Most waste management companies today prefer more cost-effective disposal options, like incineration and landfilling, to recycling. But TerraCycle, founded in 2001 by then-Princeton University freshman Tom Szaky, rejects this approach to trashing traditionally "non-recyclable" materials. Today, TerraCycle is a highly awarded, international upcycling and recycling company that collects difficult-to-recycle packaging and products and repurposes the material into affordable, innovative products.
TerraCycle, Inc. started in 2001 when CEO and Founder Tom Szaky dropped out of Princeton University after his freshman year to sell liquefied worm poop in a reused soda bottle, for fertilizer purposes. Despite having little brand recognition and only rudimentary manufacturing operations, Szaky managed to get major big-box retailers like Walmart and The Home Depot to start testing the product in 2004. By 2006, TerraCycle's worm-poop-based plant foods were being sold nationally across the United States and Canada in Walmart, Target, The Home Depot and Whole Foods Market retail stores.
Millington Crisis Center is a top state collector of hair care, skin care, and cosmetic product packaging for the Personal Care and Beauty Brigade®, a free, national recycling program created by Garnier® and TerraCycle®. By collecting used personal care and beauty packaging, the crisis center has helped to divert over 5,300 units of waste from landfills.
Pellston students are being nationally recognized for their hard work and dedication in collecting recyclable plastics. According to a press release from TerraCycle, Pellston Public School is a top state collector of hair care, skin care and cosmetic product packaging for the Personal Care and Beauty Brigade.
When it comes to recycling, one organization believes Cecil Sly Elementary students and their parents are among the best in the entire state. TerraCycle Inc., recently named the school as a top recycler in Oregon after students and parents collected more than 3,000 empty beauty products containers as part of the Personal Care and Beauty Brigade, a national recycling contest.
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TerraCycle in Trenton, New Jersey. It’s a private small business that recycles hard-to-recycle waste into a variety of affordable, sustainable consumer products and industrial applications. The practice of using materials that would normally wind up in the landfill to become raw materials for a second, third or more generation of saleable goods is known as ‘upcycling.’
Ripon College is a top state collector of hair care, skin care and cosmetic product packaging for the Personal Care and Beauty Brigade, a free, national recycling program created by Garnier and TerraCycle. By collecting used personal care and beauty packaging, the college has helped to divert 8,300 units of waste from landfills.
Beauty is more than skin deep for Millersville University students. MU students collected almost 20,000 empty beauty products, raising money for charity. MU was tabbed as a top collector in Pennsylvania as part of the Personal Care and Beauty Brigade, a national recycling program created by Garnier and TerraCycle.
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. – The parents of Frank Knight Elementary students are top state collectors of hair care, skin care, and cosmetic product packaging for the Personal Care and Beauty Brigade®, a free, national recycling program created by Garnier® and TerraCycle®.
Type 1 Cure Club is a top state collector of hair care, skin care, and cosmetic product packaging for the Personal Care and Beauty Brigade®, a free, national recycling program created by Garnier and TerraCycle.
