Jim Ayala ’84 and Tom Szaky ’05 were among 24 named Social Entrepreneurs of the Year for 2013 by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship on Feb. 15. Through this award, Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle Inc., and Ayala, a University trustee and CEO of Hybrid Social Solutions Inc., will be joining the Schwab Foundation community of social entrepreneurs, which includes 234 social entrepreneurs from 59 countries.
En los ceniceros situados en las puertas de bares y oficinas se acumulan gran cantidad de colillas y de ceniza. Habitualmente, estos residuos acaban en vertederos convencionales, o bien son incinerados, con la correspondiente liberación de CO2 a la atmósfera. Sin embargo, los restos de los cigarrillos se pueden reciclar y obtener así numerosos beneficios medioambientales.
Pocono Medical Center's Environmental Awareness Council set up red bins to collect shoes through the TerraCycle Shoe Brigade in December. The goal was to recycle old shoes through TerraCycle to help raise money for the Dale and Frances Hughes Cancer Center. It keeps shoes out of landfills and reuses new or gently worn shoes by donating them to the needy in the community. To date, the efforts of the council have resulted in more than $300 being donated to the cancer center.
Hace algunos meses, publiqué un
post sobre la iniciativa de la Schwab Foundation que buscaba seleccionar y premiar a los mejores emprendedores sociales del año.
Y ya se han anunciado los veinticuatro emprendedores sociales, de quince países (tres Europeos) que han sido distinguidos como los Emprendedores Sociales del año 2013.
Recycling pioneer TerraCycle, Inc. is the newest partner of online fundraising program GoEco! The Ultimate Eco-Fundraiser. Schools and other non-profit organizations, including TerraCycle Brigade members, can earn 15% from the online sale of hundreds of eco-friendly, upcycled TerraCycle products just by signing up for GoEco!
Wist u dat er op het Ostrea Lyceum oude schrijfwaren ingeleverd kunnen worden? En dat dit nog geld oplevert ook?
BIC® recyclet in samenwerking met TerraCycle®, allerlei schijfwaren en maakt er weer nieuwe producten van. Dat is nog niet alles, want er wordt voor ieder ingezamelde pen nog geld geschonken ook! Een klein bedrag weliswaar (€ 0,02 per pen), maar op het Ostrea Lyceum hebben wij nog al wat schrijfwarenafval, dus dit kan gedurende het jaar een mooi bedrag worden. De opbrengst komt ten goede aan de Jaaractie.
It’s hard to believe that New York City, with residents that produce over 12,000 pounds of waste per day, does not have trash incinerators or landfills. But it’s true. The city that never sleeps, has to ship its waste to other states for disposal. New Yorkers are only
recycling 17% of their trash and as a result, everything else is either sitting in the street, getting shipped off for incineration or headed for the eternal plunk into a landfill. In a city like this, how do I teach my family to keep up the good green fight? I show them innovators.
