TERRACYCLE NEWS

ELIMINATING THE IDEA OF WASTE®

Highlights from the 2019 Lab Manager Leadership Summit

For example, companies like MilliporeSigma and Thermo Fisher Scientific now offer paper coolers as an alternative to Styrofoam, and NJ-based company TerraCycle provides a variety of free recycling programs for hard-to-recycle waste. My Green Lab’s new ACT (accountability, consistency, and transparency) eco-labels resemble nutrition labels that consumers are used to seeing on food products, but the ACT labels break down the economical impact of specific lab supplies and equipment. The labels, which can be found on hundreds of products, allow managers and scientists to make smarter purchasing decisions.

Activate Our Garden program at Flushing public school teaches students about the environment and sustainability

Through the Ocean Plastic program, Kong and the P.S. 32 community did not purchase any plastic bags this school year and instead opted for reusable or compostable alternatives. She also encourages students and their families to collect hard-to-recycle items, like juice pouches, chip bags and markers for special recycling programs like TerraCycle and Crayola ColorCycle.