Trenton-based TerraCycle US Inc., a leader in the collection and repurposing of hard-to-recycle post-consumer waste, announced it has acquired Chicago-based Air Cycle Corporation, a leader in universal waste recycling that provides solutions for mercury-containing fluorescent bulbs, battery, ballast and electronic waste disposal.

TerraCycle US Inc., a leader in the collection and repurposing of hard-to-recycle post-consumer waste, announced it has acquired Chicago-based Air Cycle Corporation, a leader in universal waste recycling that provides solutions for mercury-containing fluorescent bulbs, battery, ballast and electronic waste disposal.

Every entrepreneur has a white whale—a challenge or a fear or something that keeps them up at night. But at the same time, something that also keeps them going and striving to push forward. “I think an obstacle is finding time to take a step back. It's very easy to just keep plowing ahead, but sometimes it's important to step back and assess where you are, what progress you've made and where you need to go..."

TerraCycle US Inc., a leader in the collection and repurposing of hard-to-recycle post-consumer waste, announced it has acquired Chicago-based Air Cycle Corporation, a leader in universal waste recycling that provides solutions for mercury-containing fluorescent bulbs, battery, ballast and electronic waste disposal.

TerraCycle, the world leader in recycling difficult to recycle materials, was honored Tuesday, January 30th by the city of Trenton with the re-naming of Hillside Avenue to TerraCycle Way as a tribute to the company’s success and on-going commitment to the Trenton community.

If you don't want to throw cups in the trash, take advantage of a mail-back recycling program. TerraCycle offers national programs (Brigades®) to collect previously non-recyclable or hard to recycle waste. The company offers a collection program for rigid plastic cups. Most of the TerraCycle's Brigades offer free shipping as well as a rebate or donation for each piece that you collect.

TerraCycle, one of Trenton’s best home-grown business success stories of recent years, is getting the public offering it sought and is also getting a street named after it.

TerraCycle, a much smaller company, views this as a positive too, because it operates in more than 20 countries. "When you repatriate profits from the foreign subsidiaries into a global company, the tax cut honestly makes it simpler and cleaner," CEO Tom Szaky told Waste Dive in a recent interview.

Not all packages can be recycled through the established infrastructure and options are limited for hard-to-recycle items. That’s one of the reasons the unique business strategy of upcycler TerraCycle has been so successful—that and the innovative vision of entrepreneur and founder Tom Szaky. But now, anyone can capitalize on that success.

Franklin’s newly formed Green Team is hitting the ground running with the help of their PTA. The school has updated its Recycling Rally Program and is teaming up once again with New Jersey-based TerraCycle.