Megabrand Garnier, in partnership with upcycling pioneer TerraCycle, is hitting the road for the Garnier Greener Tour. The fully loaded, glass tour bus will be making stops at multiple Walmart stores in Florida, offering beauty-lovers exciting ways to help protect the environment.  Shoppers can drop off empty hair care, skin care or cosmetic packaging to be recycled, receive free Garnier samples and try out new products. Those who bring at least one piece of beauty packaging waste to be recycled will be eligible for a mini-style at the on-site Garnier styling station. The multi-city tour is designed to inform men and women about the recyclability of cosmetic packaging, encourage them to think differently about waste, and teach simple ways to have a positive impact on the environment. The tour bus will feature:

• TerraCycle collection bins to encourage people to recycle empty personal care and beauty items
• TerraCycle representative on site to educate on recycling and upcycling
• Garnier samples and other goodies
• Garnier styling stations
• Interactive bottle toss game

Through Garnier's sponsorship of the Beauty Brigade®, any individual or group can collect and send hair care, skin care and cosmetic packaging to TerraCycle for free. For every unit of waste collected, Garnier will contribute two cents to the charity of the collector's choice.  Now, all kinds of beauty waste that would otherwise end up in a landfill can now be recycled or reused. For more information, visit the TerraCycle page here www.garnierusa.com/green. Millions of pieces of waste are expected to be collected during the tour, reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills.  In addition, the tour will recruit new Beauty Brigade members and educate communities to help make a difference.

We often hear about technology recycling places to turn in old computer systems and monitors so that they don’t wind up in landfills. But what about all the peripherals that go along with them, like keyboards and mice and web cameras? That’s the focus of the TerraCycle Keyboard and Mouse Brigade. The program is sponsored by Logitech (which I am sure would love it if you bought new keyboards and other peripherals while you are ditching the old ones). The language on the program page is aimed at schools, but the initiative is also applicable for charities or other organizations trying to get rid of a bunch of peripherals in a responsible manner.

Goodebox, the service that delivers a monthly surprise bag of all-natural beauty products to your door, has launched an innovative recycling program that works to benefit the awesome watchdog workhorse, Environmental Working Group (EWG). Goodebox selects products that are thoroughly evaluated, from mission-based brands that are committed to using the best, non-toxic ingredients. Each month members receive a minimum of six products for $16, as well as coupons and other special offers. It’s such a great idea, until it comes to all the packaging -- lots of wee little bottles and such. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, thirty percent of landfill waste is from packaging. So to reduce the amount of packaging waste cluttering landfills, Goodebox has joined TerraCycle’s Personal Care and Beauty Brigade. This innovative recycling program works to tackle waste from hair care, skin care and cosmetic packaging. All non-recyclable beauty product packaging that can't be traditionally recycled can be sent to TerraCycle, free of charge, to be made into new products.

The TACT is the single most important decision in persuasion. Who does What Where and When (Target Action Context Time) drives everything. Please consider this strange combination of a Green business making TACTs with Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms! Read the entire article, but consider here just this description of recycling cigarette butts. Our intention is to require as little change as possible in the habits of today’s smokers. That means that if you are at a bar or your home you would keep using your regular ash trays. The only change would be that the trays would be emptied into a plastic sandwich bag. That bag would then be placed in a box (like a shoebox or whatever you may have lying around). When it’s full, you would download a free shipping label from our Web site and send the box to TerraCycle to be recycled. We’re also going to offer a $1 donation to your favorite charity for every 1,000 butts collected. We have also thought about making a pocket version that would be a small envelope (with aluminum inside for fire safety) with a preprinted mailing label on it. The idea would be that you could put your smoked butts in it on the go. When it’s full, you could simply drop it in the mail.

I speak for many of our eco citizens and dedicated environmentalist when I say that it pains me to throw anything away, but unfortunately, there are just some things that just can’t be recycled. Chip bags, candy wrappers, tape dispensers and used pens all have to go into the trash… or normally would… Thanks to the company TerraCycle, hard-to-recycle items like those listed above are not trashed, but are actually recycled, or even upcycled. TerraCycle partners with the companies that produce these items, and works with them to create an environmentally friendlier end of life- which means that for many of them, they are turned into something completely new-for example, pens and sharpies are turned into dry erase marker holders, and cookie wrappers are turned into backpacks. Awesome, right? Wait- it gets better.

Town of Huntington honors homeowners, businesses groups, organizations and schools that improve appearance of the community. Winners of the Town of Huntington's 36th Annual Beautification Awards were announced last week. The Huntington Town Board and the Huntington Beautification Council joined June 19 to honor homeowners, businesses groups, organizations and schools in annual honors.

Town of Huntington honors homeowners, businesses groups, organizations and schools that improve appearance of the community. Winners of the Town of Huntington's 36th Annual Beautification Awards were announced last week. The Huntington Town Board and the Huntington Beautification Council joined June 19 to honor homeowners, businesses groups, organizations and schools in annual honors.

Mother Nature wastes nothing, but people waste a lot. That's why TerraCycle, a company that turns trash into usable products, is constantly being honored for their good works on behalf of society and the environment. Take a look at how TerraCycle can turn your potato chip bag into a stylish shoulder bag that's selling at big chain stores like Wal-Mart and Target.

 

It’s no secret I like to recycle the unrecyclable. I always strive to find new and innovative ways to turn garbage into something new. That’s why I wanted to share some easy DIYs I found that repurpose household items and give them new life. The possibilities are endless when you look at trash in a new light. 1) Bottle caps are a huge source of waste. If you look at it from a new angle, the potential to reuse them is also huge. Most of the time, I see belts or jewelry made out of bottle caps. I thought a bottle cap lightshade was even cooler.

Appealing to the Green-Minded: As part of their "doing good and doing well", GoGo squeeZ has partnered with upcycling pioneer, TerraCycle which they feel is a great attraction to parents… a snack that is both convenient and eco-friendly.