The popularity of pouches is another sticky widget of sorts for this industry. “Wet pet food in a pouch would be more eco-friendly in terms of carbon footprint, but the recyclability portion isn’t there yet for pouches. This is a major concern for the industry,” explains Julian Stauffer, chief operating officer, Packaging Technologies and Inspection (PTI), Tuckahoe, New York. However, Mars Incorporated and global recycling company TerraCycle, Trenton, New Jersey, have made recycling wet pet food pouches possible in the United Kingdom, along with other flexible pet food packaging, through their recycling program.

Matthew Sharon, 10, a student at John H. West Elementary School in the Plainedge school district, gathered with his classmates teachers and staff, Tuesday, June 11, 2019, to celebrate their new playground made entirely out of recycled dental products. The school won the Colgate & ShopRite Recycled playground challenge, by collecting the most dental products. Students and district officials were joined by representatives from Colgate-Palmolive, ShopRite and TerraCycle, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony commemorating the unique playground.

School principal Mary Hawk is hoping Bristol folks will help the school get a free playscape and in order to do this we have to go to a site to vote. This can be done by anyone as many times as they want daily, every day or whenever. Go to: www.terracycle.com/en-US/contests/colgateshopriteplayground2019 .

Seed Phytonutrients is a clean beauty brand you need to keep on your radar, especially now that it’s officially available at Ulta Beauty. The brand offers everything from face masks and cream to hair and body (and everything in between). But something that makes this brand extra unique is its product packaging. Their shower-friendly paper bottles are made of 100% post-consumer recycled paper with a post-consumer recycled bottle. Each product contains a packet of seeds inside of the packaging for you to get your green thumb on. Plus, they’ve partnered with recycling company TerraCycle to make recycling easy and free!

Saehong Ahn, president of Amorepacific Corporation said, "Plastic issue is now a common social problem which companies should also take part in. Amorepacific will prepare for the age of 'No Plastic' by reusing collected empty bottles and developing environm­entally friendly materials. Through positive cooperation with TerraCycle, we will make the Earth beautiful with our contribution to responsible consumption and production."

More recently, the company has stepped up its conservation efforts, partnering with Terracycle, an organization that repurposes hard-to-recycle waste. Together, they formed Playback: the world’s leading string recycling program. Since Playback’s inception, D’Addario has recycled more than 3 million strings through Restring & Recycle events hosted by music retailers across the country, recycling competitor strings and rewarding D’Addario’s loyalty members for participation.

The cool thing about corks is that even if you can't recycle them in the traditional sense, there are plenty of ways that you can put them to good use. Companies likeReCork America, the largest cork recycler in North America, take natural corks and turn them into shoes, yoga blocks, and more. You can find cork drop off locationson their site — they've recycled over 100 million so far. TerraCycle, meanwhile, accepts both natural and plastic versions and turns them into products, plus the company will give you rewards for recycling. It's worth looking around, because it may be that a company you already love or support that uses cork has a system to recycle them.

Local musicians are invited to attend a free recycle and restring event at Brass Bell Music Store in Milwaukee, WI on Saturday June 22, 2019 from 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM. Sponsored by D’Addario and 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.

Students at John H. West Elementary School in Bethpage collected 13,500 units of oral care waste -- like toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes and dental floss canisters -- as part of the Colgate, ShopRite and TerraCycle Recycled Playground Challenge.

Local musicians are invited to attend a free recycle and restring event at Brass Bell Music Store in Milwaukee, WI on Saturday June 22, 2019 from 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM. Sponsored by D’Addario and 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.