BOULDER - Alfalfa's Market and the nonprofit Center for ReSource Conservation are among the local companies and groups that have plans to celebrate Earth Day, Monday, April 22.
Boulder-based Alfalfa's plans to kick off a beefed-up recycling program on Wednesday, April 17, in honor of Earth Day, the company said in a press statement. Customers can recycle used baby food pouches, Tom's of Maine personal care items and No. 4 plastic bags at the store under the new program. Alfalfa's will send the items to Terracycle, based in Trenton, New Jersey, to be made into new plastic items such as park benches, backpacks and tote bags.
TerraCycle is now accepting GoGo squeeZ. Send in your pouches. Collect enough during the month of April and you could win 1,000 rewards points plus fun prizes.
How it works:
Collect enough healthy snack pouch plastic packaging to fill up a box or bag (approved waste is listed below).
Remember, the waste does not need to be cleaned or stacked, and always try to reuse a shipping box or bag!
SAN FRANCISCO - It's said that small businesses are the economic engine of the nation, and the search again is on for those that also are helping in the drive toward a better world. The Social Venture Network honors such businesses annually with its Innovation Awards.
According to SVN executive director Deb Nelson, the focus is on the next generation of world-changing entrepreneurs.
Last week we started a series of four "hot lists" outlining key developments worth following in our community this year. Our first installment highlighted 13 hot sustainable products; today we look at 13 hot business model innovations that are creating new markets or transforming existing ones. Here they are:
Alfalfa’s Market here will kick off its second “B’Earthday” celebration by enhancing its recycling program.
Beginning Wednesday, customers can deposit used baby food pouches, Tom’s of Maine personal care items and No. 4 plastic bags at the store. Alfalfa’s will send these items to Terracycle, where they will be recycled and made into new plastic items such as park benches, backpacks and tote bags.
TerraCycle collects all kinds of hard-to-recycle items (did you know you can recycle flip-flops?) and repurposes them into new products, ranging from recycled park benches to upcycled backpacks. Additionally, each Brigade program provides an opportunity to raise money for non-profits and schools.
To get started, visit the
TerraCycle website.
TerraCycle enables the recycling on unusual items, such as wrappers, electronics, pens, & shoes! Find out how you can recycle and raise money for communities & schools
here.
TerraCycle enables the recycling on unusual items, such as wrappers, electronics, pens, & shoes! Find out how you can recycle and raise money for communities & schools
here.
New Delhi, April 14 -- Hackensack University Medical Center is the first hospital in the country to partner with recycling pioneer TerraCycle to keep difficult-to-recycle items such as keyboards and mice, diaper packaging, chip bags and writing utensils out of landfills. TerraCycle will recycle the items into affordable, eco-friendly consumer products and industrial applications.
The process of recycling aluminum, paper, bottles, and glass, has become a global effort.
Businesses use much less energy than they would normally use to manufacture new products by reusing old ones.
The world’s longest recycled bridge is in Peeblesshire, Scotland, and is made from plastic bottles and other plastic waste. It is 90 feet long and it can hold up to 44 tons of people, cars, or trucks. It’s truly amazing, and something we would not have even imagined just 20 short years ago!
