Vad gör man av bläckpennan som inte längre fungerar? Systemet med återvinning – som bygger på en överenskommelse med förpackningsindustrin – gör att många saker hamnar direkt i soptunnan. Det vill Kretsloppskontoret ändra på. Tack vare samarbete med företaget Terracycle kan fler saker än tidningar och förpackningar återvinnas. Skräp är en resurs – Terracycle är en innovativ aktör som ser skräpet som en resurs. De tänker som vi, säger Karin Theorin Mägi på Kretsloppskontoret. Nästa vecka kan alla förvaltningar och skolor anmäla sig till Pennjakten – en utmaning som går ut på att samla in så många uttjänta bläckpennor som möjligt. – Varje insamlad penna ger 20 öre till WaterAid som jobbar med vatten, sanitet och hygien i lokala projekt runt om i världen, säger Karin Theorin Mägi. Odlings-kit och choklad Som belöning till medverkande skolor får varje elev ekologiskt odlade frön att odla i medföljande kruka, tillverkad av återvunnen plast. De förvaltningar och kontor som deltar får Fairtrade-choklad till fikat. Pennjakten är en aktivitet inom Europa minskar avfallet, ett EU-projekt sedan 2009. – Under en vecka i november ska man arrangera eller starta aktiviteter som minskar avfallet, säger Karin Theorin Mägi. Pennjakten pågår till den 28 mars 2013.

Noviembre 17, 2012 | 2:55 POR LORENA SANDOVAL La empresa TerraCycle se dedica a recolectar empaques vacíos de algunas marcas, los cuales sirven para hacerse de recursos que luego dona a las causas que consideren para apoyar. La firma nació con la misión de “Eliminar la Idea de la Basura”, por ello es que recolectan los envases o embalajes de los productos Tang, Bimbo, Colgate y PepsiCo gracias a las escuelas, universidades, oficinas, personas individuales o grupos, recolectan empaques vacíos de dichas marcas. Por cada empaque se abonan en una cuenta 25 centavos de peso (4 empaques = 1 peso), de esta manera cada equipo de brigada decide donar su dinero recaudado a una ONG de su preferencia. En Querétaro hay aproximadamente 5 mil personas recolectando en 70 equipos: Dentro de los cuales están ONGs como, TECHO Querétaro, Promundo, Nuevo Mundo en Educación Especial Querétaro I.A.P, entre otras.

La acción de Tang y TerraCycle fue creciendo a partir de una intensa campaña de difusión.

Certains d'entre vous ont peut-être déjà entendu parler de la société Terracycle, véritable coup de cœur de la rédaction. Nous allons vous présenter cette structure qui mérite d'être connue et saluée pour son travail et son originalité.

Madrid, 20 de noviembre 2012.- ¿Tienes hijos y te quedas en el puente de diciembre en Madrid? ¿Quieres que se diviertan y aprendan al tiempo? Si es así, IFEMA propone, entre el 5 el 9 de diciembre, DABADUM, Salón del Ocio Infantil en Familia, el mejor espacio de ocio de Madrid con actividades lúdico-educativas y pedagógicas, para que los más pequeños disfruten con sus familias durante el puente de diciembre.

Earlier this fall—well before Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on the New Jersey coast and changed the conversation about climate disruption and its consequences—the Sierra Club's New Jersey Chapter and recycling pioneer TerraCycle teamed up to do a beach cleanup in the coastal community of Belmar. The Belmar beach cleanup was organized in conjunction with the Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup Day, which the conservancy has mobilized for the last 25 years. More than 52 million cigarette butts have been collected from beaches on cleanup days over that span. "Eighty-five volunteers collected over 4,300 cigarette butts, 700 bottle caps, 600 wrappers, and 330 straws off the beach," says New Jersey Chapter organizer Nicole Dallara. "The discarded cigarette butts were then sent to TerraCycle, which 'upcycles' them into new products like shipping products, plastic lumber, railroad ties, and other items after the waste gets converted into plastic pellets." Trenton-based TerraCycle, whose motto is "Eliminate the Idea of Waste," has created more than 40 waste collection programs, or "brigades," one of which is the Cigarette Brigade, which it operates in partnership with the Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, makers of American Spirit cigarettes. "You don't have to walk or drive very far to see that smokers often discard cigarette waste in ways that litter the environment," Cressida Lozano, head of sales and marketing for Santa Fe, told The Trentonian newspaper. "We're proud to be the exclusive sponsor of an innovative program to reduce and recycle cigarette butt litter, regardless of which manufacturer made the cigarettes." Many of TerraCycle's brigade programs, including the Cigarette Brigade, offer free shipping, and in many cases the company will make a donation to participants for each piece of garbage they collect. "You can collect all parts of extinguished cigarettes and ship them to TerraCycle to be recycled, and they'll pay for the shipping, so it's completely free," says Dallara, pictured at left. "All you have to do is sign up and join one of their brigade programs. And now that the New Jersey Chapter has participated in International Coastal Cleanup Day, TerraCycle wants to work with other Sierra Club chapters as well."

They account for 38 percent of all roadside litter by count, according to one study, and they're the most commonly picked up item during an annual coastal cleanup. Cigarette butts are truly nasty piece of trash, but a new program from TerraCycle seeks to collect and recycle this ubiquitous garbage. With funding from Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. (makers of American Spirit-brand cigarettes), New Jersey-based TerraCycle, a company that finds ways to recycle difficult-to-recycle materials, has a found a way to keep cigarette butts from landfills. Under the Cigarette Waste Brigade, people can sign up to collect all parts of extinguished cigarettes, including filters, partial cigarettes, outer plastic packaging, inner foil packing, rolling paper, loose tobacco pouches and ash. Brigadiers put the cigarette refuse into a plastic bag, put it in a shipping package, log onto TerraCycle's website to print out free shipping labels and then send the butts off to be recycled.  Individuals, nonprofit groups, as well as restaurants and other businesses can sign up for the program. As with other TerraCycle brigades, participants can send their refuse in to TerraCycle, and the company will direct money to a school or charity of the participants' choosing. However, with the Cigarette Waste Brigade, TerraCycle will send a dollar to Keep America Beautiful for every pound of cigarette refuse received. TerraCycle adopted this arrangement out of concerns that participants would be incentivized to smoke to support a school or charity under its usual terms. TerraCycle estimates that a pound is equivalent to a thousand cigarette butts. The collected waste will be recycled into a variety of industrial products, such as plastic pallets, and any remaining tobacco will be re-worked into tobacco composting.

UW-Whitewater senior Samantha Robinson acts as a voice for animals who can’t speak on their own behalf. Robinson’s work at The Humane Society of Jefferson County has given abandoned animals much needed love and attention. Robinson, a Helping Hands student organizer, said she hopes to have a shelter of her own someday. She knows the importance of being a volunteer at the shelter, because she has helped out at the Jefferson shelter for close to three years. “The huge thing about volunteers is the fact they spread the word of mouth to come help out at the shelter,” Robinson said. “It helps bring in donations and has literally saved some of these animal’s lives.” The organization is helping the shelter with a TerraCycle project. TerraCycle is a small U.S. business that turns packaging from common household items into new products to help eliminate waste. The shelter receives money from this organization by sending in certain items.