TRENTON, N.J. – Bimbo Bakeries USA, the largest baking company in the United States, has partnered with international recycling leader TerraCycle® to make their bread, buns, bagels and English muffin bags in the United States nationally recyclable. As an added incentive, for every pound of packaging waste sent to TerraCycle through the Bimbo Bakeries USA Bag Recycling Program, collectors earn points that can be used for charitable gifts or converted to cash and donated to non-profit organizations of their choice.   “Because plastic bags, like those used in our packaging, are not recyclable today through household recycling streams, most end up in landfills. Expanding our partnership with TerraCycle enables consumers across the country to easily recycle our plastic bags from their own homes at no charge,” said Fred Penny, President, Bimbo Bakeries USA. “This was an important, immediate action for our company as we work toward our commitment of 100% sustainable packaging by 2025. As the first and only baking company to partner with TerraCycle, we have already recycled more than 5 million pounds of waste and look forward to enabling consumers to divert more millions of pounds of plastic from landfills.”   To recycle your empty bread, buns, bagels and English muffin bags, sign up on the TerraCycle program page https://www.terracycle.com/en-US/brigades/bimbo-bakeries-usa, collect your packaging and mail it in using the free prepaid shipping label. All submitted packaging is cleaned and melted into hard plastic that can be remolded to make new recycled products.   “At TerraCycle, our mission has always been to eliminate waste, recycle the unrecyclable and use our innovative business solutions to minimize human impact on the planet,” said TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky. “It’s through lasting partnerships like the one we enjoy with Bimbo Bakeries USA that allow us to fulfill our objective and help preserve the environment for future generations.”   The Bimbo Bakeries USA Bag Recycling Program is open to any interested individual, school, office, or community organization. For more information on TerraCycle’s recycling programs, visit www.terracycle.com.

Bimbo Bakeries USA, a baking company based in Horsham, Pennsylvania, has partnered with TerraCycle, Trenton, New Jersey, to make its bread, buns, bagels and English muffin bags in the U.S. nationally recyclable.   For every pound of packaging scrap sent to TerraCycle through the new Bimbo Bakeries USA Recycling Program, collectors earn points that can be used for charitable gifts or converted to cash to be donated to nonprofit organizations, according to a news release from Bimbo Bakeries on the partnership.   “Because plastic bags, like those used in our packaging, are not recyclable today through household recycling streams, most end up in landfills. Expanding our partnership with TerraCycle enables consumers across the country to easily recycle our plastic bags from their own homes at no charge,” says Fred Penny, president of Bimbo Bakeries USA. “This was an important, immediate action for our company as we work toward our commitment of 100 percent sustainable packaging by 2025. As the first and only baking company to partner with TerraCycle, we have already recycled more than 5 million pounds of waste and look forward to enabling consumers to divert more millions of pounds of plastic from landfills.”   Bimbo customers interested in recycling their bread, buns, bagels and English muffin bags can sign up for this program on TerraCycle’s website, collect the packaging and mail it in using a free prepaid shipping label. The new program is open to any interested individual, school, office or community organization. Bimbo Bakeries says the submitted packaging is cleaned and melted into hard plastic that can be remolded to make new recycled products.

