Waterloo North Hydro (WNH), a local electricity distribution company, has teamed up with TerraCycle  to recycle traditionally unrecyclable coffee bags through the Zero Waste Box program.   Sustainability and environmental stewardship are core values of  WNH and its employees. The organization’s commitment to the environment has helped make it a leader in sustainability and its employees play a key role in promoting environmental awareness both at the office and in the communities WNH serves.   As part of its commitment to the environment, WNH employees have collected coffee bag waste from the office for responsible disposal through a local resource. Recently, when the local disposal option became nonviable, WNH’s Green Team identified TerraCycle’s Zero Waste Box program as a convenient way to continue diverting coffee bag waste from the landfill.   By placing the Coffee Bags Zero Waste Box in the employee lunch room, WNH encourages employees to recycle coffee bags used in the office and to bring in their coffee waste from home.   Like most plastic packaging, these conventionally unrecyclable coffee bags would have otherwise been landfilled, incinerated, or contributed to the pollution of marine habitats. The collected packaging will now be recycled into a variety of new products, including park benches, bike racks, shipping pallets and recycling bins.   TerraCycle, the world’s leader in the collection and repurposing of complex waste streams, created the Zero Waste Box program to provide solutions for difficult-to-recycle waste that cannot be recycled through TerraCycle’s brand-sponsored, national recycling programs or via standard municipal recycling.   WNH hopes TerraCycle’s Zero Waste Box will help encourage employees to be mindful of their waste production inside and outside of the office.   "TerraCycle offers us another option to do the right thing as a business to be a responsible member of the community in Waterloo,” says Will Stratford, WNH’s Manager of HSE and Sustainability. “If you would try to reduce your impact on the environment at home, why not do it at work too?"     More information regarding Waterloo North Hydro can be found by visiting their website, www.wnhydro.com.   All collected materials from the Zero Waste Box program are sent to TerraCycle for recycling, where they undergo a series of treatments before getting turned into new items. For more information on TerraCycle, please visit www.TerraCycle.ca.   TerraCycle offers Zero Waste Boxes for nearly every category of waste. By purchasing Zero Waste Boxes, companies and consumers save trash from landfills and help reach TerraCycle’s goal of creating a waste-free world.   About Waterloo North Hydro Waterloo North Hydro Inc. is regulated and licensed by the Ontario Energy Board to provide all regulated electricity distribution services to more than 57,000 business and residential customers in the City of Waterloo, Township of Wellesley and the Township of Woolwich. It is jointly owned by the City of Waterloo and the Townships of Wellesley and Woolwich.   About TerraCycle TerraCycle is an innovative waste management company with a mission to eliminate the idea of waste. Operating nationally across 21 countries, TerraCycle partners with leading consumer product companies, retailers and cities to recycle products and packages, from dirty diapers to cigarette butts, that would otherwise end up being landfilled or incinerated. In addition, TerraCycle works with leading consumer product companies to integrate hard to recycle waste streams, such as ocean plastic, into their products and packaging. Its new division, Loop, is the first shopping system that gives consumers a way to shop for their favorite brands in durable, reusable packaging. TerraCycle also sells Zero Waste Boxes that are purchased by end users to recycle items in offices, homes, factories and public facilities. TerraCycle has won over 200 awards for sustainability and has donated over $44 million to schools and charities since its founding more than 15 years ago and was named #10 in Fortune magazine’s list of 52 companies Changing the World. To learn more about TerraCycle or get involved in its recycling programs, please visit www.TerraCycle.ca.