When I was young, an older schoolmate told me paper gum wrappers were edible. She said that if you pop the whole stick in your mouth, wrapper and all, the paper would just disappear. Later that night, I unwrapped a stick of gum and suspiciously put only the wrapper in my mouth. I waited and chewed a bit, but it didn’t dissolve. It seems my schoolmate was either mashing up the paper wrapper in the stick of gum and didn’t notice a difference or she was just messing with me. I thought of the gum wrapper when I read this article about WikiCells, a form of edible packaging developed by Harvard professor David Edwards. Unlike the flavorless, “disappearing” gum wrapper, WikiCells add flavor and nutrients that compliment whatever is contained inside. According to WikiCells, “This skin may be comprised primarily of small particles of chocolate, dried fruit, nuts, seeds, or many other natural substances.” They are mainly used to package soft foods, such as ice cream, yogurt, cheese or beverages. This got me thinking about using edible packaging for more than just soft foods. A lot of things have been made in edible versions – necklaces, tableware, under garments, even shoes – but they are mostly novelty items or prototypes that haven’t taken hold in a meaningful way.

When I was young, an older schoolmate told me paper gum wrappers were edible. She said that if you pop the whole stick in your mouth, wrapper and all, the paper would just disappear. Later that night, I unwrapped a stick of gum and suspiciously put only the wrapper in my mouth. I waited and chewed a bit, but it didn’t dissolve. It seems my schoolmate was either mashing up the paper wrapper in the stick of gum and didn’t notice a difference or she was just messing with me. I thought of the gum wrapper when I read this article about WikiCells, a form of edible packaging developed by Harvard professor David Edwards. Unlike the flavorless, “disappearing” gum wrapper, WikiCells add flavor and nutrients that compliment whatever is contained inside. According to WikiCells, “This skin may be comprised primarily of small particles of chocolate, dried fruit, nuts, seeds, or many other natural substances.” They are mainly used to package soft foods, such as ice cream, yogurt, cheese or beverages. © TerraCycle This got me thinking about using edible packaging for more than just soft foods. A lot of things have been made in edible versions – necklaces, tableware, under garments, even shoes – but they are mostly novelty items or prototypes that haven’t taken hold in a meaningful way.

Tang y TerraCycle se suman a los Kids’ Choice Awards Argentina 2012, el show de premiaciones organizado por Nickelodeon Latinoamérica, en el que los chicos, a través de sus votos, premian a sus personajes favoritos de cine, música, deportes y televisión. Las 10 Brigadas Tang, que más sobrecitos hayan juntado desde el 1 de enero de 2012 hasta el 7 de septiembre de 2012, tendrán la posibilidad de ganarse 10 entradas cada una para asistir a los Kids’ Choice Awards Argentina 2012, el súper show que se realiza en Buenos Aires por segundo año consecutivo. Además, la Brigada ganadora podrá estar en el espacio PIT del evento, al lado del escenario. ¿Cómo participar? Creando una Brigada de recolección desde TerraCycle (http://www.terracycle.com.ar) o Club Tang (http://http://www.clubtang.com.ar/) y enviando sin cargo tus envoltorios. Fechas del Concurso: 1 de enero de 2012 al 7 de septiembre de 2012: Tiempo para enviar tus sobrecitos 12 de septiembre de 2012: Anuncio de los ganadores 2 de octubre de 2012: Kids’ Choice Awards Argentina 2012, Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Tang y TerraCycle continúan con el Programa Nacional de recolección y reutilización de sobres de bebidas en polvo, que ya logró acumular más de 1.300.000 sobres que serán reutilizados y reciclados en nuevos productos amigables con el medioambiente.

Maybe this is a scenario that's happened at your house—an empty shampoo or conditioner bottle that finds its way into the bathroom bin rather than the recycling bin. Or hair dye boxes, makeup packaging, or even used lipstick cases that are tossed in a convenient garbage can. Here's an incentive that might inspire you to save those items and bring them to your local London Drugs Customer Service Counter for recycling—starting this August, 2 cents per beauty package or container you drop off for recycling will go to the Canadian Cancer Society! London Drugs, who has partnered with TerraCycle.ca and Garnier, is the first major retailer in Canada to introduce recycling collection boxes for all beauty packaging! The program fits in perfectly with the London Drugs mandate to divert as much weight as possible —currently over 42 million pounds!— away from landfills. You can read more about the London Drugs recycling program called the Green Deal at greendeal.ca.

What do you do with your potato chip bag after you eat the chips? Most of those bags up in the trash, but a New Jersey company wants to turn them into usable products. Trenton-based TerraCycle has selected Hamilton Township as a test site to determine whether consumers are willing to help keep chip bags from ending up in landfills.

TerraCycle announced today that Hamilton would serve as the pilot township for its "Chip In For Change" program, which aims to collect 10 percent of empty chip bags thrown out by Hamilton residents. TerraCycle founder and CEO Tom Szaky said at a town hall press conference that Hamilton recycles less than 1 percent of its used chip bags. The program aims to bring that number up to as high as 30 percent, equivalent to the rate of soda bottles or aluminum cans.

TerraCycle announced a trial test in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, inviting residents to "Chip in for Change." CEO and Founder of TerraCycle, Tom Szaky joined Mayor John Bencivengo to unveil their goal to collect and recycle at least ten percent of Hamilton's used chip bags.

EMC News - A world leader in recycling hard-to-recycle waste, ranging from food and beverage packaging to hospital waste, TerraCycle takes its goal of outsmarting waste one step further with another environmental breakthrough: the launch of a free program to collect and recycle cigarette waste in Canada.

July 9, 2012 - TerraCycle, a world leader in recycling hard-to-recycle waste, ranging from food and beverage packaging to hospital waste, has taken its goal of "outsmarting waste" one step further with the launch of a free program to collect and recycle cigarette waste in Canada. The Cigarette Waste Brigade program – in partnership with Canada’s largest tobacco manufacturer – will divert used cigarette butts, along with cigarette foil and plastic packaging waste, from landfills.

L’université récupère tous vos instruments d’écriture usagés afin de les recycler. Déjà plus de 300 ont été récoltés sur les trois campus !