New 'trashy' reality TV show focuses on recyclers
TerraCycle Include USA Human Resources Pivot
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A new show wants to redefine the meaning of trashy television.
"Human Resources," which debuts Friday on the Pivot network, will focus not on hard-partying beachgoers but on a socially conscious recycling company.
The "reality docu-drama" chronicles what it is like to work at the Trenton-based company TerraCycle Inc. Founded in 2001 by then-20-year-old Princeton University student Tom Szaky, TerraCycle collects hard-to-recycle items, from potato chip bags to cigarette butts, and transforms them into colorful consumer products. It donates a portion of its proceeds to charity.