Recycling has become second nature for most green living families It is no longer difficult to find products that contain recycled materials and  recycling centers are becoming pretty popular. I wanted to invite you into the mind of a business that takes recycling one step further. Terracycle <http://www.terracycle.net>  is a group of imaginative, green living warriors, who spend their days inventing ways to upcycle everyday trash, into cool, usable items. I have personal experience with their gardening products and school supplies. I also save our own recyclables for a local group that takes part in their recycling program.

I was contacted today by someone who had read my Examiner column (which I haven’t updated in months due to the time I’m spending on Five Seed) and who wanted me to write about a TV program called Garbage Moguls airing on National Geographic on Saturday, August 21st. I did a little research on it and it looks pretty legit – and interesting. I decided to post about it here rather than on Examiner for reasons I won’t bore you with here.

With shows like The Real Housewives of New Jersey <http://www.examiner.com/tv-in-national/real-housewives-of-new-jersey-respond-to-danielle-staub-rumors>  and Jersey Shore as popular as they are, it was only a matter of time before a reality show about actual trash in New Jersey got made. Only this time, it's about Trenton, NJ's TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/>  and saving the planet one Capri Sun pouch at a time, instead of botox, booze and behaving badly.

BY Cristina Kinon National Geographic Channel's "Garbage Moguls" isn't your typical New Jersey-based reality series. Instead of peddling trashy behavior like "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" or even trashier outfits like Snooki and her gang, "Garbage Moguls" star and TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky deals with actual, literal garbage. "There's a certain kind of irony there," Szaky tells The News. "Our show wasn't picked up because it's based in New Jersey, but it's an awesome coincidence that just as Jersey is getting big in the world of reality TV, our show is trying to make a run for it."

MTV's Jersey Shore is no longer the trashiest New Jersey-based reality show on television thanks to a new series premiering this weekend.  Garbage Moguls will hit the air Saturday, August 21 on the National Geographic Channel as the trashiest of all reality shows...literally! Garbage Moguls will take "an inside look at the zany way" TerraCycle, develops products made completely out of trash. Led by Princeton University drop-out and worm poop connoisseur Tom Szaky, the show follows TerraCycle's team of young "eco-capitalists" as they brainstorm, argue over, go dumpster diving for, and eventually create new products that help solve America’s waste problem.

You all already know how important I feel it is to do our part to make the environment a big priority in our lives and in the lives of our children.  I mean we all want there to be an actual planet here for future generations, don't we?  So, in my quest for a better environment I came across what may just be the coolest program....TerraCycle.

Earlier this summer, I can across a fun and important blog, Girly Green Girl <http://www.girlygreengirl.com/2010/08/theyre-heeeeeeere.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GirlyGreenGirl+%28Girly+Green+Girl%29> .  She's so officially green, she has business cards stating so!  Along with being jealous of her very cool blog and her being young enough to call herself a "Girl," I became a follower, and soon after that, I became a winner!  I won this fun TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/>  juice pouch tote bag.

I have written about TerraCycle before… They are an innovative company that takes “Garbage” like wrappers, juice box containers (like Capri Sun, I could never get those open without making a mess as a kid) and take them and make something new with them without remanufacturing the materials. This Saturday on the National Geographic channel they are airing a 3 part documentary about the company and some of the creative projects they have embarked on. TerraCycle is led by Princeton University drop-out and self defined “worm poop connoisseur” Tom Szaky, the show follows TerraCycle’s team of young “eco-capitalists” as they brainstorm, argue over, go dumpster diving for, and eventually create new products that help solve America’s waste problem.

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"Fishy Business" <http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/fishy-business-4740/Overview> With shows like Jersey Shore and The Real Housewives of New Jersey as popular as they are, it was only a matter of time before a New Jersey  TV show about ACTUAL trash got made.  Only this time, it's about  Trenton, NJ's TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/>  and saving the planet one Capri Sun pouch at a time instead of botox, booze and behaving badly.