With an estimated 8 million tons of plastic disposed of in oceans every year, plastic waste in the world’s waterways has become a truly global problem. According to the Ocean Conservancy, over half of the plastic that ends up in our oceans come from five countries – China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam – a result of rapidly growing economies and consumer demand, which have not yet been met with sustainable waste-management systems.   In recognition of this growing epidemic, Trenton-based TerraCycle created The TerraCycle Global Foundation. With generous financial support from The PepsiCo Foundation, the company’s philanthropic arm, the TerraCycle Global Foundation is a dedicated public charity on a mission to dramatically reduce the volume of marine debris and plastic waste found in the world’s waterways.   “Tackling plastic waste is vital for both environmental protection and economic development in communities across the world,” said Jon Banner, EVP Global Communications and President, The PepsiCo Foundation. “At PepsiCo, we take very seriously our commitment to building a world where plastic need never become waste. We are proud to be the angel investor to create the TerraCycle Global Foundation, helping to catalyze funding others and enable the recovery of tons of plastic waste from our waters.”   The TerraCycle Global Foundation’s work is actively underway in Thailand, where the TerraCycle Thai Foundation, a locally registered independent non-profit, is collaborating with the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR). The Foundation has installed river plastic capture traps which are designed to increase the amount of debris and marine plastics that are collected from Thai waterways, thereby intercepting it before it reaches and pollutes the ocean. The devices are part of the DMCR’s project to integrate action and participation into marine debris management.   Through its relationships with regional waste management companies, as well as TerraCycle Inc.’s larger network of research and development, and logistical and processing partners, the Foundation will sustainably recycle not only the waste collected through its own collection devices and efforts, but also the waste collected by all the other organizations participating in the Thai government’s marine debris management program. The end goal is to use recycled waste to create materials that can be incorporated in various applications—from primary packaging for major global brands to applications such as road or construction materials.   “Cleaning the country’s rivers and canals is a critically important priority for the Thai government,” said Suwan Nanthasarut, senior advisor, DMCR. “The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources is pleased to have public-private cooperation from nonprofit organizations like the TerraCycle Thai Foundation to assist in our river cleanup efforts.”   With plans to expand to local communities throughout central and Southeast Asia where local waste management systems are overwhelmed, the TerraCycle Global Foundation is working to implement a multi-collaborator, circular system of solutions designed to clean up waterways, increase waste collection and capture more recyclable material. The Foundation will also be educating local communities on how their behaviors impact their environment and ways to prevent and reduce plastic pollution.   “Through the Foundation, we hope to lead international public awareness about the need to address river and ocean plastics” said Tom Szaky, chairman of the board, TerraCycle Global Foundation. “By directly collecting, as well as engaging with a wide range of NGOs to collect plastic from waterways, and using our recycling solutions to process it into a high-grade material that manufacturers can integrate it into new products, we want to show there is value in these otherwise discarded plastics.”   By capturing marine plastic waste and finding recycling solutions for the collected materials, the Foundation offers a holistic approach to reducing plastic waste to create meaningful, long-lasting change that can be replicated across around the world.

US baking company Bimbo Bakeries has partnered with recycling company TerraCycle to make its packaging recyclable.   As part of this partnership, customers can recycle Bimbo Bakeries’ bread, buns, bagels and English muffin bags via TerraCycle.   The Bimbo Bakeries USA Bag Recycling Program is open for any individual, school, office, or community organisation.   Bimbo Bakeries USA president Fred Penny said: “Because plastic bags, like those used in our packaging, are not recyclable today through household recycling streams, most end up in landfills.   “Expanding our partnership with TerraCycle enables consumers across the country to easily recycle our plastic bags from their own homes at no charge.   “This was an important, immediate action for our company as we work toward our commitment of 100% sustainable packaging by 2025.   “As the first and only baking company to partner with TerraCycle, we have already recycled more than five million pounds of waste and look forward to enabling consumers to divert more millions of pounds of plastic from landfills.”   Additionally, collectors can earn points for every pound of packaging waste sent to TerraCycle through the Bimbo Bakeries USA Bag Recycling Program.   Collectors can use it for charitable gifts or converted to cash and donated to non-profit organisations of their choice.   TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky said: “It’s through lasting partnerships like the one we enjoy with Bimbo Bakeries USA that allow us to fulfil our objective and help preserve the environment for future generations.”   Last week, automaker Subaru of America has expanded its existing partnership with TerraCycle to launch a new personal protective equipment (PPE) waste recycling initiative.

Through TerraCycle, consumers can recycle Bimbo Bakeries’ bread, buns, bagels and English muffin bags in the US Bimbo Bakeries, a US-based baking company, has partnered with recycling company TerraCycle to make its packaging recyclable.   The partnership allows Bimbo Bakeries’ consumers to recycle its bread, buns, bagels and English muffin bags in the US through TerraCycle.   Collectors will have the option to earn points for every pound of packaging waste sent to TerraCycle through the Bimbo Bakeries USA Bag Recycling Programme.   The points can be used by collectors for charitable gifts or converted to cash and donated to non-profit organisations of their choice.   Bimbo Bakeries USA president Fred Penny said: “Because plastic bags, like those used in our packaging, are not recyclable today through household recycling streams, most end up in landfills.   “Expanding our partnership with TerraCycle enables consumers across the country to easily recycle our plastic bags from their own homes at no charge.   “As the first and only baking company to partner with TerraCycle, we have already recycled more than 5 million pounds of waste and look forward to enabling consumers to divert more millions of pounds of plastic from landfills.”  

