In a statement on April 10, company representatives said in the past 15 months the company was qualified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to issue shares in its $25 million Regulation A offering, allowing any category of investor to invest in TerraCycle’s U.S. operating company. It had also hired 70 new employees and acquired Air Cycle, a universal waste company based in Chicago.
A Tauranga kindy's recycling efforts have paid dividends after it won a garden bed in a national recycling competition. Greerton Village Kindergarten won one of five garden beds made from recycled toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes and other oral-care packing in The Colgate Better World Recycling Project.
Greerton Village Kindergarten in Greerton will soon start its own community garden after winning a garden bed made from recycled oral care waste. The garden is the result of a national recycling initiative run by Colgate and global recycling pioneers, TerraCycle.
The children at New Brighton Playcentre are collecting their toothbrushes and yoghurt cartons for recycling. The efforts are part of TerraCycle's Oral Care Recycling programme, teaching minors the importance of recycling and limiting the rubbish that goes into the ocean. The reason for recycling toothbrushes in particular, is that they are a heavy dense floatable plastic.
The Hits FM interviews Liz Keen from TerraCycle New Zealand about the winners of the Colgate Better World Recycling Project, and how Kiwi schools nationwide can recycle their hard-to-recycle waste.
Otago individuals, schools and organisations have helped New Zealand divert 1.5 million units of hard-to-recycle waste from landfills in the past four years. Under a free national recycling programme operated by international recycling company TerraCycle, waste such as food wrappers, used toothbrushes and coffee capsules have been recycled instead of being sent to landfill or incinerated.
Wanaka's bin will be one of many in the Colgate Better World Recycling Project, which aims to divert oral care waste from landfills, in conjunction with TerraCycle, Keep New Zealand Beautiful and New World.
New Zealanders can help Colgate-Palmolive Ltd (“Colgate”) raise money for Keep New Zealand Beautiful by recycling their oral care waste at New World.
New Zealanders can help Colgate-Palmolive Ltd (“Colgate”) raise money for Keep New Zealand Beautiful by recycling their oral care waste at New World.
They made it to around four kilograms last year and won $1000 for their efforts.
Now Greenhithe School is trying to see if they can beat their score and collect even more old toothbrushes, oral care and packaging for recylcing.
It's the second year the school has participated in the Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures Oral Care Recycling Programme run by TerraCycle.
