US start-up Dyper has introduced commercial composting to its nappy subscription service to appeal to waste-conscious parents. In 2017, disposable nappies accounted for over 4.2 million tonnes of refuse in the US alone (EPA, 2019).   Dyper has collaborated with US recycling brand TerraCycle to provide parents with hazmat-standard bags and boxes, allowing soiled diapers to be safely sent for centralised composting. The compost can then be used to nourish public vegetation. For parents who compost at home, the website gives information on how to safely and consciously dispose of their products.   The company is building on its eco ethos further; its nappies are made from responsibly sourced bamboo and viscose fibres, which are much kinder to the planet. Traditional options tend to contain harmful substances such as plastics and chemicals. Dyper also offsets its shipping and waste carbon footprint with non-profit Cool Effect to give consumers additional peace of mind.   Dyper launched in 2018 as a diaper subscription service, offering delivery of up to 260 nappies for $68 per month. The new service, named ReDyper, costs an additional $39 per month.   Brands that provide eco-consumers with much-needed sustainable alternatives are sure to win in this time of growing climate consciousness. See Reaching Eco Demographics in our Macro Trend Towards Our Sustainable Future for more on how to appeal to the diverse concerns of green consumers.

The company seeks to reduce the use of fossil-based virgin plastics by 50% in its consumer goods packaging.     German consumer goods company Henkel has pledged to make its packaging to be 100% recyclable or reusable by 2025 in a bid to promote a circular economy.   The ambitious packaging targets also include the reduction of fossil-based virgin plastics by 50% in its consumer goods packaging and contribute to avoiding plastic waste.   Henkel sustainability council chair and Henkel human resources executive vice-president Sylvie Nicol said: “Packaging and plastic have captured the attention of the public, governments, and businesses around the world more than ever – plastic waste ending in the environment is one of the greatest global challenges.   “The search for solutions is well underway, and our packaging experts are working intensively to deliver on our ambitious targets.   “To drive further progress and promote a circular economy, we are working closely together with our partners along the entire value chain.”  

Henkel’s commitment to a circular economy

  As part of its commitment to a circular economy, the company has already made many advances in sustainable packaging such as increasing the share of recycled plastic in its packaging and many Henkel’s packaging already consists of 100% recycled material.   The new ambitious packaging strategy, however, aims to use material from sustainable sources and develop smart designs to close the loop, the company said.   Henkel said it has already reached 85% target to make its packaging material will be recyclable or reusable.   The company has made cross-industry partnerships such as CEFLEX, a consortium of more than 130 companies and organizations aiming to enable flexible packaging to be recycled.   In February this year, Henkel’s hair-care brand Schwarzkopf has partnered with recycling firm TerraCycle to launch hair care packaging recycling programmes.   The partnership will work together to recycle Schwarzkopf’s retail hair care, colour and styling products across the nation.

Environmentally aware parents think long and hard before saying yes to cloth or disposable diapers. They want to make the right decision for their baby, lifestyle, and earth.   For those who have never been satisfied with their diaper situation or who are just learning about their choices, there is something new to consider — a diaper composting service.   Composting Diapers by Mail   DYPER has launched the first national diaper composting service. You read that right — there is a service that takes your dirty disposable diapers off your hands and composts them for the greater good.   DYPER, a subscription-based bamboo diaper company, has partnered with TerraCycle, a waste management company, to offer REDYPER. DYPER customers can opt-in to the REDYPER service, receive a specially engineered waste-grade box, label, and materials, and send their soiled diapers back to TerraCycle for composting.   Can you really send poopy diapers through the mail? Do you even want to think about packing them up and putting them in a box? DYPER is counting on eco-conscious parents to do just that.   “We’re committed to making diapering effortless for parents, gentle for babies, and kind to the planet,” says Sergio Radovcic, the CEO of DYPER. “It wasn’t easy to develop the most fully compostable diaper ever created. But, we are thrilled that our partnership with TerraCycle will make it easy for families to keep their used diapers out of landfills.”   The Logistics of REDYPER   Your baby knows what to do in those carefully procured bamboo diapers. Parents want to responsibly dispose of a necessary evil. The logistics:  

• Enroll in a DYPER monthly subscription.
• Opt-in to the REDYPER program.
• Receive bags and a specially designed box engineered to the strictest United Nations HazMat shipping standards.
• Pack your box with soiled diapers.
• When the box is full, download a prepaid shipping label and mail the diapers.

