Terracycle @terracycle
The head honcho of recycling, Terracycle is doing big things in the cosmetics industry via numerous collaborations with giants such as Colgate-Palmolive, L’Occitane and Garnier. Its Instagram feed gives an invaluable insight into just why the bigwigs are clambering over themselves to team up with the service, and how consumers can get in on the act too.
12. Recycling at Retail
In 2011,
The North Face partnered with upcycling and recycling pioneer TerraCycle to create The North Face Polybag Brigade. Through the partnership, The North Face diverts polybag packaging waste at 32 TNF retail stores in the U.S. where #4 plastic bags are not readily recyclable. The plastic is repurposed via TerraCycle channels into various products such as plastic lumber, bike racks, pavers, kitchen utensils, and plastic tote bags for re-use. Since 2011, 4.1 million TNF polybags have been recycled through the partnership.
TerraCycle is one of the few companies globally that accepts all parts of e-cigarettes. “They are far more difficult to recycle than regular cigarettes because of the number of components,” said Ernel Simpson, global vice president of research and development for TerraCycle.
Feature segment, which aired on November 24
th, November 26
th and again on November 29
th, highlights the vibrant art community in Trenton. TerraCycle’s support of graffiti artists and the revitalization of Trenton is included throughout.
Occasionally motherhood can be summed up in a few words: wake the kids, make breakfast, get everyone dressed, leave, forget something, leave again. The ability to navigate all of that—or better yet, to navigate it all with dignity and grace and a modicum of sanity—is as much science as it is art. We asked a few of the women we know best (the ones we share an office with) for the tools (apps, products, coffee) they rely on to keep it all together—seamlessly.
Occasionally motherhood can be summed up in a few words: wake the kids, make breakfast, get everyone dressed, leave, forget something, leave again. The ability to navigate all of that—or better yet, to navigate it all with dignity and grace and a modicum of sanity—is as much science as it is art. We asked a few of the women we know best (the ones we share an office with) for the tools (apps, products, coffee) they rely on to keep it all together—seamlessly.
The Common Market has nine other programs that recycle products such as hard drives, laptops, cellphones, print cartridges, baby food pouches, K-cups and potato chip bags. To keep more hard-to-recycle materials out of landfills, the co-op partners with e-End and TerraCycle — a recycling company that reuses, upcycles or recycles waste instead of incinerating or landfilling it.
Bausch + Lomb announced earlier this month that its exclusive One by One Recycling Program has recycled a combined total of more than five million units of used contact lenses, blister packs and top foils since the program’s inception in November 2016. The program is made possible through a collaboration with
TerraCycle, a company that collects and repurposes hard-to-recycle post-consumer waste. Bausch + Lomb and TerraCycle said they have diverted nearly 31,000 pounds of used contact lenses, blister packs and top foils to date, the equivalent of approximately two and a half times the weight of an elephant, from oceans, lakes, streams and landfills.
In simple terms, a certificate of recycling documents the amount and type of waste that is recycled by an organization and is proof that your company is compliant with the standards set forth by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Feature segment, which aired on November 24
th, November 26
th and is slated to air again on November 29
th, highlights the vibrant art community in Trenton. TerraCycle’s support of graffiti artists and the revitalization of Trenton is included throughout.