The Indiegogo money is for the Nashville Clean Water Project to launch the Cigarette Waste Brigade and form partnerships with local businesses and organizations to clean up the mess, plus print literature explaining the effort. The nonprofit will work to gather the butts and turn them over to TerraCycle, a Trenton, N.J.-based company that incorporates them into plastic pallets

In an effort to spread love to those in need, a Valentines Day benefit is being hosted at the Angus Church of the Nazarene. Free game tickets can be obtained by bringing non-perishable food items for the Lincoln County Food Bank, for clean non-crushed aluminum cans, aluminum tabs and TerraCycle items

After our factory tour we headed into the kitchen to meet with a representative with TerraCycle. TerraCycle turns waste into usable products. One of the brands they work with a lot of Capri Sun. Instead of tossing the empty pouches into the landfills they can be turned into a variety of products from furniture to tote bags.

TerraCycle, based in Trenton, N.J., was founded in 2001 by Tom Szaky and began by producing liquid organic fertilizer in used soda bottles. Now, it’s one of the fastest growing green companies in the world, seeking to educate and persuade people, communities, and corporations to adopt a greener, cleaner lifestyle

The Rutgers University EcoComplex is known as New Jersey’s first environmental research and outreach center, but it also houses a few startup companies with their eyes on contributing to a greener planet. The EcoComplex’s business incubator segment was once home to TerraCycle, which now operates in 20 countries and makes $2o million per year

Tom Szaky came up with the idea to manufacture organic fertilizer from worm droppings while he was a freshman at Princeton University. His company now produces sustainable fertilizer by feeding worms organic waste and repurposing waste materials for new use

In a nutshell, TerraCycle addresses our landfill problem by converting non-recyclable or hard-to-recycle waste into new products or materials.  This, I knew before seeing Tom’s presentation, but it wasn’t until after hearing Tom’s full story that I walked away with that warm fuzzy feeling, totally smitten with the irresistibility of TerraCycle’s business model.

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In a newly released study, The National Association of Eco-Friendly Salons & Spas (NAEFSS) is focused on creating a zero waste salon and spa environment, giving guidance to all who embark on the path of Sustainability. To conduct the study, NAEFSS partnered with TerraCycle and Jonathan Kane Salon and Spa

TerraCycle is an international upcycling and recycling company that collects difficult-to-recycle packaging and products and repurposes the material into affordable, innovative products.