Bimbo Bakeries to use 100% sustainable packaging by 2025  

  The move is part of Bimbo’s commitment to using 100% sustainable packaging by 2025.   TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky said: “At TerraCycle, our mission has always been to eliminate waste, recycle the unrecyclable and use our innovative business solutions to minimize human impact on the planet.    “It’s through lasting partnerships like the one we enjoy with Bimbo Bakeries USA that allow us to fulfil our objective and help preserve the environment for future generations.”   All the packaging submitted by the consumers will be cleaned and melted into hard plastic, which can be remoulded to make new recycled products.   Recently, California-based skincare company Timeless Skin Care has collaborated with TerraCycle to launch a recycling programme in the US.

TRENTON, NJ. — Bimbo Bakeries USA is forging ahead in its efforts to make the packaging of its bread, buns, bagels and English muffins recyclable across the United States as part of a partnership with TerraCycle. Details of the program first surfaced last fall.   “Because plastic bags, like those used in our packaging, are not recyclable today through household recycling streams, most end up in landfills,” said Fred Penny, president of BBU. “Expanding our partnership with TerraCycle enables consumers across the country to easily recycle our plastic bags from their own homes at no charge.   “This was an important, immediate action for our company as we work toward our commitment of 100% sustainable packaging by 2025. As the first and only baking company to partner with TerraCycle, we have already recycled more than 5 million lbs of waste and look forward to enabling consumers to divert more millions of pounds of plastic from landfills.”   BBU said the recycling program is open to any interested individual, school, office, or community organization. Participants may recycle the packaging by following instructions on the TerraCycle program page. All submitted packaging is cleaned and melted into hard plastic that may be remolded to make new recycled products.   “At TerraCycle, our mission has always been to eliminate waste, recycle the unrecyclable and use our innovative business solutions to minimize human impact on the planet,” said Tom Szaky, chief executive officer of TerraCycle. “It’s through lasting partnerships like the one we enjoy with Bimbo Bakeries USA that allow us to fulfill our objective and help preserve the environment for future generations.”   As an added incentive, for every pound of packaging waste sent to TerraCycle through the Bimbo Bakeries USA Bag Recycling Program, collectors earn points that may be used for charitable gifts or converted to cash and donated to non-profit organizations of their choice.   Operating nationally across 21 countries, TerraCycle partners with consumer product companies, retailers and cities to recycle products and packages that would otherwise end up being landfilled or incinerated.

