Los Angeles, CA, April 05, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Industry Intelligence Inc., a market intelligence and information management company serving the forest products, packaging, and food and beverage industries, today announced it will offer a webinar with Tom Szaky, the CEO of TerraCycle, on April 17. In this presentation, Szaky will share his thoughts on the state of sustainable packaging and the paths he sees for the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry in the face of the rising resource costs, packaging taxes and extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws.

Did you know that beauty waste (all those pretty personal care and beauty packaging on your makeup table) account for one third of all landfill waste? Wow, we had no idea. In an effort to curb that, Garnier, along with The Trust for Public Land, the City of Newark’s Office of Sustainability, and its Department of Neighborhood Services, recently announced the installation of 54 community recycling containers at three local Newark parks.

Dr. Bill Cors, left, Chief quality medical quality officer at Pocono Medical Center, Dr. Marcia Welsh, president of ESU, Alyson Patascher, prevention services coordinator at ESU were part of the Kick Butts Day which was Monday through Wednesday. Here they are at the Hoeffner Science and Technology on East Stroudsburg University campus. The cigarette butts were picked up on campus and also at Pocono Medical Center grounds. Two huge garbage bags were collected. Center Cigarette butts were picked up on campus and will we taken to TerraCycle which will recycle the butts and the money raised, will go back to the Dale and Frances Hughes Cancer Center. Cigarettes that are not disposed of properly can damage the environment by harming wildlife and water systems.

For the month of April, Jane Ryan will be donating its juice pouch earnings to the children, staff and families of Sandy Hook Elementary School. They recently joined the Terra Cycle recycling program that was supported and encouraged by the school’s former principal. Recruit everyone you know to support this pouch collection.

Douglas MacArthur Elementary School has been named a Great Drink Pouch Derby winner by the New Jersey-based company Terracycle. Each day, MacArthur students recycle their drink pouches at school and send the pouches to Terracycle. Recently, MacArthur received a check for more than $1,700. During December, MacArthur sent in more pouches than any other location in Virginia and won the Terracycle Great Drink Pouch Derby for that month. The school was rewarded with bonus points to its account and now is in the running for a chance to be crowned the Great Drink Pouch Derby National Winner, worth 50,000 bonus points.

FARMINGTON - The community at large is the fortunate beneficiary of several philanthropic projects, thanks to the talents of an seventh-grade class at Mt. Blue Middle School.

There is profitability in waste. Join Tom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle, as he shares his thoughts on the state of sustainable packaging and the paths he sees for the CPG industry in the face of the rising costs of resources, packaging taxes and EPR laws. Tom will tell how TerraCycle has helped hundreds of brands turn wasted packaging into massive brand equity and consumer engagement.

The Swigert Daisies have started a Terracycle program in our cafeteria.  If you are unfamiliar with Terracycle, check the out here: www.terracycle.com.  Terracycle reduces waste by recycling many items that are not traditionally able to be recycled.

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Eating through a lot of Easter candy? Make all those candy wrappers earn money for Elmwood Park Zoo by dropping them off at the Admissions counter. The wrappers will be sent to Terracycle, which converts waste into a "wide variety of products and materials," according to their website. Waste is upcycled or recycled to create new products.