She cited TerraCycle as one company that has done just that with its collection brigades at schools. TerraCycle—which calls itself an “upcycler”—partners with schools and consumer goods companies to recycle items such as candy wrappers, juice pouches, yogurt containers, toothpaste tubes, shredded cheese bags and snack bags and turn what otherwise would be waste into consumer products such as insulated coolers, recycling bins and fences.