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Local schools turning trash into cash via eco-friendly company

TerraCycle Old Navy Office Depot Include USA
SPANISH FORT, Ala. — It's not yet Earth Day, but Baldwin County residents have no shortage of options for going green a little earlier than usual.
Trenton, N.J.-based TerraCycle Inc. has partnered with Old Navy and Office Depot to run recycling drives across the country throughout the month of April, and at least eight local schools have found a new fundraising partner in the process. Founded in 2001 by Tom Szaky, a then-20-year-old Princeton University freshman, TerraCycle began by producing organic fertilizer and has grown into one of the fastest-growing green companies in the world. Success has come from encouraging consumers to “rethink waste” by finding uses for previously unrecyclable materials. The company produces everything from fencing and insulated coolers to fertilizers and all-purpose cleaners, but it does so by collecting and recycling everything from drink pouches and candy wrappers to potato chip bags and toothbrushes.