TerraCycle is a company founded around ten years ago by a freshman at Princeton. Tom Szaky’s idea was to revolutionize how we think about waste…by eliminating it. TerraCycle began by producing organic fertilizer, packaging liquid worm poop in used soda bottles. Since then TerraCycle has grown into one of the fastest-growing green companies in the world. They create national recycling systems for previously non-recyclable or hard-to-recycle waste. TerraCycle converts the collected waste into a wide variety of products and materials. With more than 20 million people collecting waste in over 20 countries TerraCycle has diverted billions of units of waste and used them to create over 1,500 different products available at major retailers ranging from Walmart to Whole Foods Market. They take stuff like toothbrushes, chip bags, and drink pouches and make them into cool new eco-friendly products. For example, drink pouches can be everything from fences to purses and pencil cases. Want to get involved? You or your organization can sign up to be part of a Brigade, and start sending them waste. Not only do you help the environment, you can also earn points to get gifts or even a monetary contribution for your non-profit group.

We don’t have a beverage container deposit to encourage recycling in South Carolina, but for me, recycling has become a way of life. One motivating factor for me to recycle is the fact that I don’t want a landfill in my backyard. Every item I recycle is one less item taking up space in a landfill. Another motivating factor is conservation of natural resources. By recycling plastics, we use less petroleum which is a nonrenewable resource. Recycling also protects human and environmental health by keeping toxic substances out of the waste stream. I can’t help it; protecting our natural resources is something I am passionate about, which is why I am so excited about some things going on at Moore Intermediate School. Students, faculty and staff are participating in South Carolina Green Steps Schools, an environmental education and action initiative that recognizes schools in South Carolina that take annual sustainable steps toward becoming more environmentally responsible.One of their projects involves the collection of traditionally non-recyclable juice pouches which are sent to TerraCycle and converted into other products. By participating in program, students are learning, waste is being reduced, and the school receives 2 cents per juice pouch.

The new drinks have 100% vitamin C, only has 40 calories per pouch and still has half the sugar than the leading kids’ drinks. I love the new packaging that is so easy to travel with and has really great kid-friendly messaging which includes sustainable farming, organics and TerraCycle partnership. What is TerraCycle? A program that upcycles and recycles traditionally non-recycable waste (including drink pouches, chip bags, tooth brushes and many more) into a large variety of consumer products.  See what I mean? Honest Tea is definitely standing behind their message for social responsibility and commitment to great products for a brighter future.

Doing good TerraCycle is a worldwide company based in Trenton. They create national recycling systems for previously non-recyclable or hard-to-recycle waste. Anyone can sign up for these programs, called the Brigades. Visit www.terracycle.com for more information.

Esta firma reafirma el compromiso del consistorio de Alcalá con el medio ambiente. Mediante este convenio se instalarán cajas especiales para recoger desechos en los edificios municipales.Esto tiene como objetivo la recuperación y el reciclaje de elementos de escritura, rotos o en desuso, contribuyendo igualmente con las asociaciones sin ánimo de lucro.

A subsidiary of the nation's second largest cigarette make Reynolds American Inc., is funding a national recycling program to reward do-gooders for cleaning up tobacco waste and turn cigarette butts into pellets used to make items such as plastic shipping pallets, railroad ties, and park benches

Trenton company at forefront in recycling of trash stream scourge

El Ayuntamiento de Alcalá promueve la contribución a la protección del medio ambiente a través de la firma de un convenio de colaboración con Terracycle  España, que tiene como objetivo la recuperación y el reciclaje de elementos de escritura, rotos o en desuso, contribuyendo igualmente con las asociaciones sin ánimo de lucro.

En España hay 11 millones de fumadores que cada año generan toneladas de residuos de tabaco. El problema surge porque estos residuos de tabaco, colillas fundamentalmente, no son biodegradables,  contienen  acetato de celulosa, un material que tarda entre 7 y 12 años en ser degradado por el medioambiente. Durante este tiempo, las colillas van liberando las sustancias que han retenido durante la combustión del cigarrillo (alquitrán, monóxido de carbono …..)  y contaminan la atmósfera o se filtran en el suelo por la acción de las lluvias , hasta llegar a los acuíferos.

TerraCycle y la Escuela Infantil Mirabal estamos comprometidos con el medio ambiente. Durante este curso tenemos la misión de recolectar aquellos desechos difíciles de reciclar para que esta empresa se encargue de su recuperación, en unos "bancos" apropiados para ello.