TerraCycle In nature, waste does not exist.  All materials are reused or recycled through natural processes.  However, modern human society and technology has created a massive waste issue. Now the irrepressible demand for safe, conveniently packaged consumer goods is annually creating billions of tons of non-recyclable or difficult to recycle waste. Enter TerraCycle, the ambitious dream of a college freshman turned sustainable business pioneer, a company that makes eco-friendly, affordable consumer products from waste.  By using the trillions of pieces of packaging that go to landfill every year to build high quality consumer goods, TerraCycle aims to replace the need to create virgin materials, like new plastics and textiles, by showing the world it is more sustainable and more profitable to use waste as a raw material. TerraCycle started in 2001 as a simple organic fertilizer company.  Two college students harvested worm compost, or Worm Poop as it became fondly known, and liquefied it into a completely organic, ultra-effective fertilizer.  However, with no money they could not buy the packaging they needed to start selling their fertilizer.  Undiscouraged, they began to bottle their liquid fertilizer in used soda bottles they collected from recycling bins, unwittingly creating the world’s first product made from AND packaged entirely in waste! Eleven years later TerraCycle has grown from a two-man, dorm room operation to an international leader in the field of ‘eco-capitalism’ and ‘upcycling’ and is starting to prove to the world that you can make a difference and a profit at the same time.  However, it takes more than an army of worms to change the world.  TerraCycle’s founders realized the revolutionary idea they discovered was not Worm Poop, but using waste materials which have no value to make products that are both sustainable and affordable. Today, TerraCycle partners with major consumer goods manufacturers such as Kraft Foods, Frito-Lay, Mars, Kashi, Kimberly-Clark, SC Johnson, Nestle, L’Oreal and many more to run a massive network of individuals, schools and organizations who get paid to help collect and upcycled non-recyclable packaging.  From drink pouches to chip bags to candy wrappers to diaper packaging, TerraCycle and its partners pay two cents per unit of returned packaging and the collected material is combined with other waste streams and upcycled into a wide range of consumer products. TerraCycle is constantly looking for ambitious people to support their Team.