While dental care products cannot be recycled in your usual council recycling programs, a company called TerraCycle does run recycling programs for private homes and primary schools. Households and schools that join the program receive boxes to collect used and cleaned dental product packaging which is then posted back to TerraCycle for recycling.

‘Recycling the unrecyclable’ has become the catch-cry of an organisation which works with brands to educate consumers on how to recycle packaging beyond the traditional realm of cardboard, cans, and bottles. Alison Leader spoke to TerraCycle’s Gemma Kaczerepa.

With your favorite pair of running shoes laced snugly on your agile feet, you run laps around the outdoor track in the center of the park enjoying a cool breeze, fresh air and the view of lush, green trees. You, like many others, may find that running outdoors is a total pleasure. It’s an escape from the day to day, a time to think, find clarity and enjoy the natural world. For others, running is a purely an athletic pursuit leading them to run 5K races, and even marathons, all across the state. But no matter what end of the spectrum you find yourself on, if you’re a runner you care about the environment. Here are several ideas to help the runner (or walker) in you be green and eco-friendly as you pursue your favorite exercise off the treadmill.

For companies and brands today, more sustainable production methods are topping lists of things to do. The uncertainty of material and vendor prices, the need to comply with a growing number of regulations and mounting evidence of environmental impacts increasingly drive change. More and more manufacturers are investing time, energy and money to fix infrastructures and further optimize supply and production chains. They have to, after increasingly finding themselves at risk for not putting forth the resources necessary to make their processes more sustainable. This is not to mention the vulnerability they incur by ignoring the growing demands of consumers who now expect transparency and CSR as a baseline.

Ao trabalhar em estreita colaboração com a minha empresa, TerraCycle a LemonKind desenvolveu uma solução de resíduos regenerativos a os resíduos de embalagens de produtos convencionalmente não recicláveis precedentemente do lançamento.

環境にも人にも優しい活動や取り組みをご紹介。 今回は、アメリカから世界に広がる取り組みについて。 アメリカで、2001年に設立された「テラサイクル」は、 リサイクルが難しいとされていた廃棄物を20カ国以上から回収。 新たな製品に蘇らせてきました。 「捨てるという概念を捨てよう」というスローガンのもと、 行われてきたリサイクルの取り組みが評価され、世界中で賞を受賞。 企業としても高く評価されています。

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テラサイクル グローバル研究開発部門 バイスプレジデント

O incentivo social também está presente no TerraCycle, empresa multinacional que oferece coletas de outros tipos de resíduos que não podem ser reaproveitados, como gomas de mascar, embalagens laminadas e cigarros.

TerraCycle and GLAD® have partnered to create the GLAD® Food Storage Recycling Programme, a free recycling programme for GLAD® ClingWrap, bags, containers and dispensers.