TERRACYCLE REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2019 RESULTS

Financials   TerraCycle US Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of international recycling leader TerraCycle, Inc., announced financial results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2019. Financial Highlights:   •Revenue rose to $11.2 million representing a 16 percent year-over-year growth over Q2 2018 revenues of $9.5 million. •Net income more than doubled to $1.8 million, marking a 67 percent year-over-year growth over Q2 2018 net income of $603,000. •TerraCycle’s Regulation A capital raise is approaching $10 million.   Second Quarter Operational Highlights:   •TerraCycle has attracted investment in its Regulation A offering from ITOCHU Corporation, a 100 year old, $50 billion revenue Japanese trading company. ITOCHU, one of the largest brokers of plastic worldwide, will work with TerraCycle to expand the market for post-consumer plastics, and in particular to develop and sell plastics that come from generally non-recycled waste streams. •TerraCycle issued the first annual cash dividend paid in the company’s history, totaling roughly $54,000 or $2.09 per share representing a yield of 2.09 percent, to shareholders that invested in the company’s successful Regulation A capital raise. •During the first two quarters of 2019, TerraCycle surpassed the prior year’s total number of new contracts and programs. •The company continues to invest in its work force, increasing its U.S. based staff by 10 percent over the prior year.   “Our mission at TerraCycle has always been to eliminate waste, recycle the unrecyclable and use our innovative business solutions to minimize human impact on the planet,” said TerraCycle chief executive officer Tom Szaky. “During the course of our 18 year history, we’ve successfully translated our passion for what we do into an established company built on a strong financial foundation with sustained earnings and growth.”   Using third party logistics and facilities, TerraCycle converts collected waste into raw materials that are sold to and used by manufacturers to create new products. Examples of waste streams collected and recycled by TerraCycle include chip bags, coffee capsules, cigarette butts, oral care, beauty care, writing utensils and over 100 other waste streams in the U.S.   Published in the November 2019 Edition

Rubicon Global announced that the company has launched a Halloween campaign designed to help elementary and middle-school teachers across the United States educate their students on the importance of recycling and keeping candy wrappers out of landfills. The campaign is in keeping with the company’s B Corp mission to end waste.   According to industry data, $2.6 billion will be spent on candy in 2019⁽¹⁾, and Americans purchase nearly 600 million pounds of candy⁽²⁾ for Halloween.   Throughout the month of October, Rubicon will be running its first ever “Trick or Trash” campaign, offering teachers in elementary and middle schools across the United States a recycling and circular economy lesson plan, as well as a Candy and Snack Wrappers Zero Waste Box through TerraCycle for students to discard their Halloween candy wrappers within. All of these items are being provided free of charge⁽³⁾.   “We believe this campaign can be a catalyst for the next generation to recycle more and reduce waste in our world,” said Nate Morris, Founder and CEO of Rubicon. “Our hope is this program is a great addition to everyone’s Halloween festivities while providing teachers with a curriculum with which to educate students on how to develop positive recycling habits.”   “TerraCycle’s mission has always been to ‘Eliminate the Idea of Waste’ and we’ve proven that solutions do exist for items that may seem difficult to recycle,” said Tom Szaky, Founder and CEO of TerraCycle. “Rubicon not only shares our commitment but has taken it to the next level by spearheading the ‘Trick or Trash’ Halloween campaign to reduce the impact of candy and snack wrappers on the environment and help pave the way for a greener future.”   Rubicon Global is a technology company that powers a digital marketplace, provides a suite of SaaS products for waste, recycling, and smart city solutions, and collects and analyzes data for businesses and governments worldwide. Using technology to help turn businesses into more sustainable enterprises and neighborhoods into greener and smarter places to live and work, Rubicon’s mission is to end waste in all of its forms by helping its partners find economic value in their waste streams and confidently execute on their sustainability goals. The company is a Certified B Corporation, affirming that Rubicon meets the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance and aligns its business with purpose and social good. Through its technology, Rubicon is transforming the entire category of waste and recycling.   Teachers can download the lesson plan immediately upon sign-up. After completing the sign-up, a Candy and Snack Wrappers Zero Waste Box will be shipped to their school. Once delivered, teachers can simply set up the box in their classroom, cafeteria, or hallway, and encourage the students to deposit all of their candy wrappers in the box. Once the box is full, teachers can simply close the box, attached the prepaid shipping label, and ship it off free of charge.

