More recently, the company has stepped up its conservation efforts, partnering with Terracycle, an organization that repurposes hard-to-recycle waste. Together, they formed Playback: the world’s leading string recycling program. Since Playback’s inception, D’Addario has recycled more than 3 million strings through Restring & Recycle events hosted by music retailers across the country, recycling competitor strings and rewarding D’Addario’s loyalty members for participation.

One surprising addition to managing cigarette residuals has been TerraCycle’s recycling program for them. The company accepts a variety of materials for free recycling, and in the case of cigarettes, even donates $1 to the non-profit of your choice for every pound collected. Any adult or organization can sign up for free to become a collector, and once a shipment is ready, print out a free shipping label that UPS then picks up. Some municipalities are creating drop-off bins throughout to assist with collection.

O Colégio Motiva conquistou o 10º lugar no Programa Nacional de Reciclagem de Instrumentos de Escrita realizado pela Faber-Castell e TerraCycle. O concurso reuniu instituições de todo o país com o objetivo de promover a coleta de lápis, canetas, lapiseiras, borrachas, entre outros itens escolares usados, para encaminhar para a reciclagem. O concurso ‘Faxina nos Armários 2019’ premiou as dez instituições que mais enviaram resíduos para o Programa.

The cool thing about corks is that even if you can't recycle them in the traditional sense, there are plenty of ways that you can put them to good use. Companies likeReCork America, the largest cork recycler in North America, take natural corks and turn them into shoes, yoga blocks, and more. You can find cork drop off locationson their site — they've recycled over 100 million so far. TerraCycle, meanwhile, accepts both natural and plastic versions and turns them into products, plus the company will give you rewards for recycling. It's worth looking around, because it may be that a company you already love or support that uses cork has a system to recycle them.

Local musicians are invited to attend a free recycle and restring event at Brass Bell Music Store in Milwaukee, WI on Saturday June 22, 2019 from 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM. Sponsored by D’Addario and TerraCycle, musicians can bring any old instrument strings for recycling and get their electric or acoustic guitars restrung with D’Addario NYXL or Nickel Bronze Acoustic strings. Old strings collected during the event will be recycled through Playback, D’Addario’s free, national recycling program.

Students at John H. West Elementary School in Bethpage collected 13,500 units of oral care waste -- like toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes and dental floss canisters -- as part of the Colgate, ShopRite and TerraCycle Recycled Playground Challenge.

Local musicians are invited to attend a free recycle and restring event at Brass Bell Music Store in Milwaukee, WI on Saturday June 22, 2019 from 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM. Sponsored by D’Addario and TerraCycle, musicians can bring any old instrument strings for recycling and get their electric or acoustic guitars restrung with D’Addario NYXL or Nickel Bronze Acoustic strings. Old strings collected during the event will be recycled through Playback, D’Addario’s free, national recycling program.

If your kids have left your shower overrun with their old products, there’s an eco-friendly solution that will make you both happy: recycling them. After you’ve finished up the products, companies like Terracycle will take the packaging and recycle it for you, creating new product packaging out of the recycled material. And even if their particular personal care products aren’t your cup of tea, you can always use extra shampoo to clean your makeup brushes or use leftover conditioner as shaving cream.

The hope is that creating awareness around single-use plastic will lead folks to identify and eliminate other single-use waste from their lives—including takeout boxes and disposable cutlery. For instance, Steamboat Springs-based Honey Stinger will provide a water station at their booth and recycle product sample wrappers through the TerraCycle program. The pledge even inspired Patagonia to hire a sustainability auditor for the upcoming show, in order to track the brand’s footprint from booth materials to polybags.

Solution? A company called TerraCycle collects and recycles a small amount. B.C. lets people drop these off at depots. It’s doing research on how to recycle it, and looking to turn some into fuel pellets. Others are also looking into turning the materials into fuel or incorporating it into plywood.