TerraCycle Inc. founder Tom Szaky sorts through a large box of marker pens in the company's Trenton, N.J., warehouse. Inspired by the company, a New Jersey lawmaker is calling for residents and businesses in the state to increase recycling efforts. (AP file photo)
A New Jersey lawmaker wants residents and business to recycle more materials.
Less than half of all the municipal waste generated in New Jersey is recycled, said Sen. Kip Bateman, R-Somerset.
And innovative recycling techniques can keep a variety of materials from ending up in landfills and incinerators. That includes old toothbrushes, pens and pencils, and single-brew coffee pods, he said.
An article on NewsWorks, the website for Philadelphia-based WHYY radio, reports that the Senate Environment Committee approved a New Jersey lawmaker’s legislation to increase state recycling. Sen. Christopher ‘Kip’ Bateman, R-Somerset, New Jersey, told NewsWorks he was inspired by a recent visit to Trenton-based recycler TerraCycle, which collects items that are generally
New Jersey based TerraCycle has partnered with Office Depot to create the binder recycling program, which is being held across 1,480 Office Depot and Office Max stores nationwide. Customers can exchange their used binders for $2 discount on a new one.
TerraCycle, a company near Toronto that does the recycling.
There, paper, ash and tobacco get turned into compost while the plastic in the filters gets mixed with other recycled plastic and made into new products.
TerraCycle, a company near Toronto that does the recycling.
There, paper, ash and tobacco get turned into compost while the plastic in the filters gets mixed with other recycled plastic and made into new products.
Office Depot, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODP) announced the launch of its Binder Recycling Program, encouraging shoppers to help preserve the environment by recycling old binders. Starting today, shoppers can bring any old empty binder to an Office Depot or OfficeMax retail location and receive a $2 instant discount off a same-day binder purchase.
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More than 250 projects from 40 states were submitted and a panel of judges that include musician and actor Kevin Jonas; enterprise editor and senior reporter at The Huffington Post, Kate Sheppard; CEO of TerraCycle, Tom Szaky; 2016 National Teacher of the Year, Jahana Hayes; and founder of the I am the Maven blog, Kerri Jablonski, chose the ten most creative ideas as finalists. Now, communities across the country get to choose their favorite classroom lesson.
- Germany-based Henkel Corp.—a manufacturer of adhesives, sealants, and coatings—has partnered with TerraCycle for a new recycling program around its Loctite brand.
- Customers can purchase a postage-paid recycling box from TerraCycle and fill it with used adhesive containers to be mailed in.
- TerraCycle will thermally process the containers and turn them into new plastic products.
Many binders get tossed in the garbage after each school year. However, Terracycle recycles the binders, reducing waste that would otherwise go into a landfill. Office Depot and Terracycle want to help costumers participate in making resources more sustainable.
