Princeton's Earth Day celebration — featuring a 5:30 p.m. talk by Albe Zakes, recycling company Terracycle's global vice president of public relations; informational tables for student groups and local businesses; free pizza and ice cream; and dance and singing performances — will be held at 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 26, on Frist Campus Center's south lawn.

The butts Roylos collects will be recycled through TerraCycle, a Trenton, N.J., company that offers free waste collection programs for hard-to-recycle items. TerraCycle converts the butts into plastic pellets. Other companies reclaim the chemicals that settle in the filters, Roylos said.

HACKENSACK — Diaper packaging, shoes and writing utensils don't go into the garbage at Hackensack University Medical Center—not anymore.  Now, they and other difficult-to-recycle items will be recycled.  That's because Hackensack University Medical Center has partnered with TerraCycle, a Trenton company that takes such items and turns them into picture frames, pots, backpacks and other products. HUMC is the first hospital to work with Terracycle.

Kimberly-Clark Professional, a division of personal care company that manufacturers contamination control products for laboratories and cleanrooms, has partnered with recycling company TerraCycle to launch RightCycle, a recycling program for hard-to-recycle cleanroom waste such as gloves, hoods, boot covers and other protective clothing.

Wolfram Schnelle (34) ist verantwortlich für das Projekt TerraCycle in der Schweiz, Deutschland und Österreich. "Wir haben Interesse an jeglicher Art von Abfall, auch solche, die normalerweise auf Deponien oder in Kehrichtverbrennungsanlagen landen."

Tous les objets ou presque peuvent être recyclés, affirme la société américaine TerraCycle, qui entend récupérer en Suisse des brosses à dents usagées et des mégots de cigarettes. Mais le boom du recyclage peut parfois mener à des aberrations écologiques, mettent en garde bon nombre d’experts. [...]

Alle Produkte lassen sich wiederverwerten, auch solche, die nicht rezyklierbar erscheinen. Diese Philosophie vertritt das US-Unternehmen TerraCycle, das in der Schweiz gar alte Zahnbürsten und Zigarettenstummel sammeln will. Der Recycling-Kreislauf hat aber Grenzen. [...]

Arla Harmonie og TerraCycle Danmark lancerer nu et nyt indsamlingsprogram, som skal undgå at plastiklågene på danskernes mælke- og yoghurtprodukter ender deres dage på forbrændingen.