Ozark Trail coolers, a line at Walmart stores, have a plastic liner made entirely from snack packaging that has been recycled by a company called TerraCycle. The coolers range in size from 6-can to 42-can (on wheels) and range in price from $5.88 to $29.88. Anyone can send in their used wrappers to the company for free and for every piece of packaging that TerraCycle receives, participants are awarded with two points, which can be put toward buying a specific charity gift, or converted to money and donated to a charity of the participant's choice.

San Leandro, CA — The North Face®, a premier supplier of outdoor apparel, equipment and footwear, has partnered with upcycling and recycling pioneer TerraCycle® to keep plastic polybags — used to protect apparel through distribution and transit — out of landfills. The North Face Polybag Brigade® will divert 100% of the polybag packaging waste at the 20 The North Face retail stores in the United States where #4 plastic bags are not readily recyclable. “Eliminating waste at all stages of the product lifecycle is a key component of The North Face comprehensive sustainability program,” says Adam Mott, corporate sustainability manager for The North Face.

The North Face has partnered with upcycling and recycling pioneer TerraCycle to keep plastic polybags, which are used to protect apparel through distribution and transit, out of landfills. The North Face said its Polybag Brigade will divert 100% of the polybag packaging waste at twenty The North Face retail stores in the United States where #4 plastic bags are not readily recyclable. "Eliminating waste at all stages of the product lifecycle is a key component of The North Face comprehensive sustainability program," said Adam Mott, The North Face Corporate Sustainability Manager. "This partnership with TerraCycle is helpful in diverting this packaging waste stream from landfills." Through The North Face Polybag Brigade, The North Face and TerraCycle are actively pursuing a solution to a common packaging waste problem in the apparel industry. TerraCycle will repurpose the bags into various products such as plastic lumber, bike racks, pavers, kitchen utensils and plastic tote bags for re-use.

Those Capri Sun juice pouches your kids have been sucking down all summer long are the makings of a lunchbox. TerraCycle recycles- or upcycles, as it's come to be known- traditionally nonrecyclable waste (drink pouches, chip bags, toothbrushes and more) into a variety of consumer products.

Those Capri Sun juice pouches your kids have been sucking down all summer long are the makings of a lunchbox. TerraCycle recycles – or upcycles, as it's come to be known – traditionally nonrecyclable waste (drink pouches, chip bags, toothbrushes and more) into a variety of consumer products. Children and youths can also start a TerraCycle Brigade to collect trash, send it in, and earn cash for their school. For every piece of packaging the company receives, the brigade will get two points, which can be used toward a charity gift or converted to money and used for a charity or the school ( www.terracycle.net ). Win-win, right?

Hey, New Orleans: instead of filling up your trash can with empty food wrappers and plastic Hurricane cups after guests leave, you can reuse the packaging yourself or send the detritus to TerraCycle. In so doing, earn some summer cash for your favorite charity and also keep trash out of landfills. A win-win. TerraCycle, a recycling and so-called upcycling company -- meaning they not only help melt old cans but also turn formerly useless products into useable stuff -- partners with brands such as Frito-Lay and Nabisco to reduce the amount of waste being tossed out. The company's goal is to eliminate "the idea of waste" by creating collection and solution systems for anything that ends up in a landfill. According to TerraCycle intern David Smith, the company has inspired New Orleans school kids to go truly green: "TerraCycle, in partnership with brands such as Lunchables and Kraft, will be working to keep waste out of the lunch room. As school is revving up and lesson plans are being laid out, TerraCycle will be working with schools in New Orleans and elsewhere to set up brigade programs and collect all the waste possible, while at the same time giving financial rewards for the hard work of these kids. In turn, they are learning about how their efforts impact the environment." Continue reading on Examiner.com Turn old Hurricane cups and Frito bags into upcycled products - New Orleans Green Living | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/green-living-in-new-orleans/turn-old-hurricane-cups-and-frito-bags-into-upcycled-products#ixzz1TyRql9PY