Students can win prizes

Arizona State University is the newest campus participating in the Gillette University Razor Recycling Sweepstakes in partnership with international recycling leader, TerraCycle. This program gives students a unique opportunity to recycle old and used disposable razors, replaceable-blade cartridge units and their associated packaging for the chance to win multiple prizes. Participation in the program is simple: register with your .edu email at www.terracycle.com/en-US/pages/gillette-college and enter for your chance to win two tickets to any NFL game at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts, a Gillette Heated Razor or a year supply of Gillette or Venus razors. At the bottom of the registration page, find the link to a map of participating public drop off locations where you can dispose of your old, used razors. Once collected, the razors and their associated plastic packaging are cleaned and sorted by material composition to be later broken down and remolded into new recycled products. “Since our founding, TerraCycle has made it our mission to ‘Eliminate the Idea of Waste’ and provide solutions for difficult to recycle items that are not traditionally recyclable curbside,” said Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle. “Through our partnership with Gillette, we are working to inspire Arizona State University students to rethink what is waste, as well as help foster awareness that solutions do exist for items that may seem otherwise unrecyclable.”   To learn more about the Gillette Razor Recycling Program, become a public drop-off location or to search for their nearest participating location, visit www.terracycle.com/en-US/brigades/gillette.

Talk about getting ‘sauced’; Taco Bell in partnership with TerraCycle, and select Taco Bell locations, alongside several community spaces, all located throughout Mercer County are helping to divert used hot sauce packets away from landfills. With 8.2 billion Taco Bell hot sauce packets used each year in the U.S., this pilot program aims to give packets a spicier new life as a new recycled product. The team at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® wonders out loud, is this new electricity simply proactive marketing buzz? According to Foodservice Solutions®, Steven Johnson, “Brand relevance is in part driven with innovation in new food products in combination with new avenues of distribution all of which are the platform for the new electricity.”  That said, what are you waiting for? Johnson stated “that in my minds-eye the new electricity must be very efficient for the supply and includes such things as fresh foods, developing brands, unique urban clothing, grocerant positioning, fresh food messaging, autonomous delivery, cashier-less retail, plates, glasses, cash-less payments, digital hand-held marketing. All retailers to survive the next generation of retail must embrace the artificial intelligence revolution while simultaneously embracing fresh food that is portable, fresh, with differentiation that is familiar not different.    Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle, stated, “This recycling initiative empowers local Taco Bell locations and community spaces to promote sustainable initiatives in their own towns while encouraging residents to take an active role in helping to preserve the environment,” ... “Our aim is to provide an opportunity for entire communities throughout New Jersey to collect waste and be part of the solution to keep these packets out of landfills and the environment.” Foodservice Solutions® specializes in outsourced business development. We can help you identify, quantify and qualify additional food retail segment opportunities or a new menu product segment and brand and menu integration strategy.  Foodservice Solutions® of Tacoma WA is the global leader in the Grocerant niche visit us on our social media sites by clicking one of the following links: Facebook,  LinkedIn, or Twitter