The Breakthrough Digital Event: Redesigning the Future Together Change Leaders of the Brand Community Gathers Online at SB Turkey on September 16 – 17   Sustainable Brands® Global Platform’s Turkey gathering SB Turkey’20 Virtual Event, will take place on September 16 – 17 with the Delivering the Good Life theme in its 3rd year of 'Good Life' initiative.   In the breakthrough digital event, leading speakers and transformation leaders from around the world and Turkey will talk about the increasing role of brands in reshaping the future.   Sustainable Brands global platform inspires a new generation of business leaders who share the latest developments in sustainable business and brands with leaders managing change in the business world at events it organizes around the world every year. Sustainable Brands Global Platform’s Turkey event SB Turkey will gather digitally this year due to the pandemic.   In the 3rd year of the 'Good Life' initiative, following the themes of 'Redefining the Good Life' and 'Redesigning the Good Life', SB Turkey’20 will take place on September 16 - 17 with the theme 'Delivering the Good Life'. The leading speakers from around the world and Turkey’s brand leaders will take the stage in this breakthrough digital event.   Change Leaders on The SB Turkey Stage Among the notable speakers of SB Turkey, where simultaneous sessions will be held at 3 different stage; brand purpose strategy consult Simon Mainwaring, founder and CEO of We First; an internationally recognized visionary, authority and educator on ECO lifestyle Marci Zaroff, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of ECOfashion Corp; an innovative recycling company founder and CEO of TerraCycle Tom Szaky; Global Economy Program Director of New York University, author of the book "The Serendipity Mindset" Christian Busch and many more thought leaders.   Experience the Event where Participants Creating Environmental and Social Benefits SB Turkey created 2 separate models for event participation against the struggle of the whole world during the pandemic to start a cooperation with its attendees for a better future together.   Individuals and organizations will be able to contribute to the future by choosing the area they want to contribute; they can choose to create environmental benefit or social benefit.   Participants who want to create social benefits will be able to contribute to Turkey’s most established educational institution for equality of opportunity in education, while participants who want to neutralize their carbon footprint in combating climate change will be able to contribute to tree planting with the Aegean Forest Foundation.   Good Life Brand Award Ceremony! The results of the "Good Life Research", which focuses on the lifestyle, consumption habits, and values that redefine and shape the good life of the Turkish consumer, will also be announced at the "online" award ceremony to be held on September 17 in SB Turkey.   Digital Expo Area On the second day of the event (September 17), while the SB Ocean Turkey 2020 Side Event will be held, Digital Booth Areas can be visited where brands can share details about their products, services, and the latest news.   HP Graphic Arts is the Principal Sponsor of SB Turkey and P&G and Unilever are the Premier Sponsor. Major Sponsors include L’Oreal, Tencel, Veocel and Yıldız Holding. Other supporters of the event are Signify, Eker, and Kordsa.   For detailed information about the conference, you can visit https://virtualevent.sustainablebrandsturkey.com.

TRENTON, N.J., Aug. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bimbo Bakeries USA, the largest baking company in the United States, has partnered with international recycling leader TerraCycle® to make their bread, buns, bagels and English muffin bags in the United States nationally recyclable. As an added incentive, for every pound of packaging waste sent to TerraCycle through the Bimbo Bakeries USA Bag Recycling Program, collectors earn points that can be used for charitable gifts or converted to cash and donated to non-profit organizations of their choice.   “Because plastic bags, like those used in our packaging, are not recyclable today through household recycling streams, most end up in landfills. Expanding our partnership with TerraCycle enables consumers across the country to easily recycle our plastic bags from their own homes at no charge,” said Fred Penny, President, Bimbo Bakeries USA. “This was an important, immediate action for our company as we work toward our commitment of 100% sustainable packaging by 2025. As the first and only baking company to partner with TerraCycle, we have already recycled more than 5 million pounds of waste and look forward to enabling consumers to divert more millions of pounds of plastic from landfills.”   To recycle your empty bread, buns, bagels and English muffin bags, sign up on the TerraCycle program page https://www.terracycle.com/en-US/brigades/bimbo-bakeries-usa, collect your packaging and mail it in using the free prepaid shipping label. All submitted packaging is cleaned and melted into hard plastic that can be remolded to make new recycled products.   “At TerraCycle, our mission has always been to eliminate waste, recycle the unrecyclable and use our innovative business solutions to minimize human impact on the planet,” said TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky. “It’s through lasting partnerships like the one we enjoy with Bimbo Bakeries USA that allow us to fulfill our objective and help preserve the environment for future generations.”   The Bimbo Bakeries USA Bag Recycling Program is open to any interested individual, school, office, or community organization. For more information on TerraCycle’s recycling programs, visit www.terracycle.com.     About Bimbo Bakeries USA Bimbo Bakeries USA is a leader in the baking industry, known for its category leading brands, innovative products, freshness and quality. Our team of 20,000 U.S. associates operates more than 60 manufacturing locations in the United States. Over 11,000 distribution routes deliver our leading brands such as Arnold®, Artesano®, Ball Park®, Bimbo®, Boboli®, Brownberry®, Entenmann's®, Little Bites®, Marinela®, Mrs Baird’s®, Oroweat®, Sara Lee®, Stroehmann®, and Thomas'®. Bimbo Bakeries USA is part of Mexico’s Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B de C.V., the world's largest baking company with operations in 33 countries.   About TerraCycle TerraCycle is an innovative waste management company with a mission to eliminate the idea of waste. Operating nationally across 21 countries, TerraCycle partners with leading consumer product companies, retailers and cities to recycle products and packages, from dirty diapers to cigarette butts, that would otherwise end up being landfilled or incinerated. In addition, TerraCycle works with leading consumer product companies to integrate hard to recycle waste streams, such as ocean plastic, into their products and packaging. Its new division, Loop, is the first shopping system that gives consumers a way to shop for their favorite brands in durable, reusable packaging. TerraCycle has won over 200 awards for sustainability and has donated over $44 million to schools and charities since its founding more than 15 years ago and was named #10 in Fortune magazine’s list of 52 companies Changing the World. To learn more about TerraCycle or get involved in its recycling programs, please visit www.terracycle.com.  

