SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): The pet food industry has been making strides toward a more sustainable future, and helping lead the charge is Wellness^® Natural Pet Food. The brand announced today that it has recycled 100,000 bags of pet food through its free recycling program with TerraCycle^®. The milestone comes just as the country gears up to celebrate America Recycles Day on Nov. 15.

The pet food industry has been making strides toward a more sustainable future, and helping lead the charge is Wellness^® Natural Pet Food. The brand announced today that it has recycled 100,000 bags of pet food through its free recycling program with TerraCycle^®. The milestone comes just as the country gears up to celebrate America Recycles Day on Nov. 15.

Olioso cited Kiehl’s packaging initiative a few years ago as an outstanding example of a green beauty endeavor. The skin and hair care products company allowed consumers to return empty bottles, tubes and other containers to US stores for recycling or upcycling with TerraCycle.

For example, while plastic milk cartons can be recycled at the city of Holland’s waste hauler Republic Services, lids cannot. Neither can paper milk cartons (although third-party recyclers such as TerraCycle can). For the rest of the answers, keep reading.

As an alternative: Extended wear lenses…or just get glasses. If you do go disposable, TerraCycle and Bausch + Lomb have partnered to create a free recycling program for some lenses and packaging.

Before the smoke-free policy, Fanshawe placed numerous cigarette butt receptacles throughout the College’s designated smoking areas. These receptacles were regularly emptied and their contents were shipped off to a specialised recycling facility called TerraCycle, where the plastics from the butts would be turned into items such as park benches and playground equipment.

Considering packaging at the beginning of product development is an idea that would appeal to TerraCycle. Unfortunately, explained TerraCycle’s Anthony Rossi, during the past 70 years, producers reduced the weight of the package, and in the process recycling rates have crashed. “We shouldn’t ask, ‘Can we recycle it,’ we should ask, ‘Would you want to recycle it?’” explained Rossi.

Don’t want to craft with your candy wrappers? Then recycle them for profit through a TerraCycle Brigade which repurposes a variety of hard-to-recycle products, including candy wrappers.

TerraCycle's Wellness Natural Pet Food Recycling Program allows any Wellness Complete Health, Wellness CORE and Holistic Select flexible plastic pet food packaging to be collected at participating retailers and other community locations. Once collected, the pet food packaging is shredded and formed into plastic pellets that can be remolded to make new recycled products—everything from lawn chairs to playground equipment.

TerraCycle's Wellness Natural Pet Food Recycling Program allows any Wellness^® Complete Health^®, Wellness^® CORE^®, and Holistic Select^® flexible plastic pet food packaging to be collected at participating retailers and other community locations.