Realizada pela empresa norte-americana TerraCycle do Brasil, que fica no interior de São Paulo...

Product packaging is the focus in our current recycling infrastructure. Metal cans, plastic containers and cardboard boxes are top of mind as far as recyclable items go, as these can be collected and processed at low cost and sold as an alternative to virgin material. Most packaging waste is less profitable and more difficult to recycle than these commodities, and some companies are taking it upon themselves to manage their own product packaging waste when the public infrastructure cannot. But why so much focus on packaging when product waste is equally important to consider?

Realizada pela empresa norte-americana TerraCycle do Brasil, que fica no interior de São Paulo...

Between now and May 7, Tomball and  Magnolia area residents can recycle used car seats at their local Target store. In celebration of Earth Month, 36 Target stores across Texas are hosting a car seat collection program to help residents reduce their household clutter without sending waste to a landfill. All car seats collected through this program will be recycled through TerraCycle so that each component will see a second life.

O espaço para receber as esponjas funcionará junto ao ponto da coleta de óleo vegetal e o recolhimento será pago pela TerraCycle...

Did you know that the average American family produces nearly 125 pounds of waste every week? That’s a lot of garbage! I think about the amount of trash we generate every Sunday evening as we roll an overflowing garbage can to the curb for pickup the following morning. Although our recycle bins are generally filled, I continue to be amazed each week by the amount of garbage our family of 5 continues to produce. It’s time to change that.

TerraCycle uses these disposable urns which they put in key locations downtown where people discard their cigarette butts.

There is a new program in Grand Rapids that helps to keep the city clean by recycling cigarette butts... The butts get sent to a company called TerraCycle, which turns the butts into plastic pellets that can be made into a variety of products.

Although more than half (53 percent) of small-business owners do not view climate change as a serious threat, the majority still embrace eco-friendly practices, according to a Manta survey of 1,174 small-business owners. The survey found 93 percent of owners believe sustainability is important to their business. Nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of owners say they try to reuse or donate items and 58 percent recycle.

More than 90 graduating students at Collinsville High School signed commitment letters during the school’s third annual Academic Signing Day. Much like with athletic signing days, the students were joined by family, high school faculty and college representatives in the school’s library/media center for the signing. “Athletes work hard to earn their college scholarships, but so do academically-focused students. We wanted to find a way to honor their achievements in an equally celebratory manner,” said Karen Olsen, a guidance counselor at Collinsville High School.