TerraCycle, a national organization, offers a way for people to “diminish their trace on the Earth” this summer by sending their non-recyclable trash to TerraCycle. For example, the organization “upcycles” some wrappers into tote bags. The company collects over 40 different kinds of waste, according to Stacey Cusack, public relations manager. People have to sign up for the program before they can send in their waste free of charge. A Logan area school is participating in the TerraCycle program.

Ein neues Recycling-Programm regt Kinder dazu an, den Wert ihrer leeren Stifte zu überdenken und bringt Recycling in ihren Alltag ein. Schulen, Kindergärten und Kindertagesstätten können jetzt an einem neuen Recycling-Programm für Schreibgeräte und Korrekturmittel teilnehmen, welches zum Ziel hat, Kinder aktiv am Umweltschutz zu beteiligen.

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The North Face®, the world’s premier supplier of authentic, innovative and technically advanced outdoor apparel, equipment and footwear, has partnered with upcycling and recycling pioneer TerraCycle® to keep plastic polybags, used to protect apparel through distribution and transit, out of landfills. The North Face Polybag Brigade® will divert 100% of the polybag packaging waste at the 20 The North Face retail stores in the United States where #4 plastic bags are not readily recyclable. “Eliminating waste at all stages of the product lifecycle is a key component of The North Face comprehensive sustainability program,” said Adam Mott, The North Face Corporate Sustainability Manager. “This partnership with TerraCycle is helpful in diverting this packaging waste stream from landfills.” Through The North Face Polybag Brigade, The North Face and TerraCycle are actively pursuing a solution to a common packaging waste problem in the apparel industry. TerraCycle will repurpose the bags into various products such as plastic lumber, bike racks, pavers, kitchen utensils and plastic tote bags for re-use.

TRENTON — For environmentally savvy people, the only place for a Starburst wrapper or an empty Coke bottle is in a recycling bin. The folks at Terracycle take it one step further. Terracycle is working with The North Face, a retailer of rugged outdoor apparel, to recycle the clear plastic bags used in packaging. The company just cemented a deal to recycle 2 million plastic bags a year collected from 20 North Face stores.

A ampliação da parceria vai incentivar a coleta de embalagens de café (sachês) e de biscoitos pós-consumo. O objetivo é dar um destino sustentável a esses materiais, permitindo que sejam reaproveitados na fabricação de novos produtos, como bolsas, sacolas, mochilas, estojos, utensílios para cozinha, vasos de plantas, displays de ponto de venda, entre outros. Os itens serão comercializados pela TerraCycle no e-commerce do Wal-Mart e no site da Gift Express.

Avfall er et av våre største miljøproblemer. Selv om stadig større andel av søppelet kildesorteres og resirkuleres, er både avfall og avfallshåndtering komplekse miljøproblemer. Men ikke alle ser på søppel som et problem, stadig flere gründere ser på det som rimelige råvarer og utgangspunkt for kreativ oppsirkulering.

#8. I’ve received some information about TerraCycle, Inc. which is “an international upcycling company that takes difficult to recycle packaging and turns it into affordable, eco-friendly products.” Founded in 2001, TerraCycle (www.terracycle.net) is the world’s leader in the collection and reuse of non-recyclable post-consumer waste. TerraCycle works with over 30 major brands in the U.S. (and in a growing number of other countries) to collect used packaging and products (chip bags, candy wrappers, juice pouches, pens, toothbrushes, etc.) that would otherwise be destined for landfills. It repurposes that waste into new eco-friendly materials and products that are available online and through major retailers. The waste is collected through TerraCycle’s Brigade programs [collection “teams”], which are free fundraisers that pay schools and non-profits for every piece of waste they collect and return.” TerraCycle pays for the shipping, so signing up and sending in waste is completely free to participants. TerraCycle makes a few products from the recycled material that might be useful to campers – including firestarters. www.terracycleshop.com, This might be a very good fund-raising activity for Scout groups, schools, and other non-profits. Go to www.terracycle.net and then click on “send your waste.”

This summer, you can help clean up the environment while your family cleans up with savings and fun at Six Flags amusement park. Polly-O String Cheese and Twists along with the recycling company, TerraCycle, Inc., have partnered with Six Flags Theme Parks for a summer recycling drive that can earn you big discounts on admission prices.| At the Baltimore-area Six Flags, at 13710 Central Ave. in Upper Marlboro, you can participate in the program by taking specially marked Polly-O String Cheese and Twists packaging to the park entrance. Through Oct. 10, 2011, each specially marked Polly-O package is good for one free Kid’s Ticket (for children under 10 years old) with the purchase of a general admission ticket on weekdays, or for $15 off a general admission on any day of the week.. The park collects the packaging, which is otherwise either non-recyclable or hard to recycle, and sends it to TerraCycle, where it is converted into a wide range of products and materials. This summer’s recycling/discount program is available at the Baltimore-area Six Flags as well as Six Flags locations in Atlanta, Springfield, Mass., Jackson, N.J., and Lake George, N.Y. For more information about the discount/recycling program, visit the website www.KraftPollyOSixFlags.com. To learn more about Six Flags, visit its website, sixflags.com. And, find out more about TerraCycle, at terracycle.net. BC

(ARA) - As a parent, you'd like your home, community, and children's schools to be greener. Unfortunately, daily life can get in the way of that. You have limited time and budget in which to make the world around you a more sustainable place. But fortunately, going green doesn't have to be difficult, time-consuming or expensive. In fact, a smart and savvy parent can go green and save green at the same time. Here are a few easy ways you can change the world for the better, and even have fun while you're at it: * Get trashy - As a parent you probably go through lots of food for your kids that comes in difficult- or impossible-to-recycle packaging, as far as you know. There's a company called TerraCycle that makes products like umbrellas to backpacks, gardening products to recycling bins from recycled trash. TerraCycle works directly with the public, enlisting their help in the form of "brigades," - self-organized groups of people, typically schools - that collect packaging. The newest collected product is Malt-O-Meal, the cereal company that long ago decided to "Bag the Box," skipping the paper box that is typical of cereals; that alone already reducing the packaging by 75 percent.