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ELIMINATING THE IDEA OF WASTE®

'Human Resources' is Back (Season 3 Teaser)

Human Resources is an unconventional, comedic, behind-the-scenes look at TerraCycle, an innovative recycling company whose mission is to eliminate the idea of waste. TerraCycle takes anything and everything that is landfill bound—from potato chip bags to cigarette butts—and recycles, upcycles, reuses, or otherwise transforms these objects into something else. Using science, creativity, and a little DIY attitude, they're changing the way we think about trash.  

New Jersey lawmaker urges increased recycling

Sen. Christopher ‘Kip’ Bateman, R-Somerset, New Jersey, told NewsWorks he was inspired by a recent visit to Trenton-based recycler TerraCycle, which collects items that are generally difficult to recycle into new items. “I saw recycled toothbrushes,” Bateman said in the interview. “I saw recycled prescription containers, recycled records. I mean, you’d be amazed at how much can be recycled, and, obviously, it’s good for the environment.”

Lawmaker pushes for greater recycling efforts in New Jersey

TerraCycle Inc. founder Tom Szaky sorts through a large box of marker pens in the company's Trenton, N.J., warehouse. Inspired by the company, a New Jersey lawmaker is calling for residents and businesses in the state to increase recycling efforts. (AP file photo) A New Jersey lawmaker wants residents and business to recycle more materials. Less than half of all the municipal waste generated in New Jersey is recycled, said Sen. Kip Bateman, R-Somerset. And innovative recycling techniques can keep a variety of materials from ending up in landfills and incinerators. That includes old toothbrushes, pens and pencils, and single-brew coffee pods, he said.