Terra Cycle’s Albe Zakes told the lunchtime audience about Finding Marketing Gold in Your Local Landfill. If you’re not familiar with the Terra Cycle story, do yourself a favor and learn more.

Are you a recycler? Most gardeners are, because their passion for tending the earth naturally includes a concern for keeping it healthy. And that often requires creative problem-solving, from composting to repurposing. That's why we're excited about the Terra Stone Plant Caddy.

Spring has sprung early here in the Milwaukee area, and with that comes the opportunities to “green” your Easter crafts! Recycler and up-cycler, TerraCycle has a new, do-it-yourself Easter basket project made from MOM Brands Malt-O-Meal cereal bags or other candy and food wrappers.

Beautiful recycling by the Girl Scouts

The Girl Scouts' Tioga Service Unit in Merced is teaming up with Terracycle and Garnier for a Personal Care and Beauty Brigade recycling event Saturday. Accepted waste includes lipstick cases, mascara tubes, eye shadow cases and tubes, shampoo bottles, conditioner bottles, bronzer cases, foundation packaging, body wash containers, soap tubes, soap dispensers, lotion dispensers, shaving foam tubes, powder cases, lotion bottles, lip-balm tubes, lotion tubes, face soap dispensers, face soap tubes, face lotion bottles and jars, eyeliner cases and pencils, concealer tubes and sticks, lip-liner pencils, hand lotion tubes, hair gel tubes and hair paste jars. Hair spray cans, nail polish bottles and nail polish remover bottles cannot be accepted. The Scouts also need boxes for shipping — used, please, as they are trying to minimize waste. Items may be given to any Girl Scout or dropped off at the recycling event, which is 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at United Methodist Church, 899 Yosemite Parkway, Merced. Items made from the recycled products include paving stones, tote bags, coin purses, notebooks and pencil cases. They can be found at terracycle.com.

3/13/2012 by gipl For innovative Creation care programs, St. Gregory the Great Episcopal Church won the Trailblazer Award at the Sixth Annual GIPPY's. St. Gregory’s has done nothing less than revolutionize the way their congregation thinks about trash. St. Gregory has created an amazing program called Tithing with Trash. Utilizing an organization called Terra Cycle, which will pay you for certain types of trash, St. Gregory collects candy wrappers, chip bags, and many other types of trash. Terra Cycle then upcycles these items and pays St. Gregory’s for their trash.

Previously, this brigade only accepted stackable yogurt cups. I'm happy to announce through the upcoming Dairy Tub Brigade, we can now collect any kind, including non-stackables (like Yoplait, 4- and 6-packs, etc.). This information is not yet updated on the Yogurt Brigade page, so don't be misled that it only says stackable there. What can be TerraCycled in this category? Answer: any brand, size, and shape of yogurt container What does this waste get used for? Our yogurt cups are made into recycled plastic products that can themselves be recycled into more useful items!

Finding a great job is tops on the minds of most college students as they near graduation, and for good reason. Discovering and landing that post-college job that truly excites and challenges is a great way to set your career path in the right direction early on. Luckily, today's batch of promising startup companies offer plenty of opportunities for achievement and growth across a wide range of industries, ranging from design to web development to health care.

The 3 Rs (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) is no longer simply a mantra for environmental activists, it’s a ticket to saving you money while you consider the planet. The 3Rs ask you to buy less, reuse more, and recycle products at the end of their useful life-wonderful guiding principles for reducing our environmental footprint and bringing our lifestyles into balance with nature. But in practice, how many of us are really willing to cut back on the stuff we want to own, to reuse what we’d like to throw out, and to recycle when doing so is often incredibly inconvenient? Fortunately for budget-conscious Lazy Environmentalists, the 3Rs are receiving a twenty-first-century facelift, making them easy to implement and even easier on the wallet.

Every little bit counts. That's why Garnier and Pureology have both worked on making their packaging greener and helping the environment one bottle ofshampoo at a time. Pureology's new Zero Waste Shampoo and Hair Conditioner Packaging has drastically decreased the amount of energy used during production and transportation of their products. The new bottle design allows consumers to use every last drop which used to be practically impossible to squeeze out. The new 100% recyclable bottles also have educational messages to consumers, providing tips on how to conserve water and recycle. Garnier has also produced greener packaging, making almost half of the new bottles out of recycled materials. They, too, are working to teach their consumers to live a green life through their partnership with TerraCycle, a company founded by a Princeton freshman in 2001 that creates national recycling systems. Back labels will educate consumers how they can reduce their personal care packaging waste and join the company's "beauty brigade," a packaging collection drive. As for Garnier's products this season, they have new conditioner technology that will be in incorporated into Triple Nutrition and Sleek & Shine, their top sellers. The opaque gel texture soaks into each strand longer, creating softer, more well-conditioned hair. As companies move to a greener future, will you be more likely to purchase their products?

Ever wonder what happens to waste that can't be recycled? Think it just sits in a landfill? Think again. TerraCycle is making an effort to reduce the amount of waste lying around by recycling items that are typically non-recyclable or difficult to recycle. TerraCycle has diverted billions of units of waste and used them to create over 1,500 different products available at major retailers, like Whole Foods Market. They carry a diverse stock of green items ranging from the very cool circuit board coasters and clipboards to tumblers to clocks. TerraCycle also makes household cleaners, like the All-Purpose Cleaner. TerraCycle cleaners are non-toxic, bio-degradable and packaged in a waste stream bottle! They are safe for use on all surfaces and even effective on glass and mirrors.