Tom Szaky has built an entire business around the notion anything can be recycled. "There is no such thing as garbage," said the 28-year-old Canadian founder and president of TerraCycle Inc. "The only difference between a soda bottle and a yogourt cup is that one has a collection and solution system on it already -- the soda bottle has our Blue Box program -- while the yogourt cup doesn't."
Tom Szaky has built an entire business around the notion anything can be recycled. "There is no such thing as garbage," said the 28-year-old Canadian founder and president of TerraCycle Inc. "The only difference between a soda bottle and a yogourt cup is that one has a collection and solution system on it already -- the soda bottle has our Blue Box program -- while the yogourt cup doesn't."
Teen Kids News featured the TerraCycle Brigades. T/KN airs on more than 200 TV stations, including 53 Fox, 47 ABC, 27 NBC, 29 CBS, 20 MNT, 6 CW affiliates and on 26 IND Stations.
Congratulations to TerraCycle Drink Pouch Brigrade Program <
http://www.terracycle.net/> - they have save 50 million pouches from being put in landfills and contributed a MILLION dollars to schools and non-profit organizations!
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Capri Sun beverage brand was one of the earliest supporters of TerraCycle, a company that collects would-be trash and turns it into useful items. The collection program, called the "Drink Pouch Brigade," takes place mostly in schools, where children choose to deposit used pouches in special receptacles rather than throw them away. In participating schools, each used drink pouch collected and sent to TerraCycle earns two cents, with the funds going toward needed educational programs and resources. Does your school participate in this program? If so, let us know. Together, students and teachers at over 30,000 schools nationwide have collected 50 million drink pouches for the program over the past two years resulting in the 1 million dollars milestone donation! AMAZING!
Congratulations to TerraCycle <
http://www.terracycle.net/> Drink Pouch Brigade Progam they have save 50 million pouches from being put in landfills and contributed a MILLION dollars to schools and non-profits!!
The Capri Sun beverage brand was one of the earliest supporters of TerraCycle, a company that collects would-be trash and turns it into useful items. The collection program, called the Drink Pouch Brigade, takes place mostly in schools, where children choose to deposit used pouches in special receptacles rather than throw them away. In participating schools, each used drink pouch collected and sent to TerraCycle earns two cents, with the funds going toward needed educational programs and resources. Does your school participate in this program, let us know?
From its humble beginnings selling worm-poop fertilizer, this New Jersey product manufacturer upcycles retail trash into retail treasure.
Each and every product on this earth has a life span,” said Tom Szaky, CEO and vice president of licensing and product development at
TerraCycle, Inc. “The end-of-life reality of a bag of potato chips is that the food ends up in the toilet and the bag ends up in the garbage. Same with a pen; you buy a pen, the ink runs out. The only difference is, some products can be recycled easily and others not so easily.”
TerraCycle <
http://www.terracycle.net/> is truly an amazing company. I thought what they do was really neat the first time that I heard about them. When I saw their bags, totes, and back packs at
Walmart, I thought they were the cutest products! You may have seen them yourself. Have you seen the cute
M&M bags or the
Capri Sun totes and back packs? Those are the workings of TerraCycle <
http://www.terracycle.net/> ! Just check out some of their products below!
Madison Elementary, Thomas Rivera Elementary, St. Francis de Sales and other Riverside schools have joined the Drink Pouch Brigade, a fundraiser that pays 2 cents for every drink pouch collected regardless of brand, TerraCycle said in a news release.
