Nuestros Pequeños Artistas, con el apoyo de sus padres, centros escolares, hospiitales, universidades, empresas y asociaciones que están colaborando con Pequeños Genios, han lanzado este proyecto de reciclaje de material de escritura.

„Holt alles raus aus eurer Mülltonne, was noch irgendwie verwertbar aussieht, und gebt dem Abfall eine zweite Chance!“ Unter diesem Motto ruft TerraCycle dazu auf, mit zu basteln – ob alleine oder mit Freunden. Während der Europäischen Woche zur Abfallvermeidung postet TerraCycle jeden Tag eine Bastelanleitung auf ihrer Facebookseite. Um am Upcycling-Fotowettbewerb teilzunehmen, werden die Fotos an kontakt@terracycle.de gesendet. TerraCycle kürt unter den Upcycling-Designobjekt den besten Abfall-Designer.

Upcycling! Aus Abfall! Eine Woche lang! Täglich eine neue Bastelanleitung, um Abfall in tolle neue Gegenstände zu verwandeln. Vom 17. bis 25. November 2012 ist die Europäische Woche zur Abfallvermeidung – und ihr könnt mithelfen Abfall zu vermeiden! Wie’s funktioniert hier.

SANTA FE, N.M. (Nov. 16, 11:50 a.m. ET) -- Hold on to your butts … cigarette, that is. New Mexico-based Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co., a subsidiary of Reynolds American Inc., the nation’s second-largest cigarette maker, and TerraCycle Inc. are partnering to recycle cigarette butts into pellets used to make such items as park benches, shipping pallets and railroad ties. The Cigarette Waste Brigade is asking people to save and collect their butts, sending them to the recycling company through a prepaid shipping label. For every pound of cigarette waste sent to Trenton, N.J.-based TerraCycle, the sender will receive 100 TerraCycle points, which can be redeemed for a variety of charitable gifts, or for a payment of 1 cent per point to the charity of their choice, according to TerraCycle’s website. The company will recycle the filters into pellets used to make a number of items, including ashtrays. The paper and tobacco also will be composted. It took nearly two years to develop the process to recycle the butts, made of paper, tobacco, ash and a filter from cellulose acetate. Cigarette refuse accounted for 38 percent of all U.S. roadway litter, according to a 2009 study conducted by nonprofit Keep America Beautiful.

According to Keep America Beautiful (KAB), 65% of all cigarette butts are disposed of improperly. But thanks to another environmental breakthrough by TerraCycle, cigarette litter can now be recycled. With funding from Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. (SFNTC), TerraCycle is launching a national program to collect and recycle cigarette waste. The Cigarette Waste Brigade will divert used cigarette butts from landfills. By sponsoring this program, SFNTC is not only taking responsibility for the end-life of its products, but also for the products of its competitors. “You don’t have to walk or drive very far to see that smokers often discard cigarette waste in ways that litter the environment,” said Cressida Lozano, the head of sales and marketing for SFNTC. “Our company has been committed to environmental sustainability since we were founded 30 years ago, and 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.” “The Cigarette Waste Brigade has the potential to transform public spaces across the country, drastically reducing the amount of litter that is discarded,” said TerraCycle CEO and Founder Tom Szaky. “Furthermore, the Cigarette Waste Brigade will provide a solution for the filters that are properly disposed of in an ashtray or can, but today still end up in a landfill.” Cigarette filters (and other related tobacco waste) are the number one item recovered during the annual Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup Day, with over 52 million cigarette filters collected from beaches in the past 25 years. They’re a source of litter in a variety of public outdoor spaces, including sidewalks, roadways, parks, shopping malls and office buildings. In 2009, a Keep America Beautiful study found that cigarette waste accounted for 38% of all U.S. roadway litter. Contrary to popular belief, cigarette butts are not biodegradable and do not break down quickly. The cigarette waste collection program will make this pervasive waste recyclable for the first time. “This is one of the most exciting developments in TerraCycle’s history,” Szaky said. “As a company committed to recycling waste streams that others deem worthless or unsavoury, cigarette waste will help to promote our belief that everything can and should be recycled!” How does it work? It’s easy and free to participate in the Cigarette Waste Brigade. Interested individuals can visit www.terracycle.com to sign up for the Brigade. Filters can be collected normally in receptacles, such as ashtrays. Collectors then bag the waste in any plastic bag—which gets recycled as well—before being placed in a shipping box. Once enough waste is collected, collectors log into their account and print a free prepaid UPS shipping label to return their box at no cost. TerraCycle has already kept more than two billion pieces of food and beverage packaging and other waste from going to the landfill, and with its partners, dispersed more than $3.5 million to charity through its various Brigade programs. This newest Brigade program joins over 50 others currently available. TerraCycle is currently creating solutions for other difficult to recycle, but widely discarded, waste streams such as disposable diapers and used chewing gum.

