An initiative to encourage people to recycle their yoghurt pots has been launched by TerraCycle in conjunction with food manufacturer Danone.
Terracycle upcycles consumer waste into new salable goods. They primarily harvest their raw material from schoolchildren as part of charity drives, though they are now placing recycling stations at certain Walmart stores. At the Walmart centers they pay 3 cents per piece, but only for a narrow range of product packaging; the website supports a wider range of recyclables.
Terracycle is working with Danone yoghurts and they have launched a new programme collecting yogurt pots and they are seeking to engage schools and community groups in Liverpool.
GREEN minded charity groups in Crosby are being offered the chance to raise money and help the environment.
Terracycle is working with Danone yoghurts and they have launched a new programme collecting yogurt pots and they are seeking to engage schools and community groups in Crosby.
Danone Dairy Strategy Governance Director Bryan Martins adds: “Danone Dairy UK are delighted to be able to empower consumers by offering a program that allows them to upcycle their Danone pots and ensure they are reused, protect the environment and support great causes. We are encouraging schools, businesses and individuals who love Danone yogurt to set up a collection point and start their own Danone Yogurt Brigade".
Through TerraCycle initiatives over 70,000 consumers in the UK have helped divert over 4 million pieces of packaging and raised over £25,000 for UK charities in 2010.
TerraCycle have just joined forces with Danone to help reduce landfill. What’s more you can raise money for charity or for a school by collecting Danone yoghurt pots. Terracycle will upcycle and recycle your collected waste materials into new products. Take a look at the TerraCycle site to see the range of products you can buy.
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."
