La asociación que atiende a pacientes con esclerosis múltiple y sus familias ha encontrado una original forma de incrementar sus ingresos y poder mantener los servicios que presta

La Asociación de Esclerosis Múltiple de Burgos (Afaem) está dando los últimos retoques a su nuevo proyecto con el que va a intentar contrarrestar los dramáticos efectos de los recortes económicos de las administraciones. Se trata de una iniciativa de reciclaje de cualquier material de escritura de plástico (bolígrafos, rotuladores, marcadores y portaminas) puesta en marcha en España por BIC y la empresa de reciclaje TerraCycle (www.terracycle.es) con la que, a cambio de estos instrumentos se entregan puntos canjeables por donaciones.

Balfour Beatty Communities is participating in the TerraCycle program to help keep waste out of landfills and support Crestview Elementary School

La Asociación de Esclerosis Múltiple de Burgos (Afaem) está dando los últimos retoques a su nuevo proyecto con el que va a intentar contrarrestar los dramáticos efectos de los recortes económicos de las administraciones.

En voilà une bonne idée et il y en a tant d’autres à trouver… ! Dans son bureau au mobilier recyclé, Tom Szaky est un jeune PDG heureux. En lançant le premier programme au monde de recyclage de mégots de cigarettes, il vient d’obtenir un succès qu’il s’apprête à exporter dans plusieurs pays européens, dont la France.

Tom Szaky est un jeune PDG heureux. Il a lancé le premier programme au monde de recyclage de mégots de cigarettes.

RECYCLING entrepreneur Tom Szaky is stubbing out the world's cigarette problem - one butt at a time. The 30-year-old who dropped out of Princeton University to start his innovative company TerraCycle in New Jersey, said there's no such thing as rubbish, even when you're talking about the contents of ashtrays.

Solve and Benefit

TerraCycle’s team of scientists and designers have found ways to recycle and upcycle the waste we collect into cool new products. When we upcycle a piece of waste we leverage both the material it is made from and the original shape of the waste. When we recycle we transform the collected waste into new products through a variety of processes like injection molding. Best of all, when you're done with a TerraCycle product you can put it back in the original Brigade collection program and get credit for the waste a second time. One Brigade focuses on collecting candy wrappers. Participating in a TerraCycle Brigade is totally free. There are no signup or participation fees, and the shipping is covered by the program. Once you have joined the Candy Wrapper Brigade®, simply follow the steps below to receive your TerraCycle points:

WAVERLY, Iowa --- Recycling is second nature to Joanna Ewest, who remembers newspaper drives as a school girl growing up in the Pacific Northwest. Hanging on to more obscure trash --- like empty cheese packages, cereal bags and pretzel containers --- is a relatively new habit, one she hopes fellow Waverly residents embrace. "My motive is we should take care of what we are given," Ewest said. "We've been given this wonderful earth and should be taking care of it."

De la mano de Generación Natura, llega TerraCycle al programa de la 2 "La Aventura del Saber".

A la tête de TerraCycle, Tom Szaky a lancé le premier programme au monde de recyclage de mégots de cigarettes. Un succès qu'il s'apprête à exporter dans plusieurs pays européens.