TRENTON, N.J. - August 27, 2020 (Investorideas.com Newswire) With an estimated 8 million tons of plastic disposed of in oceans every year, plastic waste in the world's waterways has become a truly global problem. According to the Ocean Conservancy, over half of the plastic that ends up in our oceans come from five countries – China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam – a result of rapidly growing economies and consumer demand, which have not yet been met with sustainable waste-management systems.   In recognition of this growing epidemic, international recycling leader TerraCycle created The TerraCycle Global Foundation. With generous financial support from The PepsiCo Foundation, the company's philanthropic arm, the TerraCycle Global Foundation is a dedicated public charity on a mission to dramatically reduce the volume of marine debris and plastic waste found in the world's waterways.   "Tackling plastic waste is vital for both environmental protection and economic development in communities across the world," said Jon Banner, EVP Global Communications and President, The PepsiCo Foundation. "At PepsiCo, we take very seriously our commitment to building a world where plastic need never become waste. We are proud to be the angel investor to create the TerraCycle Global Foundation, helping to catalyze funding others and enable the recovery of tons of plastic waste from our waters."   The TerraCycle Global Foundation's work is actively underway in Thailand, where the TerraCycle Thai Foundation, a locally registered independent non-profit, is collaborating with the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR). The Foundation has installed river plastic capture traps which are designed to increase the amount of debris and marine plastics that are collected from Thai waterways, thereby intercepting it before it reaches and pollutes the ocean. The devices are part of the DMCR's project to integrate action and participation into marine debris management.   Through its relationships with regional waste management companies, as well as TerraCycle Inc.'s larger network of research and development, and logistical and processing partners, the Foundation will sustainably recycle not only the waste collected through its own collection devices and efforts, but also the waste collected by all the other organizations participating in the Thai government's marine debris management program. The end goal is to use recycled waste to create materials that can be incorporated in various applications-from primary packaging for major global brands to applications such as road or construction materials.   "Cleaning the country's rivers and canals is a critically important priority for the Thai government," said Suwan Nanthasarut, Senior Advisor, DMCR. "The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources is pleased to have public-private cooperation from nonprofit organizations like the TerraCycle Thai Foundation to assist in our river cleanup efforts."   With plans to expand to local communities throughout central and Southeast Asia where local waste management systems are overwhelmed, the TerraCycle Global Foundation is working to implement a multi-collaborator, circular system of solutions designed to clean up waterways, increase waste collection and capture more recyclable material. The Foundation will also be educating local communities on how their behaviors impact their environment and ways to prevent and reduce plastic pollution.   "Through the Foundation, we hope to lead international public awareness about the need to address river and ocean plastics" said Tom Szaky, Chairman of the Board, TerraCycle Global Foundation. "By directly collecting, as well as engaging with a wide range of NGOs to collect plastic from waterways, and using our recycling solutions to process it into a high-grade material that manufacturers can integrate it into new products, we want to show there is value in these otherwise discarded plastics."   By capturing marine plastic waste and finding recycling solutions for the collected materials, the Foundation offers a holistic approach to reducing plastic waste to create meaningful, long-lasting change that can be replicated across around the world. To learn more about the TerraCycle Global Foundation please visit, www.terracyclefoundation.org/.