为了确保这种新盒子的所有制作材料都可以回收利用，“The Naked Grape”公司已经与TerraCycle公司达成合作。一旦消费者把盒子里的葡萄酒喝完，他们就可以把空盒子免费寄到TerraCycle公司，TerraCycle之后就会把这些盒子进行回收利用或者升级再造，最终用于建造公园长椅、自行车架、回收箱等。 Tom Szaky，TerraCycle公司的CEO，说“美国人回收利用了自己制造出来的34%废弃物。我们希望能有更多公司像The Naked Grape那样，通过使用可回收利用的包装，来帮助提高废弃物的回收利用率。”

If branding is all about telling a story, generic post-consumer recycled content may be lacking in that department. Sourced from recycled material suppliers selling resins aggregated from one or many municipal recycling facilities, generic recycled materials (that is “rPET” or “rHDPE”) contain plastic from many different types of products and packaging, come from any number of places and have no traceability back to the original product or where the material was generated or collected. Identifying the key values that drive significance with customers and consumers is a huge factor in crafting a narrative. Many companies branding for sustainability have publicly stated goals and have made commitments to increase the amount of post-consumer recycled (PCR) resins in their product packaging. This is because one of the most important factors consumers cite in their selection of eco-friendly products is the use of recycled content.

3 Methods for Creating Ingenious Products From Recycled Plastic Plastic waste is a global catastrophe. The most recent data estimates that up to 12 million metric tons of plastic enter our oceans every year. And only about 10 percent of plastic worldwide is recycled through conventional channels. While it’s important to begin using less plastic, we still need to find ways to deal with our existing waste. The three companies below have created ground-breaking methods for turning plastic into products.

What to do with the copious amounts of bathroom products we consume? Do you recycle your empty products such as shampoo and conditioner bottles, aerosol cans, glass perfume bottles, toilet rolls and cosmetic packaging? All of these can be recycled in your home recycling bin with the exception of cosmetic packaging, which can be done through a new program developed by Terracycle and L’Oreal Australia.

With a new school term starting up next week, GLAD has joined with global recycling and upcycling pioneer TerraCycle to show teachers, parents and kids how they can achieve a zero-waste lunchbox. A typical school lunchbox is traditionally packed with food and other items that kids might choose to throw away, such as uneaten sandwiches, unwanted fruit and vegetables, and used plastic food storage products. New Zealanders throw away over 122,000 tonnes of food per year, with bread, fruit and vegetables the foods that are thrown out most. But it’s possible to teach kids and parents that a litter-less lunch is entirely feasible if they take a few easy tips on board. Parents can minimise food wastage by cutting up fruit and vegetables so children won’t be tempted to throw them away after a bite or two. If the kids come home with an uneaten sandwich, the bread can be given a new life by being made into croutons, or even ground into breadcrumbs to be used as plant fertiliser or birdfeed. Parents can also get kids excited about what they’re eating by involving them in the making of their own lunch. Trying new lunchbox recipes that are fun and easy for kids to make is also a great way of getting the kids involved in cooking. Keeping food stored in individual GLAD food wrap or containers will also ensure food stays fresher for longer. While used plastic food storage products might have been thrown away in the past, it’s now possible to recycle them through the GLAD Food Storage Brigade. The innovative programme provides nationwide access so all New Zealand schools can recycle and divert these products from landfill using an easy ‘collect, store and ship’ method. Participants are encouraged to simply start collecting their GLAD food storage products in any used cardboard box or re-usable bin, claim their free shipping label from the TerraCycle website, then ship their used items locally via New Zealand Post. Those GLAD products will be pelletised and then recycled into sustainable items such as park benches. If parents are on the hunt for extra ways to teach their children about waste and to further minimise the amount of waste that gets sent to landfill, TerraCycle and GLAD have put together some fun DIY projects, such as a mini tote or a tic-tac-toe set made out of used GLAD products. “GLAD is focused on reducing waste and wants to show kids, teachers and parents that it is possible to enjoy a litter-less lunch by just being a little more conscious,” said Rachel Faulkner, GLAD New Zealand. “By preparing and storing food correctly and then recycling your GLAD food storage products, you can easily reduce your footprint on the environment at lunchtime.” Anyone collecting for the GLAD Food Storage Brigade can also earn $1.58 per 2kg of GLAD food storage products sent in to TerraCycle, which can then be redeemed to go towards the school or charity of their choice. TerraCycle is the world leader in developing solutions for recycling ‘un-recyclable’ items and has kept more than four billion pieces of waste from landfills around the world. TerraCycle New Zealand is also tackling other difficult to recycle waste streams with popular programmes for oral care waste, coffee capsules and yoghurt pouches. Visit www.terracycle.co.nz to download a GLAD ‘My litter-less lunch kit’ and sign up to the recycling programme.  

Collection boxes 9Rv have set up REUSE collection boxes and each class member is responsible for managing a collection. Please save the following items and deliver to the REUSE station in the covered area where the vending machine used to reside: ... Please support these initiatives. In doing so, as a community we can significantly reduce waste to landfill. Each product collected as part of the Terracycle program earns Rangi Ruru 2 cents. This quickly adds up and we can earn money from waste to support our nominated charity Cool Earth. Cool Earth is proven to be an effective charity making a difference in protecting/supporting rain forests and their communities. We also have the opportunity of winning $1000 through the Colgate Oral Care competition by collecting tooth brushes, tooth paste, floss containers and all associated packaging (any brands)

Ms Morris moved to Indonesia from Sydney, where she was pursuing her passion to rid the world of toxic waste. She was an intern at the waste recycle organisation TerraCycle and completed Honours in Environmental Management Research at the University of NSW.

Who knew bringing your old toothbrush, floss or toothpaste tubes into school could help to save the planet? That’s the lesson being learnt at Garran Primary School since the school has partnered with upcycling pioneers TerraCycle to recycle the traditionally un-recyclable products. TerraCycle, headquartered in the USA, works with corporations to fund recycling solutions that would be considered cost prohibitive by council and municipal programs. By collecting used oral care items and sending them to TerraCycle, collectors can also raise $0.02 per unit received over 1kg which can then be donated to their chosen school, charity or not-for-profit. Since its launch in Australia the oral care recycling program has kept 112,549 items from going to landfill and raised $1993.