“Sustentabilidade para nós é acreditar que tudo funciona em equilíbrio. É possível gerar renda mesmo com negócios sustentáveis, utilizando da melhor maneira possível os recursos naturais disponíveis." Guilherme Brammer
Why not go for something different and give your child a green gift for Christmas instead? Our top 10 green gifts for kids are eco-friendly and good for the planet; they come in minimal packaging and are made from recycled materials and products. They are also great fun for kids and their friends, encourage imagination, and best of all, each one is under $20!
1) Skittles Boombox1) Skittles, Peanut M&M or Starburst Gummie Boomboxes $18.99
Looking for the perfect gift to light up your child’s face this Christmas morning? Look no further! TerraCycle has joined forces with Merkury Innovations to create these fun “upcycled” boombox eco-speakers. Upcycling takes unused rolls of wrapping material that would otherwise go to waste, and turns it into a variety of useful, eco-friendly products. These boombox speakers are universally compatible with all MP3 players and are battery-free, plus the kids absolutely love them! Choose from Skittles, Starburst Gummies or Peanut M&M versions.
Para Guilherme, o governo também deve participar desse momento, incentivando as práticas sustentáveis e esse novo modelo de mercado.
Presidente da TerraCycle comenta sobre o mercado brasileiro e a sustentabilidade.
A TerraCycle conta com a colaboração dos consumidores na sua cadeia produtiva.
The makers of Activa and Actimel have launched a programme collection yogurt pots with eco-innovator TerraCycle, that not only diverts the not traditionally recycled pots from the landfill, as it donates 2p per pot collected to a school or charity of the collectors choice.
The programme launched in October, and the volumes sent in by 'teams' surprised even the most optimists.
TerraCycle isn't only collecting the empty pots and bottles, it is also taking in pre-consumer material from the factory, that would otherwise be thrown away, for example the end of a roll of plastic, or misprints that are unsuitable to hit the supermarket shelves.
So what does TerraCycle make with this? Firstly, they'll try to upcycle the material into new consumer goods, from the basic plant pot (that many of us to at home anyway) to coolers and lunch boxes, which can be found for sale at a major supermarket later in 2011. Then, the second choice is recycling the pots, when for example they are too damaged to be upcycled.
TerraCycle was born in 2001 in New Jersey USA, when Tom Szaky –then a college freshman– discovered that worm castings were a great plant fertilizer. But as most college students, he couldn't afford the packaging for his product, so he began using empty fizzy drink bottles that he could find in bins around campus. This would become his first step towards upcycling, and ultimately the creation of TerraCycle.
Just over nine years later, Szaky's ingenious (and rather unusual) idea can now boost of having operations in 11 countries (including the US, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Sweden, UK, Turkey and the Southern Cone), with France and Germany lined up for early 2011; and with partners such as J&J, Danone, Kraft Foods and GSK, it is no wonder that TerraCycle is the leading name in upcycling in the world. Their Danone Yogurt Brigade programme also counts with the support of the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP).
You can read more about their collection programmes here: www.terracycle.co.uk/brigades
Com essas embalagens, a TerraCycle produz bolas, mochilas, estojos, cadernos e outros produtos, evitando que mais lixo seja produzido.
NEW BEDFORD – Going green pays off. Literally.
That's what students and staff at the Carlos Pacheco Elementary School have discovered since they got involved in a recycle project with Capri Sun and the TerraCycle company.
The Pacheco School is part of the Capri Sun Drink Pouch Brigade, a free program that pays schools and non-profits to collect non-recyclable waste that would otherwise go to a landfill.