Adding to a growing list of large scale recycling partnerships, international Trenton-based recycling company TerraCycle and early childhood nutrition leader Gerber, have partnered to help eliminate waste by re-purposing baby packaging. Rooted in Gerber and TerraCycle’s shared values around eliminating waste, the partnership supports the recovery of hard-to-recycle baby food packaging on a national scale.   Participation in the program is easy – parents can simply sign up on the Gerber Recycling Program page at https://www.terracycle.com/en-US/brigades/gerber and mail in packaging that is not municipally recyclable using a prepaid shipping label. Once collected, the packaging is cleaned and melted into hard plastic that can be remolded to make new recycled products.   “Through this free recycling program, Gerber is offering parents an easy way to divert waste from landfills by providing a responsible way to dispose of certain hard-to-recycle baby food packaging,” said TerraCycle CEO and Founder, Tom Szaky. “By collecting and recycling these items, families can demonstrate their respect for the environment not only through the products that they choose for their children, but also with how they dispose of the packaging.”   As an added incentive, for every pound of packaging waste sent to TerraCycle through the Gerber Recycling Program, collectors can earn $1 to donate to a non-profit, school or charitable organization of their choice.   Gerber believes the baby food industry should help create a world where babies thrive, and this partnership is one of many steps toward its goal to achieve 100% recyclable or reusable packaging by 2025. “We’re thrilled to partner with TerraCycle as part of our broader sustainable packaging efforts,” said Gerber President and CEO Bill Partyka. “We know every parent’s top priority is to ensure a healthy, happy future for their baby. Our commitment to sustainability is rooted in giving parents a hand in making their baby’s future that much brighter.”   Gerber was founded on the ambition to give babies the best start in life. That’s why their work doesn’t stop at nutrition. As the world’s largest baby food company, Gerber has upheld some of the industry’s strongest agricultural standards through its Clean Field Farming™ practices, and is committed to reducing energy use, water use and carbon emissions in its factories.   The Gerber Recycling Program is open to any interested individual, school, office, or community organization. For more information on TerraCycle’s recycling programs, visit www.TerraCycle.com.

Rubicon Global announced that the company has launched a Halloween campaign designed to help elementary and middle-school teachers across the United States educate their students on the importance of recycling and keeping candy wrappers out of landfills. The campaign is in keeping with the company’s B Corp mission to end waste.   According to industry data, $2.6 billion will be spent on candy in 2019⁽¹⁾, and Americans purchase nearly 600 million pounds of candy⁽²⁾ for Halloween. Throughout the month of October, Rubicon will be running its first ever “Trick or Trash” campaign, offering teachers in elementary and middle schools across the United States a recycling and circular economy lesson plan, as well as a Candy and Snack Wrappers Zero Waste Box through TerraCycle for students to discard their Halloween candy wrappers within. All of these items are being provided free of charge⁽³⁾.   “We believe this campaign can be a catalyst for the next generation to recycle more and reduce waste in our world,” said Nate Morris, Founder and CEO of Rubicon. “Our hope is this program is a great addition to everyone’s Halloween festivities while providing teachers with a curriculum with which to educate students on how to develop positive recycling habits.”   “TerraCycle’s mission has always been to ‘Eliminate the Idea of Waste’ and we’ve proven that solutions do exist for items that may seem difficult to recycle,” said Tom Szaky, Founder and CEO of TerraCycle. “Rubicon not only shares our commitment but has taken it to the next level by spearheading the ‘Trick or Trash’ Halloween campaign to reduce the impact of candy and snack wrappers on the environment and help pave the way for a greener future.”   Rubicon Global is a technology company that powers a digital marketplace, provides a suite of SaaS products for waste, recycling, and smart city solutions, and collects and analyzes data for businesses and governments worldwide. Using technology to help turn businesses into more sustainable enterprises and neighborhoods into greener and smarter places to live and work, Rubicon’s mission is to end waste in all of its forms by helping its partners find economic value in their waste streams and confidently execute on their sustainability goals. The company is a Certified B Corporation, affirming that Rubicon meets the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance and aligns its business with purpose and social good. Through its technology, Rubicon is transforming the entire category of waste and recycling.   Teachers can download the lesson plan immediately upon sign-up. After completing the sign-up, a Candy and Snack Wrappers Zero Waste Box will be shipped to their school. Once delivered, teachers can simply set up the box in their classroom, cafeteria, or hallway, and encourage the students to deposit all of their candy wrappers in the box. Once the box is full, teachers can simply close the box, attached the prepaid shipping label, and ship it off free of charge.

NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio — As the little ghosts and goblins bring home a huge haul for Halloween, Dr. Amberlee Taylor of North Royalton Pediatric Dentistry is making sure those treats don't come back to haunt them.   "Chocolate is going to be the best candy, because when you place it in your mouth, it's going to melt away," Dr. Taylor explains. "Anything that's going to stick in your teeth and stay there for a long period of time is pretty much what you do want to avoid."   That makes candies like Blow Pops a double whammy.  The long-lasting sugar of hard candy, plus the chewy center.   Then there's Sour Patch Candy, a triple-threat of enamel-eating sour acids and sugar plus sticky.   And it matters not just which candy kids eat, but when. The best time is right after mealtime.   "When we eat, our saliva builds up and now you're going to go ahead and wash away the chocolate," says Dr. Taylor.   So now that it's practically raining candy in your house, what should you do with all that sugar?   Cleveland Clinic Child Psychologist Dr. Kate Eshleman says to set expectations and adds that it's helpful to give them warnings.   To give you some idea of how much kids can eat, pediatricians recommend a daily limit of 25 grams of sugar for children. That's four mini-Twizzlers, three Twix minis, or two fun-sized Snickers.   Did you know that you can recycle candy wrappers? Well, sort of. At Ganley Subaru in Wickliffe, you'll find a drop-off box to collect candy wrappers that are shipped to a company called TerraCycle, which specializes in recycling hard-to-recycle material.   Sweet ways to make Halloween candy a little less scary for us all.  

Nestlé has announced that its early childhood nutrition brand Gerber has partnered with TerraCycle to launch a programme in the US aimed at recycling certain 'hard-to-recycle' baby food packaging.   The initiative is part of Nestlé’s goal to make 100% of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025.   Gerber president and CEO, Bill Partyka, commented, "We’re thrilled to partner with TerraCycle as part of our broader sustainable packaging efforts.   "We know every parent’s top priority is to ensure a healthy, happy future for their baby. Our commitment to sustainability is rooted in giving parents a hand in making their baby’s future that much brighter."  

The Collection Programme

  The free-of-cost collection programme requires customers to sign up on the 'Gerber Recycling Program' page.   Customers then use a prepaid shipping label to mail baby food packaging that is not recyclable.   The plastic collected is then cleaned and melted into hard plastic for making new recycled products.   TerraCycle CEO and founder, Tom Szaky, said, "By collecting and recycling these items, families can demonstrate their respect for the environment not only through the products that they choose for their children, but also with how they dispose of the packaging."

Once Upon a Farm, the beloved kid nutrition brand that makes organic, cold-pressed baby food, smoothies, and applesauce, has expanded their partnership with international recycling company TerraCycle® to offer consumers a free, easy way to recycle packaging from their entire product line.

