Waste isn’t always the sexiest topic. When I tell people about the green business that I run and what we do, for some it’s a topic they would prefer to avoid thinking about. Once something is placed in the rubbish – it’s out of sight out of mind. But our waste ends up somewhere, whether it is at the local tip or in our oceans.

Incase you missed it, here's TerraCycle on the Today Show "Recycling Revolution" for our recent launch in Australia. Share this with friends and encourage them to join a brigade today!

Cigarette butts collected as part of Clean Up Australia day will be able to be recycled for the first time. Thousands of Australians will help clean up the nation today, and every location taking part in the event will receive a satchel for the butts.

A recycling company is encouraging smokers to collect their used butts so they can be turned into new products. TerraCycle Australia has joined with Australia Post so people can post their waste - free of charge - from anywhere in Australia. Spokesperson Anna Minns told 3AW Breakfast they now operate in eight countries.

SMOKERS can now send dirty ashtray contents through the mail in a recycling deal struck with Australia Post. Households, restaurants, other businesses and community groups are being urged to stash butts, ash, inner foils and outer packaging in secured plastic bags or containers before dispatching sealed boxes to a recycling specialist free of charge.

TerraCycle has partnered with major brands Colgate and Natures Organics to recycle their “unrecyclable” post-consumer waste, and with Nespresso to expand their recycling program. Australians can now send in their previously difficult-to-recycle waste to TerraCycle to be recycled into sustainable consumer products and materials.

TerraCycle, which runs national recycling programs called "Brigades" to collect, recycle and process problem waste, has launched in Australia. The company's recycling system currently operates in 23 companies including the US, Canada, the UK and New Zealand. In Australia, TerraCycle has partnered with a few major brands including Colgate and Natures Organics to recycle their "unrecyclable" post-consumer waste. It has also partnered with Nespresso to expand their recycling program.

Global recycling company TerraCycle, which currently operates in 23 countries including the US, Canada, the UK and New Zealand, has officially launched in Australia.

APC signatories Colgate and Natures Organics are on board for the TerraCycle Australia launch. TerraCycle will be helping to recycle previously unrecyclable or recyclable, but with lost value, post-consumer products and packaging through recycling programs called brigades. In some cases collectors can earn points to raise money for their local school or favourite charity and cause.

While no one has an exact figure of how much waste we generate as a planet, the figure is in the billions of tonnes. Many organisations and businesses are now focusing on diverting rubbish from landfills, giving waste a new lease of life.