  Composting DYPER diapers at home has always been possible. The TerraCycle partnership now saves families the time and effort of do-it-yourself composting and puts the burden on the REDYPER service, trusting that they are still doing their part for the environment without adding to the 20 billion diapers added to U.S. landfills every year. The waste composted through the program will be used in specialized applications, such as for vegetation in highway medians.   All the Questions   Eco-friendliness in the baby market isn’t always easy to come by, especially when you’re talking diapers. When a viable solution to disposable diapers in landfills hits the market, it’s worth looking into. But a big question is: What’s the carbon footprint of all that shipping?   The new diapers are shipped to the customer. Customers ship dirty diapers back in a separate and carefully manufactured box for composting. That’s a lot of back and forth — are the environmental benefits of composting the diapers negated by the CO2 impact of shipping?   For each shipment of diapers you receive, DYPERS purchases carbon offsets to help reforestation efforts. Subscribers receive an electronic certificate showing the amount of carbon offsets purchased on their behalf each time a shipment is sent.   Maybe for some parents, the environmental impact of their mailing habits is small compared to the huge impact just one baby’s three or so years’ worth of diapers can make in a landfill.   And possibly the carbon offsets that DYPERS purchases for each customer delivery help reduce concerns over all that shipping. But regardless of the environmental implications, it just might take a little convincing to get past the idea of a box full of poopy diapers — where do you store that in your house while your baby is working hard to fill it up?

Local musicians are invited to attend a free recycle and restring event at Beach City Pawn and Guitar in Huntington Beach on Saturday April 18, 2020 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Sponsored by D’Addario® and international recycling company TerraCycle®, musicians can bring any old instrument strings for recycling and get their electric or acoustic guitars restrung with D’Addario NYXL or Nickel Bronze Acoustic strings. Old strings collected during the event will be recycled through Playback, D’Addario’s free, national recycling program.

Local musicians are invited to attend a free recycle and restring event at Mike's Music in Idaho Falls on Saturday April 18, 2020 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Sponsored by D’Addario® and international recycling company TerraCycle®, musicians can bring any old instrument strings for recycling and get their electric or acoustic guitars restrung with D’Addario NYXL or Nickel Bronze Acoustic strings. Old strings collected during the event will be recycled through Playback, D’Addario’s free, national recycling program.

Local musicians are invited to attend a free recycle and restring event at Knapton Musik Knotes in Janesville on Saturday April 18, 2020 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Sponsored by D’Addario® and international recycling company TerraCycle®, musicians can bring any old instrument strings for recycling and get their electric or acoustic guitars restrung with D’Addario NYXL or Nickel Bronze Acoustic strings. Old strings collected during the event will be recycled through Playback, D’Addario’s free, national recycling program.

Local musicians are invited to attend a free recycle and restring event at Guitar Czar in Salt Lake City on Friday April 17, 2020 from 10:30 AM to 7:30 PM. Sponsored by D’Addario® and international recycling company TerraCycle®, musicians can bring any old instrument strings for recycling and get their electric or acoustic guitars restrung with D’Addario NYXL or Nickel Bronze Acoustic strings. Old strings collected during the event will be recycled through Playback, D’Addario’s free, national recycling program.

Local musicians are invited to attend a free recycle and restring event at Bellamusic in Bell on Thursday April 16, 2020 from 11:00 AM to 8:30 PM. Sponsored by D’Addario® and international recycling company TerraCycle®, musicians can bring any old instrument strings for recycling and get their electric or acoustic guitars restrung with D’Addario NYXL or Nickel Bronze Acoustic strings. Old strings collected during the event will be recycled through Playback, D’Addario’s free, national recycling program.

