Thanks to Terra Cycle I am now the proud owner of some really cool up-cycled products.  I entered their Blog Raffle and the lovely Emily picked me!

It is hard to believe that this lovely dress is made with M&M wrappers.  Such a beautiful design! I am loving the darker ruffle along the bottom too!  So pretty, and creative!  You can see this dress at New York’s Port Authority as part of a recycled art display. The dress was created by/for Terracycle, an upcycling company who use trash to manufacture new products.  Check em out!

For a limited time only, sign up and save with this printable coupon for $0.75 off any carton of Honest Kids organic drink pouches. Available in Berry Berry Good Lemonade, Goodness Grapeness, Tropical Tango Punch, Appley Ever After and Super Fruit Punch. The pouches, recyclable by TerraCycle too!

In recent years, consumer consciousness about the need for and economic value of making use of reusable packaging, containers and the like has risen a great deal, elevating (or should I say broadening) the range of people who actively and regularly choose to seek out such options. Water bottles and shopping bags are the primary examples of this, bottle options having gone from the Hippie staple Nalgene and not much else to decidedly trendy designs, drawing in those that may not even have factored ecological considerations into the equation when making their purchase decision.

Con la misión de tomar a la basura como materia prima, la empresa TerraCycle impulsa un programa para transformar empaques usados de Tang en bolsas, lapiceras, portavasos, folders y mochilas, a través de una logística inversa que se nutre de la labor de miles de personas, agrupadas en brigadas de recolección

TerraCycle and Honest Kids joined together back in 2007 to create the first Drink Pouch Brigades, helping to make a positive impact on the environment by reducing waste throughout our communities while teaching kids about sustainability.

Mashpee -  For the students at Quashnet elementary school, it's easy being green . Every lunch period since August, the 520 third-through-sixth graders at the school have eschewed the trash can in favor of the recycling bin, collecting food wrappers in order to transform them in eco-friendly products through a partnership with  new Jersey based  comnpany Terracycle.

TerraCycle: We're a society of convenience which  means we have a lot of trash. That's where TerraCycle comes in. The company founded by a college student less than a decade ago takes non-recyclable stuff (plastic goodies like juice boxes, candy wrappers, lunch kits, chip bags, tape, pens etc) and gives them a second chance. They're refashioned them into useful consumer goods like bags, cork boards, flower pots and backpacks.

Eco Boombox Skittles : Another product made by TerraCycle. As reported on its website, "Upcycling takes unused rolls of wrapping material that would otherwise go to waste, and turns it into a variety of useful, eco-friendly products

Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) could play a big role in helping Earth-friendly start-ups survive. The Wall Street Journal reported that Terracycle, a small, private company that fashions products out of difficult-to-recycle packaging, is hoping that large retailers like Wal-Mart will take up its cause more consistently -- and help the tiny company finally turn a profit. Wal-Mart carried Terracycle's wares during a promotion for last month's Earth Day. In one clever touch, the retailer stocked Terracycle's backpacks, crafted from Kraft's Capri-Sun packages, next to the actual Capri-Sun beverages