Participate in Once Upon a Farm Recycling

Participation in the Once Upon a Farm Recycling Program is easy. Simply sign up on the TerraCycle program page and mail in the packaging using a prepaid shipping label. Once collected, the packaging is cleaned and melted into hard plastic that can be remolded to make new recycled products. Additionally, for every pound of waste shipped to TerraCycle, collectors can earn $1 to donate to a non-profit, school or charitable organization of their choice. The Once Upon a Farm Recycling Program is open to any interested individual, school, office, or community organization. For more information on TerraCycle’s recycling program, visit www.terracycle.com.

ABOUT ONCE UPON A FARM

  Headquartered in Berkeley, California, Once Upon a Farm was founded with the dream of providing yummy and nutritious “farm-to-family” food to children of all ages. The company currently offers lines of baby food, applesauce and smoothies that are cold-pressed (HPP) to better lock in nutrients, taste and color compared to shelf-stable alternatives. Once Upon a Farm is B-Corp certified and committed to nurturing our children, each other, and the earth in order to pass on a healthier and happier world to the next generation. For more information, please visit www.onceuponafarmorganics.com.  

ABOUT TERRACYCLE`

  TerraCycle is an innovative waste management company with a mission to eliminate the idea of waste®.   Operating nationally across 21 countries, TerraCycle partners with leading consumer product companies, retailers, cities, and facilities to recycle products and packages, from dirty diapers to cigarette butts, that would otherwise end up being landfilled or incinerated. In addition, TerraCycle works with leading consumer product companies to integrate hard to recycle waste streams, such as ocean plastic, into their products and packaging. TerraCycle has won over 200 awards for sustainability and has donated over $44 million to schools and charities since its founding 15 years ago. To learn more about TerraCycle or get involved in its recycling programs, please visit www.terracycle.com.   *Photos courtesy of Once Upon a Farm

Hundreds and hundreds of candy and candy wrappers will have a second life, thanks to the initiative of a Sherbrookoise. In about forty collection points, people are invited to drop the packaging of chocolates, sweets and candies in boxes provided for this purpose. Mother of two children who no longer spend Halloween, Hélène Boissonneault is well placed to know that this popular festival has an important ecological footprint. Her research led her to TerraCycle, an American company that gives life back to this waste, which is not recyclable. The co-founder of Effect Ph, also a speaker, will send all the content collected to the company by mail. The packaging could, at the end of the process, turn into park benches and watering cans, Ms. Boissonneault notes. The one who is also a speaker follows several zero waste groups. People want to reduce their footprint on Halloween is present, she says, adding that his initiative has quickly attracted interest. "In Estrie, we have more than 40 points of fall. The list continued to rise yesterday (Thursday) morning. We wanted to test whether it was going to work. The test works! Commented the one who co-founded the company with Pascal Fredette. The company's mission is "to inspire people to gradually adopt a minimalist lifestyle, to move towards zero waste and benefit from decluttering."   Among participating schools, the Deux-Rives school in Sherbrooke, in the Brompton area, decided to make a collection point. Teacher Nancy Harrison heard about the social media initiative and decided to involve her school; she, too, is well placed to see the mountains of paper that can accumulate the day after Halloween. The initiative also raises students' awareness, notes the school's vice-principal, Daniel Bédard. The school is one of the participating schools in a pilot composting project. A tray will be installed in each class. In particular, snacks and dinner leftovers will be able to avoid landfill. "We will have to do education, explain what goes in the compost bin and what is wrong," says Bédard. "The students will do most of the management. They are the ones who will collect the compost. "   The project will first be launched in the Academy Pavilion of the Sacred Heart, where are the major from fourth to sixth grade. "It will start in the Academy pavilion at first. We'll see how we can export it to the other pavilion. "   A new committee has been created to work on this project and to educate children about environmental values. This committee is composed of Mr. Bédard, parents and teachers. "It is rare for committees to be composed of parents and teachers other than the governing board and the OPP (parent participation organization). "   The school has approximately 536 students, including some 237 students at the Académie Sacré-Cœur Pavilion.

