Getting management buy-in and adequate funding is cited as a top security challenge by 24% of our survey respondents. "Outside the IT department, security may not be on the corporate road map," says TerraCycle's Sharp. "Too often, there's no budget for smoke detectors until the house is burning."

Garnier <ttp://www.garnier.com> , a L'Oreal brand has teamed up with Terracycle <http://www.sustainableisgood.com/blog/2011/04/www.terracycle.net/>  to reduce landfill waste by repurposing their product packaging.

Tang, de Kraft Food, presentó una nueva acción de cuidado del medio ambiente con una propuesta directamente dirigida a los chicos. La idea consiste en invitar a los más pequeños a aportar sus ideas para cuidar el planeta. Para ello, se acerca a la salida de los colegios y clubes con su TallerMóvil, en donde pueden contar libremente qué se les ocurre del tema.Las actividades son guiadas por un actor en el rol de científico; que los ayuda a contar su propuesta.La marca también cuenta con una propuesta en la web donde se puede subir un video en www.clubtang.com.ar. Los 3 videos más votados, reciben una bicicleta chopera y el ganador es premiado con la concreción de la idea.Además, la compañía continúa con su campaña de reciclaje, incentivando a los chicos a que formen brigadas para la recolección de sobres. Los mismos se reciclarán y por cada sobre enviado, Terracycle, con el auspicio de Tang, donará 10 centavos a una ONG que cuida el agua o la organización que la brigada elija

Forest Hills Ada Vista Elementary is the first school in West Michigan to receive the Evergreen Award, which is the highest level that a school can achieve under the Michigan Green School program. The school will be honored at the Kent County award ceremony at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday at the Caledonia Fine Arts Center. One of the green programs Ada Vista students have undertaken is collecting recycling and terracycling during lunchtime. Terracycle is a company that pays nonprofit organizations to collect materials that cannot otherwise be recycled and turns them into new items for sale. So far this school year, Ada Vista students have earned $721 from terracyle and saved 670 pounds of waste from going into landfills. For more information on the program visit http://www.terracycle.net/. Also coming this week to celebrate Earth Day, Ada Vista will show some of the "green" programs the students have started by holding an "art prize" in which all of the pieces either need to be made from recycled materials or be about an environmental topic. The art will be on display in the hallway for the entire week.

BIC, el gran fabricante mundial de bolígrafos, y la compañía pionera de reciclaje TerraCycle se han asociado para poner en marcha un programa de recogida de bolígrafos en los lugares donde éstos más se ...

Oh lord, here we are again. Earth Day is nearly here. The roar of the trumped up press releases and tenuous links to sustainability is deafening! What started out as an impassioned celebration/day of action for the earth in 1970 has become a vehicle for companies to cash in on a growing trend. Or has it? What's your thoughts on Earth Day? On one hand it is an opportunity to spotlight behaviors and products that people can carry on with for the rest of the year. It is useful, having a focal point for such an important topic as the health of world to be brought to the awareness of people beyond those already committed. It's helped "normalize" what used to be strictly for the fringe dwellers, making it safe for mainstream people, businesses and governments to take more bold action. If only that were the extent of it.

Here we are again. Earth Day is upon us, with all its blaring, breathless press releases and tenuous connections to sustainability being made. Perhaps your own company is doing it! Every April, green becomes a topic of conversation far beyond those you’d normally expect. The jury’s still out as to whether this is a good and well, sustainable thing, focusing people’s attention on earth-positive actions, or just an annual green hurrah that gets forgotten a few days later. I see a missed opportunity here. The majority of what takes place is talk, back slapping, finger wagging, product launches, brand behavior enhancements and lifestyle actions suggestions. What about packaging? Have all these Earth Day actions helped move the needle in the world of consumer packaging towards companies using and consumers asking for more sustainable packaging? I’m sure that consumer’s interest in recycled content was born out of Earth Day. But does it go any deeper than that? Tell me, how can Earth Day be better tied to packaging? How can we increase the sophistication of your average consumer so that they know about and will ask for the increasingly sophisticated green options that are possible in packaging these days?

Big Rock Elementary has been participating in a program that utilizes many of the items that aren't typically recycled.  TerraCycle, a New Jersey company, pays for the items collected and turns them into a variety of other products.

I recently joined TerraCycle’s Brigades. If you are not familiar with TerraCycle, you can read more about the company at www.terracycle.net. TerraCycle started out selling compost in used soda bottles and now upcycles a number of products into backpacks, messenger bags, notebooks, trashcans, watering cans, benches, pavers, and much more. I believe this can be a great way for New Leaf Market members and friends to work together to develop a sense of community while achieving a positive result. We have signed up for five brigades, collecting packaging from Kashi, Elmer’s Glue, Malt-O-Meal cereal bags, candy wrappers, and personal care and beauty products. Most items collected and sent to TerraCycle are worth 2 points. Points can be redeemed to buy clean water, meals, plant trees, and adopt land. You can find more details about what we can recycle with TerraCycle at the Green Bay TerraCycle Brigade’s web site.