A Terracycle é uma empresa de reciclagem que centraliza campanhas de coleta de resíduos em troca de doações em dinheiro para entidades beneficentes...

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Cada año se generan 5,000 millones de toneladas de desechos en el mundo, de los cuales sólo el 20% es reciclable. El 80% restante termina en tiraderos como sucede la mayoría de las veces en México o son quemados y usados como combustibles en el caso de algunos países europeos. Dos dificultades mayores tiene el reciclaje tal y como está concebido ahora: se genera excesiva basura y la que se crea está compuesta por materiales demasiado complejos. Algunos envoltorios de alimentos contienen hasta 20 tipos de plástico diferentes. Así que por muy buena voluntad que tengamos los ciudadanos, la mayoría de lo que se tira no puede utilizarse de nuevo, a pesar de que creamos lo contrario. La iniciativa de un joven canadiense ha dado un giro a esta dinámica en los últimos años. Tom Szaky, alumno en la Universidad de Princeton, TerraCycle, Inc. empezó produciendo fertilizantes orgánicos mediante el embotellado de “excrementos licuados de lombrices” en botellas de refrescos usadas. Desde este comienzo poco prometedor, TerraCycle ha llegado a ser una de las empresas verdes de mayor crecimiento en el mundo. Hoy, TerraCycle es una reconocida compañía internacional de supra reciclaje y reciclaje que recolecta envolturas y productos difíciles de reciclar y los transforma en productos innovadores y económicos. TerraCycle está ampliamente reconocida como líder mundial en la recolección y reutilización de residuos post-consumidor no reciclable. Este mes TerraCycle México está cumpliendo su 7° aniversario recolectando y reciclando basura alrededor de la república mexicana; dicho lo anterior dejamos un recordatorio de cómo podemos volvernos recolectores dentro del país y no solo contribuir a la mejor de nuestro ambiente también retribuir a otras asociaciones sin fines de lucro. ¿Cómo funciona? La operación está organizada en programas, cada una de las cuales se centra en un producto en particular difícil de reciclar como envolturas de jabón, bolsas de pan, empaques de galletas, bolsas de botana, productos de cuidado bucal y envolturas de pan dulce. Estos desechos pueden recolectarse en cajas de cualquier tamaño para su recolección.

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  Dive Brief:  

• Target will be joining The Recycling Partnership as its first retail company member. The nonprofit says that with this addition it now has members from all sides of the consumer recycling system: manufacturers, brands, retailers and the recycling industry.
• Funding from Target will help expand local curbside recycling options through grants, tools and specialized marketing. 
• Since the beginning of 2015, the nonprofit has spurred $21 million of new recycling infrastructure for more than two million households.

  Dive Insight:   The Recycling Partnership now has more than 20 major corporate members and has been rolling out new initiatives at a rapid pace this year. The nonprofit recently announced a new initiative with the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) to perform a comprehensive analysis of the recovery landscape, teamed up with the Environmental Protection Agency on a curbside study and released free online open source tools for communities. In addition, they also plan to place more than 300,000 recycling carts in the coming months.   "Target joining signals a new era for our organization, as we are officially supported by the whole system," said Keefe Harrison, executive director of The Recycling Partnership, in a press release. "More than that, Target brings specific expertise in meeting the needs of the many guests to their stores, and through our work together that insight will translate into better recycling programs for more consumers across the country."   This announcement is part of an ongoing sustainability push by Target which includes redesigning packaging of store-brand items, reducing emissions and reducing waste. The retailer set a goal of reducing waste 15% by 2015 though did not achieve it. In addition to this new membership, Target is also part of the SPC and recently worked with TerraCycle on a take back program for car seats.  

Office Depot, partnered with TerraCycle, will offer binder recycling at its stores. Shoppers can bring old empty binders to Office Depot or Office Max and receive a $2 coupon good toward the purchase of a new binder. TerraCycle will recycle the binders; there is a limit of six per household.

The Music Store in St George is hosting a free guitar string recycling event to recycle old and used guitar strings Friday, October 7 at 3:00 p.m. Musicians can bring in their old strings for recycling, as well as get their electric or acoustic guitars restrung with new strings, furnished by D'Addario, for free. Details about the instrument string recycling program can be found: http://www.terracycle.com/en-US/brigades/daddario-playback