Start collecting old toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes because your school could win $1000 and a park bench by entering a recycling competition.

Colgate and TerraCycle are calling all primary schools in New Zealand to take part in the 2017 Colgate Bright Smiles Bright Futures recycling competition.

Colgate and TerraCycle are calling all primary schools in New Zealand to take part in the 2017 Bright Smiles Bright Futures recycling competition.

Acompanhe de perto o processo de reciclagem das esponjas e veja como a Scotch-Brite e a TerraCycle estão eliminando a ideia de lixo.

Our CEO Rick Fedrizzi often talks about the Second Wave of sustainability. At IWBI, we believe that sustainability extends far beyond environmental protections. Just as WELL is for people, we believe that sustainability is about helping people make the best choices for both the environment and their health.

Personally, I’ve long been interested in the intersection of food and nutrition with health and sustainability. Our land, our health and our food systems are so intricately connected and dependent on one another that it’s almost impossible to address one without affecting the other. Think about it: we can only cultivate healthy, nutritious food in soil that is well taken care of. If we neglect the land, then the food suffers. If the food suffers, then human health suffers.

Whether you like it or not, bottled water is here to stay. It’s portable, accessible and a convenient way to stay healthy with fresh, purified water every day. Unfortunately, Americans throw out around 60 million of these plastic bottles daily. But there are plenty of ways to stem the tide of this massive waste stream. By making simple, versatile swaps, you can stay hydrated this summer and all year long without ever touching a disposable water bottle again.

Manufacturers are constantly looking for new, more efficient ways to deliver food to hungry consumers. But unfortunately, technologies that promise to bring you your grub quicker aren't always so easy on the environment. Here are some common packaging options ranked by eco-friendliness—starting with the worst offenders and working up to greener options. Every purchase counts, so by putting your dollar toward packaging that's easier on the environment, you're acting as a change-maker and influencing companies and manufacturers to do better.

January may mark the first month of the Western calendar, but for many (including myself), the August and September months truly punctuate the New Year. Students, parents of students, and anyone who was ever either or both of these can relate: Back-to-school season is a time for new beginnings, and this too often means new "stuff." Now is a prime time to reevaluate your habits, schedule, and routine as they relate to your mission to live your best life with minimal impact on the environment. A more sustainable routine is something to strive for year-round, but in the spirit of fresh starts, here are four simple ways parents and students alike can go green for back to school:

Tom Szaky has a motto: “Garbage is my passion.” The Princeton dropout with the mad-scientist mien wandered into the headlines in 2001 when he announced his intention to create a business empire selling worm-poop fertilizer. The company he launched to build it, TerraCycle, now generates annual revenues in the tens of millions (not from worm poop, but through recycled cigarette butts, coffee pods and more). It’s even been the subject of a TV docu-comedy, Human Resources, about its team of quirky-cool staffers and their mission to repurpose stuff like rolled-up toothpaste tubes. Now TerraCycle is making news with a project Szaky, 35, of Titusville, is especially proud of: turning plastics chucked into the world’s oceans into shampoo bottles. “People always ask me, ‘What are you doing about ocean plastics?’ And frankly, I’ve never had a good answer for them,” says Szaky. Now TerraCycle has linked with Proctor & Gamble to make Head & Shoulders bottles out of water bottles, sand shovels and other sun-scorched debris.