TERRACYCLE NEWS

ELIMINATING THE IDEA OF WASTE®

Cigarette butt recycling program started in Vancouver

TerraCycle and the City of Vancouver have launched a new pilot program to recycle cigarette butts. The program will help keep Vancouver clean and move the city closer to its Greenest City 2020 Action Plan goals. The Cigarette Waste Brigade® pilot program – the first of its kind in the world – launched with the installation of 110 new cigarette recycling receptacles on several blocks within 4 downtown Business Improvement Areas

TerraCycle: meet Tom Szaky in person

TerraCycle is on a mission to reduce waste on our planet through upcycling and recycling pre- and post-consumer waste. Founded in 2001 by Tom Szaky, then a 20-year-old Princeton University freshman, TerraCycle, Inc. began producing organic fertilizer by packaging liquified “worm poop” in used soda bottles. Since the inauspicious start, TerraCycle has become one of the fastest-growing green companies in the world.