TRENTON, N.J. – Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. (SFNTC) has teamed up with TerraCycle, a world leader in developing solutions for hard-to-recycle materials, to do something about cigarette butt litter. According to Keep America Beautiful (KAB), 65% of all cigarette butts are disposed of improperly. But thanks to TerraCycle, cigarette litter can now be recycled. With funding from SFNTC, TerraCycle is launching a national program to collect and recycle cigarette waste. The Cigarette Waste Brigade will divert used cigarette butts from landfills. “You don’t have to walk or drive very far to see that smokers often discard cigarette waste in ways that litter the environment,” said Cressida Lozano, head of sales and marketing for SFNTC, in a press release. “Our company has been committed to environmental sustainability since we were founded 30 years ago, and 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.” “The Cigarette Waste Brigade has the potential to transform public spaces across the country, drastically reducing the amount of litter that is discarded,” said TerraCycle CEO and Founder Tom Szaky. “Furthermore, the Cigarette Waste Brigade will provide a solution for the filters that are properly disposed of in an ashtray or can, but today still end up in a landfill.” Cigarette filters (and other related tobacco waste) are the number-one item recovered during the annual Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup Day, with more than 52 million cigarette filters collected from beaches in the past 25 years. They’re a source of litter in a variety of public outdoor spaces, including sidewalks, roadways, parks, shopping malls and office buildings. In 2009, a Keep America Beautiful study found that cigarette waste accounted for 38% of all U.S. roadway litter. Contrary to popular belief, cigarette butts are not biodegradable and do not break down quickly. The cigarette waste collection program will make this pervasive waste recyclable for the first time.

If you are looking for a great gift for your green-minded friends or family members, or even for someone who just loves unique and innovative items, look no further than TerraCycle!  This worldwide leader of recycling and upcycling previously non-recyclable or difficult to recycle waste has created an incredibly interesting collection of unique and affordable products.  Items such as school supplies, office supplies, home décor, toys, bags and products for the pets and garden are made from post-consumer waste items such as drink pouches, candy wrappers, pens, tape dispensers, diaper and make up packaging and so much more! I had the opportunity to review some of these incredibly neat items!  TerraCycle generously sent me a Capri Sun Drink Pouch Medium Pencil Case, a Capri Sun Binder and a set of M&M Eco Speakers.   I wasn’t really sure of what to expect as far as quality and durability, but I was pleasantly surprised!