A new maker space for artists, the season debut of New Jersey’s only indoor skate park, and contemporary creativity from current members of Trenton’s oldest African-American Baptist congregation – Hanover Creative, Freedom Skate Park and Shiloh Baptist Church will all be first-time-ever participants in Art All Day, Trenton’s open studio and creative space tour, from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2. Other returning favorite sites include TerraCycle, site of the Jersey Fresh Graffiti Jam, the Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund (LALDEF), showcasing artists in its historic headquarters in Trenton’s vibrant Hispanic Chambersburg neighborhood, the Trenton Photo Club at the historic Mill Hill Saloon, and Blacksmith of Trenton, operating continuously at the same site in Trenton since 1863. New murals, art installations and artistic crosswalks, painted at several intersections throughout the city, as well as the recently restored 1993 public art installation by world-famous video artist Nam June Paik, are highlighted in walking, bicycle and trolley tours throughout the day. Art All Day’s hallmark of live mural painting and artist demonstrations will continue at multiple sites this year. Art All Day is for all ages, with live children’s activities at the New Jersey State Museum, Roberto Clemente Park and the Trenton Community A-Team studio. A reception at Artworks’ galleries, featuring the Art All Day participating artist group show and a solo show by Trenton photographer Habiyb Shu’aib, will follow the tour, from 6 to 8 p.m. On Nov. 2, visitors can park for free at Artworks, pick up a map/program and explore sites themselves, or sign up for guided tours. A mobile site map and information on the event, and participating artists and sites, is available at artworkstrenton.org/artallday.

In most ways, being a consumer of beauty products is inherently at odds with being friendly to the environment. With its single-use plastics and abundance of packaging materials—that even when made from recyclable materials are simply too small to recycle—the beauty industry is one of the major culprits of waste. Thankfully, there are plenty of ways to get your beauty fix while still minimizing your impact on the environment. Becoming a more mindful consumer by choosing brands that are committed to environmentally-conscious practices is just one of the many avenues for making your love for beauty more sustainable.   Beyond minimizing their imprint through eco-friendly packaging, some beauty brands are even taking the lead to make an impactful change at the end of the product life-cycle. Vegan skincare and beauty brand Town & Anchor just teamed up with L.A.-based sustainable handmade jewelry brand CLED for a collaboration that boldly reveals the beauty in repurposing your empties. CLED upcycles to create all of its jewelry. For this collab, the ethical jewelry company has repurposed Town & Anchor's empty face oil bottles to turn them into one-of-a-kind statement earrings. The bottle glass was melted down and then reshaped into an organic oval. The original bottles' biophotonic glass lends a unique black violet shade to the earrings and presents a striking contrast against the gold vermeil posts. Since each piece in The Black Sea Earrings line is handmade, size, color, and shape will vary slightly, making each earring truly unique.   Even as we strive to become more sustainable consumers, the end of the product life-cycle is often not given as much attention as the first step of purchasing consciously. This can be especially detrimental considering the general lack of awareness for how to recycle your beauty products and the fact that more often than not, tossing your empties into the blue bin simply doesn't cut it. If you've already made a habit of buying from eco-friendly brands, you can still make your beauty consumption even more sustainable by committing to more intentional recycling—and upcycling—practices. "Since sustainability is a crucial part of the brand ethos at Town & Anchor, customers can also ship empty bottles back to us to be upcycled into jewelry or be refilled with their preferred face oil and receive 20% off," notes Morris. For those looking to purchase already upcycled wares, 10% of all earring proceeds from The Black Sea Earrings go to the Environmental Defense Fund.   If you feel inspired by these upcycled earrings, there are a handful of ways you can easily upcycle your empty glass bottles at home:  

• Dropping off beauty product empties at a nearby TerraCycle bin
• Repurposing bottles into one-stem vases
• Housing at-home tincture for cocktails or reusing them as incense holders
• Simply refill an empty bottle with your favorite bulk carrier oil
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