TerraCycle’s entire line of products comes from recycled materials and can be found at Uncommon Goods. I received a dopp kit for my husband. He usually throws his toiletries in a plastic bag when we head out of town, but now he has a kit to store everything in and it’s made from upcycled tent material.
TerraCycle is a company that collects difficult-to-recycle packaging and products and repurposes the material into affordable, innovative products. TerraCycle upcycles and recycles traditionally non-recycable waste. Terracycle reuses several products such as drink pouches, chip bags and tooth brushes just to name a few. These products keep waste out of our landfills and contribute to a cleaner world.
There's no such thing as garbage at this company, which aims to revolutionize the recycling industry.
New Jersey-based TerraCycle's mission is to “eliminate the idea of waste” and it's been a profitable enterprise. The company expects about $20 million in revenue this year, according to founder Tom Szaky.
Looking for an easy way to green-up school lunches or your classroom? Terra Cycle is a program designed to collect hard-to-recycle items and turn them into new products. Terra Cycle is what the CYCLE in RECYCLE is all about!
Tom Szaky founded TerraCycle in 2002. Originally a producer of organic fertilizer, the company shifted its focus to upcycling and recycling solutions in 2007. Today, TerraCycle is a multi-million dollar business and works with thousands of schools, NGOs and brands to divert billions of units of waste a year.
Partnering with brands is a part of TerraCycle's business model. What do you think makes a partnership successful?
Successful partnerships are all about aligning interests. You want to have brands who see the problem in the same way and are really interested in having a solution. For example, L’Oreal is really committed to solving cosmetic waste and they're getting really behind that with us.
TerraCycle been able to generate positive PR by telling its story through various media outlets. How can small businesses take advantage of the PR opportunities available to them?
The easiest way to do that is to make the job of the reporter very easy. Don’t approach it like you just want to get your propaganda out there, but instead think about it from the reporter’s perspective. Reporters want to have interesting stories and they want to be able to get good content. The easier you can make it for a reporter to get great content, the easier it will be to do an article.
How can a small business turn a negative review or PR experience into a positive one?
The best way to turn a negative into a positive is to own it and be transparent about it. Own the issue, because if you own the issue, no one can come back to you and hit you for it. The press will only hit you for it if you’re not acknowledging and owning the problem.
I Found this Great Fund Raising Program
Get 2 Cents For Your School Or Charity
For Every Drink Pouch, Cookie, Frito Lay Product, Candy Bar Wrapper, Empty Colgate Oral Care Product Etc. (See Brigades) You Send To TerraCycle.
TerraCycle Inc.
121 New York Ave. Trenton, NJ 08638
General Phone: 609.393.4252
Fax: 609.393.4259
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For Every Drink Pouch, Cookie, Frito Lay Product, Candy Bar Wrapper, Empty Colgate Oral Care Product Etc. (See Brigades) You Send To TerraCycle.
A good thing for schools and charities everywhere and for the City of Trenton, New Jersey.
TerraCycle Inc.
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The district provides between $150 and $200 a year for Eagle Valley Elementary to buy balls and physical education equipment for students. P.E. teacher Joel Huebner was looking to expand that budget through donations, when three years ago, he bought Capri Sun drink pouches for his child's soccer team and saw an ad on the package about schools being paid to recycle drink pouches and chip bags through a company called TerraCycle.
TerraCycle was created in 2001 when then-20-year-old Princeton University freshman Tom Szaky began packaging liquid worm fertilizer in used soda bottles. Today, TerraCycle has grown into one of the fastest-growing green companies in the world, according to its website. The company makes dozens of products from the recycled trash, including a lunch box made of Capri Sun packages and CD jewel cases made of Cheetos packages.
Not only was the school able to buy new balls, but also equipment for lawn bowling, badminton and indoor bocce ball for winter.
Terracycle has recycled 2.5 billion pieces of trash gathered by volunteers since 2001, paying out $5.5 million to charities, according to the company website.
Johnston students helped raise more than $7 million for charity through the TerraCycle Brigade Program.
In recognition of April being "Earth Month," recycling pioneer TerraCycle is celebrating reaching $7 million donated to schools and charities across the country and around the world with help from groups in Rhode Island.
Did you know you could be raking in the pennies while doing something that’s good for the environment: recycling?
It all started when I bought five packages of Capri Suns at Kroger to fulfill part of a rebate I was working on. On the back of the package was information about
Terracycle, a company that has kept over 1.2 billion pieces of trash out of landfills while fashioning super cool backpacks, pencil cases, tote bags, trash cans, even cork boards! Even more amazing to me was that they would donate $ .02 per pouch collected, to the school or charity of my choice!
