To provide cleanrooms and laboratories with effective solutions to mitigate waste and enhance Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability efforts, Kimberly-Clark Professional has introduced RightCycle – the first large-scale recycling effort for nontraditional cleanroom waste.

I had the pleasure of speaking with each of the Kindergarten through 6^th grade classes throughout the day.  They were amazing!  For only starting to recycle this year, they knew a tremendous amount about the environment.  We talked about why we recycle, what we can recycle and of course I showed them my TerraCycle bags.  Kids (and adults)  just love these!  They were all so fascinated by the fact that trash could be turned into such cool tote bags, lunch bags and more.

Helen Keller Elementary School in Franklin is participating in an innovative "green" program that, in addition to reducing waste and raising students’ awareness about recycling, will also earn extra money for the school by joining TerraCycle’s Chip Bag Brigade recycling program.

Let me tell you though, this idea has some legs to it. A company by the name of TerraCycle out of New Jersey has teamed up with Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company to launch the first U.S cigarette waste recycling program. To become a member of the “Cigarette Waste Brigade”, simply go to TerraCycle’s website to sign up. Once a member you become an official “Butt Picker.”

To provide cleanrooms and laboratories with effective solutions to mitigate waste and enhance Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability efforts, Kimberly-Clark Professional has introduced RightCycle – the first large-scale recycling effort for nontraditional cleanroom waste.

Kimberly-Clark Professional, a division of personal care company that manufacturers contamination control products for laboratories and cleanrooms, has partnered with recycling company TerraCycle to launch RightCycle, a recycling program for hard-to-recycle cleanroom waste such as gloves, hoods, boot covers and other protective clothing.

Terracycle, Inc., is a company that collects used products that are hard to recycle and changes those things into eco-friendly products. The company has been partnering with St. Gregory the Great in its recycling programs.

Princeton's Earth Day celebration — featuring a 5:30 p.m. talk by Albe Zakes, recycling company Terracycle's global vice president of public relations; informational tables for student groups and local businesses; free pizza and ice cream; and dance and singing performances — will be held at 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 26, on Frist Campus Center's south lawn.

The butts Roylos collects will be recycled through TerraCycle, a Trenton, N.J., company that offers free waste collection programs for hard-to-recycle items. TerraCycle converts the butts into plastic pellets. Other companies reclaim the chemicals that settle in the filters, Roylos said.

HACKENSACK — Diaper packaging, shoes and writing utensils don't go into the garbage at Hackensack University Medical Center—not anymore.  Now, they and other difficult-to-recycle items will be recycled.  That's because Hackensack University Medical Center has partnered with TerraCycle, a Trenton company that takes such items and turns them into picture frames, pots, backpacks and other products. HUMC is the first hospital to work with Terracycle.