TERRACYCLE NEWS

ELIMINATING THE IDEA OF WASTE®

À PARIS, LA SOIRÉE OXYGEN VEUT SAUVER LA PLANÈTE AVEC DU GROS DUBSTEP

Connu pour explorer les mélodies psychédéliques et les basses survitaminées de la scène dubstep et drum’n’bass française à travers un large panel d’artistes, Electronyze Me investit le club du Yoyo le 2 décembre prochain pour la Oxygen #1, nouveau concept de soirées qui ne pourra que ravir le public, curieux ou habitués du genre. Le label s’allie à Bass Clap et invite le public à repenser son rapport à l’écologie, tout en promettant un line-up de qualité entre vétérans et nouveaux venus de cette scène en constante évolution.

Colgate ShopRite Playground Contest Hit

Have you ever heard of a playground made of old toothbrushes and floss containers? Probably not. But for the kids, teachers and surrounding communities of St. Katharine Drexel Regional Catholic School, it was the first thing on their minds for most of 2017. After several months of hard work and dedication, it was announced in June that the Holland-based school was the winner of the TerraCycle Recycled Playground Challenge. On Nov. 2, the newly donated playground from TerraCycle, ShopRite and Colgate was officially unveiled during a special ribbon-cutting ceremony.

U.N. salutes Trenton firm for repurposing plastic waste collected from ocean

TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky shows a shampoo bottle made with recycled plastic collected from beaches and oceans. (Phil Gregory/WHYY) The United Nations has recognized a Trenton-based recycling company for creating a shampoo bottle that’s made with plastic waste collected from beaches and waterways. TerraCycle chief executive officer Tom Szaky said 25 percent of the world’s plastic ends up in oceans, rivers, and lakes.