I'm a big fan of Terracycle - if you haven't yet heard about them, go check out their website. Recently they launched Cigarette Butt Collection & Recycling Programs in the US and Canada and I've seen some chatter as to whether or not this is a good idea. SERIOUSLY?... Does anyone think it's not a good idea to clean up these cigarette butts that are littering and polluting our streets, parks, and stairwells?  The argument that providing a solution for cigarette butt waste encourages smoking is insane but not original. As a doctor and a mom, I am very anti-smoking. I'm often warning smokers of the dangers their smoking poses to the health of themselves and their family. I also warn against unprotected sex with multiple partners, while at the same time supporting free condoms and HPV vaccines. I encourage obese patients with high cholesterol to exercise and lose weight, yet that doesn't stop me from prescribing cholesterol-lowering medication. I tell patients with external ear infections to stop using cotton-buds to clean their ears (an unnecessary and dangerous habit), yet I still give them antibiotic ear drops. So if, after counselling patients on smoking cessation, I can leave my clinic and pick up the hundreds of cigarette butts littering the stairwell (illegally), the sidewalk and the streets and have a great program to send them to;  that makes me a holistic healer, not a hypocrite. You can read details about Terracycle's program on their brigade page, but the basics are that you collect cigarette butts, send them to terracycle, earn money for your charity and know that the butts are being safely processed and recycled into new products.

From unpaid intern to 27-year-old global vice president of media relations at TerraCycle, Inc., Albe Zakes will share his journey, which began as an inspired college kid looking to make a difference in the green industry, during his visit to Penn State Brandywine on Thursday, Nov. 29 at 11:30 a.m. in the Tomezsko Classroom Building, room 103, and at 4:30 p.m. in room 203. Encouraged by his father during college, Zakes said landing an internship requires simple persuasion. “You go to the company [where you want to work], tell them you love it and that you will sweep the floors and work your way up.” That is exactly what he did. In Zakes’ case, the company was Trenton-based TerraCycle, Inc., the world's leading "upcycling" company, which converts waste materials into eco-friendly, affordable products available at major retailers worldwide. With no prior public relations experience, Zakes said he learned through a lot of trial and error. Though he admits, “I’m embarrassed about some of the things I did in the early days,” he has worked his way all the way to the top of the public relations department. His personal success story is the perfect example of the importance of internships and for this reason, Zakes made a promise ahead of his visit to the campus. “Any student who comes to the talk and asks me an intelligent question or makes me laugh will get an internship” at TerraCycle, he said. His department hires approximately eight interns every summer. Considering his business model, this could be a valuable experience for any undergrad. Zakes runs wildly successful public relations and marketing campaigns without spending one advertising dollar ... ever. He relies on brand ambassadors, social media, grass roots campaigns and strong media relations to spread the word about TerraCycle. It’s worked. The campus learned about TerraCycle while reading the book, “Start Something That Matters,” by TOMS shoes founder Blake Mycoskie, as part of the annual Campus Common Read Program. The theme of this year’s program, inspired by the book, is social enterprise and its place in not just today’s society, but also the future. “I think beyond the money donated and the waste diverted, what is the most impactful part of [TerraCycle’s] mission is the education and engagement and inspiration that we provide to younger generations in the hopes that more and more of the future generations will look to start or work for or support the social enterprises that will be so vital to the success of our planetary health in the 21st century,” Zakes said. The campus is collecting old pairs of shoes to be donated to TerraCycle for recycling and upcycling. Zakes said the shoes that are still wearable will be donated to those in need around the world. Heavily damaged or dirty shoes will be broken down so various parts can be sent to TerraCycle’s partners. For example, the rubber material used to make the soles will be broken down and used on playgrounds, while the fabric will be sold to a fabric recycling company. Zakes’ talk is titled “TerraCycle: Finding the Marketing Magic in Your Local Landfill” and he said, “It will be ruckus, there will be a lot of poop jokes.” Of course, there’s a reason for the vulgarity. TerraCycle was founded by Tom Szkay, who was a freshman at Princeton University when he came up with the idea to have worms eat organic waste to make fertilizer. Or as Zakes put it, Szkay “dropped out of Princeton to liquefy worm poop.” This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided after the 4:30 p.m. session. Visit http://bit.ly/PSUBWCommonRead for more information about the Common Read program and http://www.terracycle.com to learn about TerraCycle, Inc.