TV highlights: Saturday, Aug. 22, 2010
A team of "eco-capitalists" at TerraCycle try to turn trash into treasure on "Garbage Moguls" (National Geographic Channel at 8, 9 and 10), including products for pets from recycled bags.
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Terracycle Review
It’s always great to hear about companies like Terracycle <http://www.terracycle.net/> 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!
Andrea Chalupa: Garbage Moguls: God Bless the Eco-Capitalists
The BP oil spill has nothing on the hundreds of miles of garbage floating in the Atlantic Ocean , and its bigger sibling, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch , a plastic-soup in the Pacific Ocean estimated to span the size of the continental U.S. Our oceans are our landfills, a fact that nags at me with every take-out container and other piece of trash I dispose of in my kitchen. I’m just one person making all this trash, and my internal-dialogue now sounds like the hitchhiker woman in Five Easy Pieces : “Pretty soon there won’t be room for anyone!” I admit that these three horesemen of the enviornmental apocolypse have me seriously considering the possibility of reincarnation.
Andrea Chalupa: Garbage Moguls: God Bless the Eco-Capitalists
The BP oil spill has nothing on the hundreds of miles of garbage floating in the Atlantic Ocean <http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0820/Huge-Atlantic-garbage-patch-still-holds-mysteries> , and its bigger sibling, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch> , a plastic-soup in the Pacific Ocean estimated to span the size of the continental U.S. Our oceans are our landfills, a fact that nags at me with every take-out container and other piece of trash I dispose of in my kitchen <http://gardenwindmill.brighterplanet.org/garden-windmill/the-garden-windmill/andrea-chalupa-garbage-moguls-god-bless-the-eco-capitalists#> . I’m just one person making all this trash, and my internal-dialogue now sounds like the hitchhiker woman in Five Easy Pieces: “Pretty soon there won’t be room for anyone!”
Cheetos bags, diapers remade into trash cans
The company that turned Cheetos bags into MP3 speakers <http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10382623-1.html> is now transforming Chester Cheetah into 32-gallon garbage cans.
New Jersey-based recycling company TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/> is teaming up with Pioneer Plastics USA <http://www.pioneerplasticsusa.com/> to make heavy-duty trash cans out of recycled polypropylene that was once chip bags.
New Green Product Reality Series Premieres on National Geographic
If you are looking for something fun to watch tonight, check out the first episode of Garbage Moguls, a reality show that challenges the eco-moguls at TerraCycle, Inc. to turn trash into treasure. Tonight’s challenge is for the Terracycle employees to develop a line of pet products from recycled materials in two weeks. For viewing times and more information on where you can view the series, check its official site <http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/garbage-moguls-4314/Overview> .
Garbage Moguls
While flipping through the channels tonight, we found a show on National Geographic (NatGeo) Channel called Garbage Moguls featuring Terracycle, a company I previously highlighted in the blog. http://peaceloveplanet.blogspot.com/2010/04/time-has-come.html The show takes you behind the scenes to show how they take garbage and make it into products...and that is the key, being able to recycle things into products that are affordable, and a worthwhile product that someone would want to buy. On the show I watched, Pedigree Dog Food contacted them and challenged them to use their dog food bags, and dog food pouches (trash that would otherwise end up in the garbage) to design usable pet products. They have designed and sold many other products made from chip bags, cookie wrappers, Capri Sun bags, and much more. Check out their cool lunch box made from Capri Sun bags.
Garbage Mogul Green
TerraCycle is one of the coolest companies around, taking trash and turning it into cool, funky treasures, all while raising funds for schools and other charities. They sponsored a giveaway <http://ourdailygreenlife.blogspot.com/2010/06/independence-from-trash-green.html> last month on my blog and tonight the company will be showcased on the reality show, Garbage Moguls. Set your DVR if you cannot tune in. During the show they will be posting trivia questions on their Facebook page <http://www.facebook.com/kurig?success=1#%21/TerraCycle?ref=ts> for prizes.
Dog Food | Garbage Moguls: Turning Trash Into Treasured Television
Back for season two, National Geographic channel’s “Garbage Moguls” aims to do more than just turn doggy junk into doggy toys. TerraCycle wants to “upcycle” your mind.
One man’s trash is another man’s … idea for a TV show?
Garbage Moguls , the show where one little company turns trash into “upcycled” consumer goods, is back for season two. Episodes 1, 2, 3 and 4 will air on the National Geographic channel on Saturday, Aug. 21 from 7:00-11 p.m.
BlogMania Sponsor Spotlight: TerraCycle
A few weeks ago when I was contacted by TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/> , I really had no idea who they were. When I read the press information that they sent me, I was really intrigued. TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/> collects garbage and comes up with some interesting ways to recycle it. Now I am all about the entire upcycle craze. I repurpose as many things as I can in our lives. I reuse old sweaters to make diaper covers, I repurpose my old clothes to fashion new things for Coraline, I diligently save every glass jar that comes into this house; everything has some second use around here. So, TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/> seemed super cool to me. I browsed the entire TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/> website checking out what they do, how they do it and decided they totally fit into what I wanted to do for BlogMania. I was thrilled when they agreed to be a BlogMania sponsor for The Girl Is A Mom.