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TerraCycle y Tang recolectaron más de 500 mil packs para fabricar productos ecológicos

Tang y TerraCycle recolectaron más de 500.000 packs que dejaron de ser basura para convertirse en materia prima para la fabricación de productos ecológicos. Centenares de escuelas, organizaciones y familias de la Argentina armaron equipos de recolección y se sumaron a la convocatoria. Con los sobres recolectados de la marca de jugo en polvo de Kraft Foods, TerraCycle confecciona una gran variedad de productos upcycled que guardan la forma y el material original, como mochilas, cartucheras y billeteras, y artículos como tachos de basura hechos con plástico reciclado. ¡FELIZ 2012!

TerraCycle y Tang recolectaron más de 500 mil packs para fabricar productos ecológicos

Tang y TerraCycle recolectaron más de 500.000 packs que dejaron de basura para convertirse en prima para la fabricación de productos ecológicos. Centenares de , organizaciones y de la armaron de recolección y se sumaron a la convocatoria. Con los sobres recolectados de la de en polvo de Kraft Foods, TerraCycle confecciona una gran variedad de productos upcycled que guardan la forma y el material original, como mochilas, y billeteras, y artículos como tachos de basura hechos con plástico reciclado.

The virgin suicides

TerraCycle produces various funky recycled bags through partnerships with major consumer goods manufacturers. It's easy to get carried away with all the things that aren't happening in the environmental space – the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies, faster adoption of renewables, binding reduction targets – there's plenty to gripe about. But this myopic view of the field distorts the true picture, which is packed with inventive ideas. All across the globe, people are coming up with inspired solutions and sharing them with others, from simple at-home fixes to intricate lab-grown systems. They don't get as much coverage as political debates and climate science scandals, but taken together, they form a compelling picture of a vastly different – and hopeful – future.

Green gets its groove back

Ninety-seven percent of participants of the Green Your Home Challenge said it increased their knowledge of how to help the environment. The tale of one online game serves as a powerful example of how approaching old problems in new ways can bring about significant changes – in a relatively short space of time. The Green Your Home Challenge, a month-long game run by Recyclebank <http://www.recyclebank.com/>  in April last year, was highly successful in getting people to adopt more eco-friendly habits, simply by framing their actions in a gaming environment.

Terracycle: Beaded Necklace for Your Valentine

Looking for a fun, recycled craft for your Valentine? Based off a beaded necklace users create in Terracycle's Trash Tycoon game on Facebook, this do-it-yourself project is made from Kraft Cheese wrappers. It teaches kids (and adults) about recycling while preventing one more piece of garbage from going to the landfill, where it would last, forever. Instructions are available for download here: bit.ly/ValentineBraceletDIY.

Disposable Diaper Recycling May Soon Become a Real Possibility

OWATONNA — While changing diapers on a baby is a necessary duty, it is not fun. It is easy to understand why disposable diapers quickly topped reusable cloth diapers as the bottom-covering garment of choice for incontinent Americans once these handy items came on the market. Many people, including me during the years I regularly changed diapers, felt at least a slight pang of guilt as our garbage cans filled with the smelly items and as we plunked down more hard-earned cash for a box that emptied all too quickly. In actuality, while Americans dispose of millions of diapers annually, dirty diapers comprise only about one and one-half percent of all materials buried in landfills. Still, it would be great if there was a more environmentally friendly alternative to getting rid of used disposable diapers.