TERRACYCLE NEWS

ELIMINATING THE IDEA OF WASTE®

Our View: Reducing the human footprint

The network employed by the tribe also extends to non-local programs such as Clean the World, which sterilizes and reprocesses used hotel amenities such as soap, shower gel and shampoo, and sends them in hygiene kits to undeveloped countries; and Frontline International, which processes used cooking oil into bio-diesel fuel; Cups Are Recyclable, which collects and compresses foam cups, sends them to another company for processing into picture frames and crown molding; and TerraCycle, which turns cigarette butts into plastic shipping pallets, park benches and picnic tables.

TerraCycle CEO receives book award

According to a news release from TerraCycle, Szaky’s fourth book is designed to be a primer on packaging design for the circular economy. It integrates perspectives from the author and 15 innovators in sustainability—including government leaders, corporate risk takers and international waste management experts—to create a guide that can help everyone from a small startup to a large corporation move toward a future of innovation and growth with less waste.

McGraw jr/sr high grant funds composting program

McGraw’s $500 award will purchase materials needed to build a composting bin to start a composting program for its 6th-12th grade students, and a Terracycle bin to collect snack wrapper packaging.  Terracycle is a company that reuses and recycles non-traditional materials.  The school aims to set an example by reducing their waste sent to nearby Cortland County landfill.

McGraw jr/sr high grant funds composting program

McGraw’s $500 award will purchase materials needed to build a composting bin to start a composting program for its 6th-12th grade students, and a Terracycle bin to collect snack wrapper packaging.  Terracycle is a company that reuses and recycles non-traditional materials.  The school aims to set an example by reducing their waste sent to nearby Cortland County landfill.

Recycle Your Toothbrush Fundraiser

TRENTON, NJ —TerraCycle® recently announced a national recycling initiative with Colgate-Palmolive (“Colgate”), CVS® and the Starlight Children’s Foundation that calls upon CVS customers to recycle their used toothbrushes, empty toothpaste tubes and floss containers to help win a playground for a children’s hospital.