About TerraCycle
It’s always great to hear about companies like Terracycle because they make eco-friendly products and recycling is always a great way to give back. But what makes Terracycle unique is that they take non-recyclable products to make new products that other people would see as garbage. Terracycle is one of the fastest growing eco-friendly companies in the world. This of course is because of good reason!
If you think most reality TV is garbage, TerraCycle’s reality show should fall right in line. Except it’s actually a good show…it just happens to be about garbage.
Called Garbage Moguls, TerraCycle’s now-in-its-second-season TV show follows the enterprising young minds at one of the countries most promising recycling-related companies, and their exploits in the eco-world are anything but boring.
Environmentally-conscious individuals will get a kick out of seeing how products get “upcycled” from someone’s trash to a new treasures sold in stores like Target and Office Max. Like a conversion of used dog food bags from Pedigree into a whole host of pet products that include leashes, toys and clothes, which are subsequently pitched to some dog accessory execs.
The company that turned Cheetos bags into MP3 speakers is now transforming Chester Cheetah into 32-gallon garbage cans.
New Jersey-based recycling company TerraCycle is teaming up with Pioneer Plastics USA to make heavy-duty trash cans out of recycled polypropylene that was once chip bags.
The cans are 80 percent post-consumer–most of the material is from chip bags collected by TerraCycle’s Chip Bag Brigade program. About 20 percent is from scraps of rubber elastic trimming that are leftover in the production of disposable diapers.
The old Cheetos and other chip bags are first shredded, and then run through a densifying machine that employs heat and pressure to turn the shreds into a solid material. The material is extruded into plastic pellets, which can be used to make trash <http://www.oohmygoods.com/Wholesale-trash_c830> cans through injection molding. It takes about 500 chip bags to make each can.
About TerraCycle
It’s always great to hear about companies like Terracycle because they make eco-friendly products and recycling is always a great way to give back. But what makes Terracycle unique is that they take non-recyclable products to make new products that other people would see as garbage. Terracycle is one of the fastest growing eco-friendly companies in the world. This of course is because of good reason!
It’s that time of year again – children across America are going back to school! While many of us make the extra effort to ensure our children are healthy and living a green life at home; what are our schools doing? Check out Eco Chic Parties and the #HealthyBack2School Twitter Party <http://ecochicparties.theecochic.com./healthyback2school-with-ecomom-com-dr-alan-greene/> on 8/26/10 to learn more tips about going back to school with EcoMom.com and Dr. Alan Greene.
“Send us your trash – we’ll make it into cool products.” That's the simple premise and promise of New Jersey-based startup TerraCycle, a green recycler founded by two former Princeton University classmates who dreamed up the idea in 2001 for a business plan contest.
Now full-time "eco-capitalists," they're making good business from trash by partnering with brands to create recycling campaigns for their products, and a halo effect for their affiliates.
Have you ever thought much about all the trash that goes into the land fills? All those individual wrappers. I mean people love the convenience of snack foods individually wrapped for easy grab. Or juice pouches instead of a cup or reusable bottle. You get the point.
You've seen graffiti on subway cars and roadways, but is it art? One New Jersey businessman thinks so.
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TerraCycle anda a fazer dinheiro com o nosso lixo. Mas, se fazem bem ao meio ambiente, qual é o problema? Tom Szaky e Albe Zakes, criadores daquela empresa norte-americana, não viram problema nenhum, apostaram neste conceito e durante o passado mês de Abril conseguiram que a Wall Mart – o maior retalhista a nível mundial – aceitasse vender os produtos feitos de lixo nas suas lojas. Se tudo correr bem, os jovens empresários terão direito a um acordo mais alargado. Bom para eles e para o ambiente.
TerraCycle, a New Jersey-based startup that upcycles trash into useful everyday items, has popped up on our radar many times over the past year. Because really, how can you not pay attention to a company that turns Frito Lay chip bags into speakers <http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/ariel-schwartz/sustainability/terracycle-upcycles-frito-lay-bags-tasty-speakers> and makes kites out of Oreo packaging? Apparently, we aren’t the only ones with an eye on TerraCycle. The company’s latest antics will be available for a national audience beginning tonight, when Season 2 of Garbage Moguls premieres on the National Geographic Channel.