Local musicians are invited to attend a free recycle and restring event at Southeast Guitar Repair in Buford on Sunday April 12, 2020 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Sponsored by D’Addario® and international recycling company TerraCycle®, musicians can bring any old instrument strings for recycling and get their electric or acoustic guitars restrung with D’Addario NYXL or Nickel Bronze Acoustic strings. Old strings collected during the event will be recycled through Playback, D’Addario’s free, national recycling program.

TRENTON, N.J: Schwarzkopf, a global leader in hair care solutions and brand of Henkel, has partnered with international recycling leader TerraCycle to make their retail hair care, color and styling products recyclable nationwide.   As of January 1st, consumers are invited to collect and mail-in the empty product packaging from participating Schwarzkopf hair care products, including the brands got2b styling & color, Color Ultime, Keratin Color and the newly launched Simply Color. Hair care products are a staple in the daily routines of countless consumers, said TerraCycle CEO and Founder, Tom Szaky. The launch of the Schwarzkopf Recycling Programs represents an exciting opportunity to divert a large category of waste from landfills. We look forward to partnering with this forward-thinking company for many years to come and continue to offer sustainable solutions to traditionally hard to recycle packaging. The expansion of Henkel's partnership with TerraCycle is an important part of Henkel's commitment to a circular economy for plastic and sustainable packaging, and our target of ensuring 100 percent of our Beauty and Laundry & Home Care packaging is recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025, adds Martina Spinatsch, Vice President, R&D, Beauty Care, Henkel North America. Elements of the Schwarzkopf/ TerraCycle partnership include the following programs:  

• Schwarzkopf Aerosols Recycling Program Consumers wishing to recycle their Schwarzkopf-branded empty aerosol containers are invited to sign up on the program page https//www.terracycle.com/en-US/brigades/schwarzkopf-aerosol. When ready to ship the packaging waste, simply download a free shipping label, package the empty aerosol containers in the box of your choice and send it to TerraCycle for recycling.

 

• Schwarzkopf Hair Coloration Recycling Program Participants who would like to recycle their Schwarzkopf-branded hair coloration products, including plastic jars, lids, bottles, closures, tubes, pumps, caps etc.; as well as flexible and rigid aluminum; and cardboard and paper are invited to sign up on the program page https//www.terracycle.com/en-US/brigades/schwarzkopf-color. When ready to ship the packaging waste, simply download a free shipping label, package the empty hair coloring packaging in the box of your choice and send it to TerraCycle for recycling.

 

• Schwarzkopf Recycling Program Participants interested in recycling all other Schwarzkopf branded retail products outside of the hair coloration and aerosol product lines are invited to sign up on the program page https//www.terracycle.com/en-US/brigades/schwarzkopf-hair. This recycling program accepts plastic jars, lids, bottles, closures, tubes, pumps, caps etc.; as well as flexible and rigid aluminum; and cardboard and paper.

  We're proud that 100% of Schwarzkopf retail product packaging will now be recyclable, says Manuela Emmrich, Marketing Director, Hair US, Henkel Beauty Care. Through the TerraCycle/ Schwarzkopf program, there is now a solution for hair product packaging that has historically been difficult to recycle, due to a myriad of curb-side recycling program requirements, she continues. The Schwarzkopf Recycling Programs are open to any interested individual, school, office, or community organization. For every shipment of waste sent to TerraCycle through any of the Schwarzkopf Recycling Programs, collectors earn points that can be used for charity gifts or converted to cash and donated to the non-profit, school or charitable organization of their choice. Once collected, the packaging waste will be recycled into a variety of new consumer products such as park benches, bike racks, pet food bowls and recycling bins. For more information on TerraCycle's recycling programs, visit www.terracycle.com.