Using grant funds from Keep America Beautiful Cigarette Litter Prevention Program and the Worcester County Health Department Prevention Services, any business willing to take the pledge to commit to recycling cigarette butts can receive a free butt hut and signage. Cigarette butts taken from these huts, as well as huts provided by the town, will be sent to TerraCycle to be recycled.

Detergent brands Cascade and Tide have joined circular shopping system Loop, with customers in the U.S. now able to buy the products in reusable packaging. Recycling specialists TerraCycle run the program, which enables customers to buy everyday products in durable packaging that can be cleaned, collected, refilled and reused.

Two TerraCycle collections will be held for candy and snack wrappers (candy, chips, granola bars and other snacks), and the Tom’s of Maine Natural Care Recycling Program will accept any brand of toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, mouthwash containers, deodorant containers, soap packaging and floss containers.

MŌDA’s Renew brushes have 100% biodegradable handles that are made from a sustainable plant-based polymer (so they won’t ever end up in landfills!) The kit comes with four different brushes. If you’re looking to further your contribution to the zero-waste lifestyle, you can send any of your old makeup brushes to the company to be properly recycled through their TerraCycle No-Waste boxes.

Battaglia said collections were held at the YMCA, outside the senior center, at local dentists’ offices and outside Derynoski School. Collections were done in the school during the school year. Eterginio said the Derynoski PTO will rally parents once again to work with TerraCycle and assist with the installation of the new equipment.

Bra In A Box is planning to two to three more Nipco shades for holiday shopping this year. In addition, it’s been testing a Nipco iteration that lifts breasts, and a stick-on bra that lays completely flat and can be rolled up. In August, the brand is kicking off a recycling program with Terracycle enabling customers to recycle used Nipcos and silicone boxes, and it’s introducing new packaging for its silicone boxes that has a clear PVC window to allow for viewing the Nipco within. Along with the brand’s logo, each box reads, “nipple covers, reimagined,” and will be available in rose gold and silver.

Earlier this year, recycling company TerraCycle made a splash with its new Loop program—which promises to deliver common household items from companies like Unilever, Procter & Gamble Company, Coca-Cola, and Haagen-Dazs in reusable packaging. It's a subscription program that delivers items to participating households and picks up the empties (to be cleaned and reused) once they're done.

Loop, first announced earlier this year, was created by international recycling leader TerraCycle in partnership with some of the world’s largest consumer product companies, including Procter & Gamble — the first consumer product company to become a partner. P&G brands like Tide and Pantene are now available through Loop in test cities.

If you can’t the next best thing is definitely recycling and recycling the bottles you have. TerraCycle has a great vitamin bottles program you can join. Basically, they send you a cardboard box, you fill it with your vitamin bottle waste, and send it back. TerraCycle will make sure it’s recycled correctly.

Here’s what actually happens when you toss your plastic (and other recyclable materials) into the recycling bin: “Once you put a material in the blue bin, it’s collected by the waste collector of your city, which is a private entity, and taken to a material recovery facility that sorts all wastes into their right categories,” says Sarah Teeter, global project manager of TerraCycle, a recycling company that handles hard-to-recycle waste.