TERRACYCLE NEWS

ELIMINATING THE IDEA OF WASTE®

Garnier Encourage Recycling Activism and Green Behavior

Did you know that beauty waste (all those pretty personal care and beauty packaging on your makeup table) account for one third of all landfill waste? Wow, we had no idea. In an effort to curb that, Garnier, along with The Trust for Public Land, the City of Newark’s Office of Sustainability, and its Department of Neighborhood Services, recently announced the installation of 54 community recycling containers at three local Newark parks.

Kicking some butts at ESU

Dr. Bill Cors, left, Chief quality medical quality officer at Pocono Medical Center, Dr. Marcia Welsh, president of ESU, Alyson Patascher, prevention services coordinator at ESU were part of the Kick Butts Day which was Monday through Wednesday. Here they are at the Hoeffner Science and Technology on East Stroudsburg University campus. The cigarette butts were picked up on campus and also at Pocono Medical Center grounds. Two huge garbage bags were collected. Center Cigarette butts were picked up on campus and will we taken to TerraCycle which will recycle the butts and the money raised, will go back to the Dale and Frances Hughes Cancer Center. Cigarettes that are not disposed of properly can damage the environment by harming wildlife and water systems.

Jane Ryan School collecting juice pouches

For the month of April, Jane Ryan will be donating its juice pouch earnings to the children, staff and families of Sandy Hook Elementary School. They recently joined the Terra Cycle recycling program that was supported and encouraged by the school’s former principal. Recruit everyone you know to support this pouch collection.

Douglas MacArthur Elementary School named Great Drink Pouch Derby winner

Douglas MacArthur Elementary School has been named a Great Drink Pouch Derby winner by the New Jersey-based company Terracycle. Each day, MacArthur students recycle their drink pouches at school and send the pouches to Terracycle. Recently, MacArthur received a check for more than $1,700. During December, MacArthur sent in more pouches than any other location in Virginia and won the Terracycle Great Drink Pouch Derby for that month. The school was rewarded with bonus points to its account and now is in the running for a chance to be crowned the Great Drink Pouch Derby National Winner, worth 50,000 bonus points.

Bomba de Napalm

A Lua Propaganda assina sua primeira campanha para a TerraCycle, empresa que cria produtos "verdes" a partir de materiais que normalmente são rejeitados pelas cooperativas de reciclagem, como bitucas de cigarro, embalagens de salgadinhos e suco em pó, entre outros.

Turning Waste Packaging Into Massive Equity

There is profitability in waste. Join Tom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle, as he shares his thoughts on the state of sustainable packaging and the paths he sees for the CPG industry in the face of the rising costs of resources, packaging taxes and EPR laws. Tom will tell how TerraCycle has helped hundreds of brands turn wasted packaging into massive brand equity and consumer engagement.