Plastikprodukte wurden den Firmen Colgate und Terracycle übergeben, die daraus neue Kunststoffwaren erzeugen lässt. Auch der Kindergarten beteiligte sich an der Aktion.

Leere Zahncremetuben, alte Zahnbürsten, leere Zahnseide-Verpackungen – für die Kinder der Volksschule Ebergassing sind diese Abfälle noch wertvoll. Seit alle Kinder und Lehrer an dem neuen Recyclingprogramm für Zahnpflegeprodukte aus Plastik teilnehmen, ist die ganze Schule im Sammelfieber. Über das von der Zahnpflegemarke Colgate und dem Umweltunternehmen TerraCycle ins Leben gerufene Programm können sie ihre alten Zahnbürsten und Co. nicht nur recyceln, sondern erhalten auch für jedes Zahnpflegeprodukt 2 Cent, die die Schule an einen gemeinnützigen Zweck ihrer Wahl spenden kann.

 How Does it Work?

Collect your oral care products in a random box, send them to TerraCycle for free and receive 2 rappen as a reward for each toothbrush or other dental care product. The money can be donated to a charity of your choice. You can even donate that money to your own non- profit booster club. TerraCycle makes sure that the waste will be fully recycled and new products will be made out of it.

TerraCycle ist ein grünes Recycling-Unternehmen, das Abfall recycelt, der bisher nicht recycelt werden konnte. Schicken Sie kostenlos Ihre alten Zahnpflegeprodukte, leeren Stifte oder Zigarettenstummel an TerraCycle. Für alle Zahnpflege- und Stifteeinsendungen erhalten Sie außerdem 2 Cent, die Sie für soziale Zwecke Ihrer Wahl spenden können.

TerraCycle, an international recycling company, and The North Face, a leading supplier of outdoor apparel, equipment and footwear, continue to work together to pursue a solution to the common problem of massive amounts of left over polyethylene bags that are used to protect merchandise through distribution and transit. The North Face has engaged 25 of its retail stores in TerraCycle’s The North Face Polybag Brigade®, to ensure these plastic bags get recycled. Together the two companies have kept 1.5 million plastic polybags, equaling more than 62,000 lbs., of plastic out of U.S. landfills. “We are always looking for ways to reduce our environmental footprint and TerraCycle has been an important partner in helping The North Face address the challenging issue of plastic bag recycling,” said Adam Mott, Director of Sustainability at The North Face. “This partnership is especially vital in locations where municipal recycling does not accept hard-to-recycle plastics, such as polybags, which would otherwise be disposed of in a landfill without the TerraCycle recycling program.” Until this partnership between The North Face and TerraCycle began two years ago, the 25 stores were not able to readily recycle the polyethylene bags. Now, the bags will be recycled into a variety of different products such as plastic lumber, bike racks and pavers. “The volume of polybags that are used every day in shipping to customers and to retail stores is mind-boggling,” said TerraCycle Founder and CEO Tom Szaky. “The fact that The North Face is committed to going the extra step to keep them out of the waste stream is an action that should be applauded and replicated by more manufacturers and retail stores.”