You've heard of the tooth fairy. How about the toothbrush fairy? One company is hoping to be just that with the return of a nationwide oral care product recycling drive. TerraCycle, which specialises in recycling the hard-to-recycle, is calling on schools, clubs and community groups to keep old toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes and floss containers out of landfills by donating them for reuse.
Each year, more than 250,000 tonnes of plastic waste is thrown away and disposed of in New Zealand landfills, and until now plastic bags and wraps could not be placed in municipal recycling systems.
However the GLAD Food Storage Brigade, a collaboration between GLAD and TerraCycle, will change all that, meaning that creating a litter-less lunch is now possible with the nationwide recycling initiative that will use a ‘collect, store and ship’ method.
Have you ever wondered what to do with those used Nespresso pods piling up in your rubbish bin?
James's Nursery, in Blenheim, has become a drop-off point for people who want to recycle the aluminium capsules and reduce the amount of waste they produce.
The programme encourages people to collect empty yoghurt pouches from Fonterra or any other brand, and send it to TerraCycle, a recycling company, in exchange for money that will be put towards a charity or local organisation of your choice.
Waiuku & Districts Post April 12 2016
This is cool -instead of sending your GLAD Wrap and GLAD food bags into landfill, you can now 'collect, store and ship' your GLAD products, claim a free shipping label from the TerraCycle website and ship them locally via New Zealand Post.
Apr 2016 - Good Magazine (Print)
The South Otago A&P Society has joined forces with Fonterra to reduce excess waste as part of a recycling scheme. The society will be part of Fonterra's pouch recycling programme TerraCycle.
Contributing to keep New Zealand clean and green The Collective have joined forces with TerraCycle® to create a free recycling programme for all used suckies tubes, spouches, caps and other Collective packaging across New Zealand!
A national innovative programme launches in New Zealand to upcycle or recycle ‘un-recyclable’ plastic food storage waste such as sandwich bags into sustainable items. Creating a litter-less lunch is now possible with a free programme to recycle and upcycle plastic food storage items called the GLAD Food Storage Brigade with TerraCycle and GLAD. Each year, over 252,000 tonnes of plastic waste is thrown away and disposed of in New Zealand landfills. Previously, popular food storage items such as GLAD Wrap and GLAD food bags could not be placed in municipal recycling systems so were sent to landfill.
With help from international upcycling and recycling company TerraCycle, the national recycling challenge encouraged residents to recycle their used oral care items and support their local school, sporting club or community group to raise funds. Tahuna School, near Hamilton, was one of the top collectors across the country. The prize money that the group has received will be used for local school projects. TerraCycle general manager Anna Minns said the results were fantastic."Tahuna Primary School has diverted 604 oral care items from landfill so far," she said.
