Reactions: What's even better than recycling your old, unused stuff and garbage? ---Finding someone who will do it for you and will use it to make fun purses, duffle bags, and even wristlets. TerraCycle® is a waste fighting company who does just that, recycling and upcycling materials that are typically thought of as non-recyclable (things like food and drink wrappers, newspapers, and trash cans) and turning them into new products. The products range from things like purses and pencil holders and to larger products like compost bins, all of which can be purchased either online through the TerraCycle ® website or in stores like Wal-Mart© and Target©. Participants can even join waste collection programs to send in their own trash and earn money for charity organizations. All of the products are practical and keep waste products out of landfills, but there are a few items that really catch the eye of an eco-fashionista. One of my favorites is the Reverse Printed Wrapper Hearts Wristlet®. The wristlet, made from discarded potato chip bags, is crafted from the reverse side of the chip bag, yet it remains compact, cute, and mostly unnoticeable as a former piece of trash. Another cool find from TerraCycle® is the Bicycle Chain Picture Frame®. The frame comes in both pink and silver and is a nice subtle way to incorporate a touch of upcycled style into your life. The Pulltab shoulder bag® is also a stylish way to help the planet while completing your outfit with an intriguing accessory. Finally finishing off my list of current favorites is the Circut Board Desk Clock®. The clock is both sylish and useful and is one of several products made from the upcycled circuit boards, and could be purchased to complement the Circuit Board Coasters

April is Earth Month – a time to grow your green lifestyle, to celebrate the environment, and to keep the world healthy!  So, did you know you can easily keep the world glowing with a Shampoo?  Seriously – Lather. Rinse. Save the World. Many Shampoos clean up your hair, but dirty up the environment, leaving nasty chemicals in our water supply.  Garnier Fructis Pure Clean is different – the formulas are 92% biodegradable and contain no silicones, parabens or dyes so you can love the earth and love your hair! The bottles are green, too.  Made from PET, the most widely recycled plastic, and 50% recycled plastic so you’re helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions and saving resources.

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Digitally savvy audiences, who turn to Facebook and Twitter to catch up with friends or the latest headlines, are making it more challenging for communicators to cut through the clutter and get their messages heard. In the following Q&A, Albe Zakes, global VP of media for “upcycling” company TerraCycle, shares strategies to get your message heard—and shared—in this oversaturated media environment. Zakes will discuss Facebook Timeline, engagement tactics and more at PR News’ Social Media Summit on June 22 in New York City.

Dirty disposable diapers pose environmental dangers. Startup TerraCycle plans to build recycling centers to separate the plastic casing from the paper and waste material inside. After being sterilized, the absorbent material can be used for products like concrete additives. TerraCycle recycles plastics and will use the plastic casing in park benches, pallets and the like.

TerraCycling began as a process that turns worn waste products and packages into reused containers using fertilizer, worms, and compostation. In 2007, TerraCycle changed their business plan slightly. They began producing pouches, bags, and accessories made from up-cycled drink pouches and candy wrappers. Larger items that were non-recyclable were also up-cycled and used to create flowerpots, plastic lumber, pavers, benches, and garbage pails. The goal of TerraCycle is to eliminate the idea of waste by creating collection and solution systems for anything that would normally be sent to a landfill. Right now, the company makes affordable, eco-friendly products from a wide range of different non-recyclable waste matters. A TerrraCycling program was established in Berlin in 2010 as an effort to promote the preservation of Maryland’s natural resources. TerraCycle is a company that makes affordable, eco-friendly products from an assortment of different non-recyclable waste matters - turning something useless into something userfull. The company runs a free national collection program that pays non-profit organizations, like Grow Berlin Green, for their waste. Grow Berlin Green is a campaign set to establish the town of Berlin, MD as a model community for participatory environmental protection, conservation, and smart growth policy and practice. Grow Berlin Green educates and engages citizens, schools, businesses, and public officials to achieve measureable impacts on a range of priority issues including: increasing conservation efforts, improving natural resources management, reducing waste, and increasing recycling efforts. “Currently, there are two bins set up at Burbage Park on Williams Street with the other recycling containers,” said Kathy Winte, a leader of the local TerraCycling initiative, “People can deposit their TerraCycle wrappers and then it will be sorted and sent in.” “With this program, closer to 800 pounds of non-recyclable materials have been kept out of the landfill,” continued Winte. TerraCycling applies two different applications to these items. The first is post-consumer, where they process it into paving stones, plastic coolers, flower pots, trash bins, etc. The second is pre-consumer, where they obtain the rolls of packing material from corporations and they make tote bags, pencil cases, notebook covers, and so forth. “We have also partnered with the local schools and some salons, Robin Walters and Headlines. The money that Grow Berlin Green receives gets turned around and goes right back towards sustainable practices,” said Winte. The goal of the campaign is dedicated to encouraging local communities to protect our eco-systems, conserve area resources, and build our towns by using safe and smart practices. The bins are located in the John Howard Burbage Park next to the electric company facility. A list of items, shown below, can be made into up-cycled items when treated properly. The following items can be placed inside the TerraCycling bins for collection: -Drink pouches -Yogurt cups -Lunchable lunch kits -Candy wrappers -Cookie wrappers -Plastic wrappers -Diaper wrappers -Personal product wrappers -Energy bar wrappers -Chip bags -Toasted chip bags -Kashi packaging -Toothpaste tubes -Toothbrushes -Aveeno tubes -Scotch tape dispensers -Corks -Spread containers For more information about TerraCycling or recycling efforts in Berlin, visit the Grow Berlin Green website. Visit the TerraCycle website to learn more about trash that can be TerraCycled.

TerraCycling began as a process that turns worn waste products and packages into reused containers using fertilizer, worms, and compostation. In 2007, TerraCycle changed their business plan slightly. They began producing pouches, bags, and accessories made from up-cycled drink pouches and candy wrappers. Larger items that were non-recyclable were also up-cycled and used to create flowerpots, plastic lumber, pavers, benches, and garbage pails.