Hasbro is launching a new toy and game recycling pilot program with TerraCycle, a global leader in product recycling, in the contiguous U.S. During the pilot program, consumers can collect and send their Hasbro toys and games to TerraCycle, which will recycle them into materials that can be used in the construction of play spaces, flower pots, park benches and other innovative uses.

Tom’s of Maine also believes that water is important. Whether it is conserving it in your home or cleaning it up locally. They have partnered with The Nature Conservancy, the leading conservation organization, and are donating $1,000,000 to help fund projects that restore waterways across the US!* The Let’s Turn the Tide campaign allows everyone to vote for their favorite body of water.

Over the years I have been trying to find high-quality natural personal care products for my family. I want to reduce the number of chemicals that we put on our skin, hair, and teeth. My kids and I have very sensitive skin and reducing irritants such as fragrances and artificial dyes have improved our complexions. I am trying out new products all the time and trying to find the best ones that work for my family and Tom’s of Maine products are at the top of the list!

During the pilot programme, consumers can collect and send their Hasbro toys and games to TerraCycle, who will recycle them into materials that can be used in the construction of play spaces, flower pots, park benches, and other innovative uses. In 2018, Hasbro is piloting the programme in the contiguous US.

All-natural Clorox beauty brand Burt’s Bees has teamed up with recycling specialist TerraCycleto launch "Recycle On Us," an initiative that lets consumers recycle product packaging for free by mail  — including packaging with materials not accepted by local municipal programs.

Small businesses are the foundation for a national economy. They are the backbone of communities, providing jobs, generating revenue and comprising a significant part of the state and local culture. Agile and positioned for innovation due to their size and flexibility, small business is a powerful symbol for modern capitalism, as even the world’s largest corporations today once started out as companies working to provide for the needs of everyday people.

How much can we bench press? About 850+ if we’re talking about how many upcycled park benches Johnson & Johnson has helped to create since 2012. The benches are made from plastic boxes that house pipette tips, which are syringe-like tools used to draw and dispense fluids in laboratory testing. These boxes (shown above) are usually considered biopharma waste because they’re constructed from tough number 5 plastic, which isn’t accepted at most recycling facilities. But through its partnership with lab material supplier VWR and TerraCycle, which upcycles the used containers, over 164,000 boxes from participating Johnson & Johnson labs across the U.S. were recycled into more than 200 park benches in 2017 alone that were then distributed to underserved communities and schools.

Ever wonder what happens to toothpaste tubes, pens, guitar strings, and even cigarette butts after they are thrown away? Traditionally, nothing. That is until TerraCycle began running programs to recycle previously non-recyclable waste streams in 21 countries. Here, Michael Waas, global vice president of brand partnerships at TerraCycle, explains the company's mission, the economics, driving recyclability, and how to build a playground from toothbrushes

Hasbro, Inc., is the latest company to announce a product recycling program; through a partnership with TerraCycle, the toy and game recycling initiative lets consumers collect and send their used Hasbro products to TerraCycle, who will recycle them into materials that can be used in the construction of playgrounds, park benches, and more. TerraCycle says the Hasbro Toy Recycling pilot program is the first brand-sponsored national recycling program in the industry. The free recycling program invites users to print out a free shipping label to use on boxes of “well-loved” toys and games, which they can then send to TerraCycle for repurposing.

In Muncar, on the coast of East Java, Indonesia, fishers still make their living the traditional way, launching from the shore in the hand-painted boats they have used for generations. But that doesn’t mean that this harbor town is untouched by time. Plastic waste is mounting on the riverbanks and in the waters around Muncar. Some probably lurks within the fish brought ashore on the boats. Muncar is the second-largest fishing port in Indonesia, but it has barely a semblance of a waste management infrastructure. Dorothea Wiplinger, the sustainability manager for Austrian plastics maker Borealis, was on the ground in Muncar recently studying the problem. She says nearly 90% the garbage, mostly organic waste, that local inhabitants generate is either dumped haphazardly or burned. “You cannot see the sand anymore because the beaches are just full of waste. And then the high tide takes the waste away,” she says. “The people there don’t have any other choice.”