Chemistry majors go through a lot of synthetic rubber gloves. On any given day at the College of Charleston that could mean hundreds of pairs of the tight-fitting blue or purple nitrile gloves. Until recently, those gloves were simply discarded into the local waste stream (the ones contaminated with toxic solutions are neutralized first). But now, a new program will ensure that the majority of them are recycled.

All of the cigarette butts that will be collected are going to be sent to TerraCycle, a company which has a process to turn the butts into plastic that is then used to make different goods, like shipping pallets. The tobacco is separated out and sent to compost so it’s a win-win situation.

Scientists have studied the effects of mercury exposure for decades, and the information is undeniable — mercury is a dangerous neurotoxin. Mercury has been definitively connected with neurological and behavioral disorders, and yet, lamp manufacturers still make mercury-based fluorescent bulbs. In fact, even with this knowledge, the EPA banned the production of incandescent bulbs more than 20 years ago, putting much of America’s lighting future into fluorescents. First, let us understand why mercury is used. A fluorescent bulb works by exciting phosphorescent material with electricity. The excited phosphorescent material gives off light. There needs to be mercury vapor inside the tube to carry a charge of electricity and create the light.

Subaru of America, Inc., announced a new partnership with TerraCycle® to help divert hard-to-recycle waste from landfills and incinerators through the automaker’s environmentally-focused philanthropic platform, Subaru Loves the Earth. With less than a quarter of the 230 million tons of trash generated annually in U.S. getting recycled, Subaru and TerraCycle are teaming up to intercept and repurpose hard to recycle items.

Closing out 2017 with spare funds?  Planning your 2018 budget?  Air Cycle offers simple sustainable solutions including the renowned Bulb Eater machines, EasyPak recycling boxes, as well as nationwide Bulk Pick-up services.

Scientists have studied the effects of mercury exposure for decades, and the information is undeniable — mercury is a dangerous neurotoxin. Mercury has been definitively connected with neurological and behavioral disorders, and yet, lamp manufacturers still make mercury-based fluorescent bulbs. In fact, even with this knowledge, the EPA banned the production of incandescent bulbs more than 20 years ago, putting much of America’s lighting future into fluorescents.

Italian food company Barilla is now providing consumers a free, easy way to recycle Barilla Ready Pasta packaging. Through a new partnership with TerraCycle, Barilla created the Ready Pasta Recycling Program to provide consumers a worry-free method of recycling their instant pasta pouches.

Italian food company Barilla is now providing consumers a free, easy way to recycle Barilla Ready Pasta packaging. Through a new partnership with TerraCycle, Barilla created the Ready Pasta Recycling Program to provide consumers a worry-free method of recycling their instant pasta pouches.

TerraCycle has announce the fourth annual Recycled Playground Challenge, a contest with partners Colgate-Palmolive and Meijer, that encourages healthy habits among school children and their communities and awards a recycled playground to a winning school.

In honor of Earth Day last Sunday, two Roxbury Schools celebrated the day through sustainable programs. The Eisenhower Middle School Builders Club with the assistance of club advisors, Elizabeth Tucker and Marie Pessolano celebrated the day by cleaning up Eyland Avenue. This club is the middle school version of Kiwanis, Key Club, K-Kids which meets every two weeks after school and does community service projects. At the elementary level, Franklin School did its annual earth day poster contest based on the Earth Day Network theme. This year’s theme is to stop plastic pollution and the marine animals.