A iniciativa, da Faber-Castell e TerraCycle, está na quarta edição e pretende mobilizar os participantes para que juntem o maior número possível...

Hawthorne has also recycled 61,454 juice pouches since 2013. They are shipped to Terracycle, a company that finds unique ways to reuse or “upcycle” waste instead of sending it to landfills. They use juice pouches to make notebooks, lunch bags and other products.

She also got her office to join in the “Writing Instruments Brigade,” a recycling program through TerraCycle. Here’s how it works: TerraCycle sends a collection box to recycle sharpies, highlighters, pens, markers and mechanical pencils. After collecting five pounds of pens, you send the box in a postage-paid envelope back to TerraCycle, which in turn donates 2 cents per instrument to the Xerox charity of choice, which is the United Way.

So, guitar string giant D'Addario has teamed up with recycling organization TerraCycle to officially announce Playback, the first-ever string recycling program. The thing is that at the moment, US municipal recycling systems are not accepting instrument strings because of the metals and alloys they're crafted from.

Playback is the world's first instrument string recycling program, launched through a partnership between D'Addario and international recycling company TerraCycle.

The butts are collected in Portland by workfare participants then shipped to Terracycle, a recycling company in New Jersey (better there than here, right?). The filters of cigarettes are made out of plastic. Terracycle turns the filters into recycled plastic products like pallets or park benches.

Bring in old strings to be recycled and get your electric or acoustic guitars restrung for free.  Strings furnished by D'Addario.

Tom Szaky, CEO and Founder of TerraCycle, Inc., talks about the costs of recycling and waste management, as well as his goal to recycle just about everything.

Did you know? Wellness Pet Food is the first U.S.-based pet food brand to make its packaging nationally recyclable through a partnership withTerraCycle. TerraCycle is known for being environmentally friendly and makes consumer products from upcycling. TerraCycle partners with consumers and brands like Wellness.