Last week, the Senate passed the Jobs Act, which contains equity crowd-funding legislation, an idea, as I wrote in a previous post, whose time I believe has come. Having led TerraCycle through its early days and subsequent rounds of funding, I believe that crowd-funding holds real promise for early-stage social entrepreneurs.

¿Qué hacemos con los bolígrafos que ya no usamos? ¿En qué contenedor los tiramos?

Los bolígrafos y rotuladores no se pueden reciclar porque están fabricados con materiales muy diversos. Deben ir al contenedor de basura orgánica. Pero ahora, TerraCycle y BIC han lanzado un programa pionero en España de recogida y reciclaje de instrumentos de escritura, que está dirigido a colegios, universidades y empresas. Cualquier bolígrafo, pluma, rotulador, corrector, marcador fluorescente, etc... sin importar la marca o el material, puede ser reciclado. ver más> http://www.actividades-mcp.es/gestionresiduos/2012/03/reciclar-boligrafos-y-ademas-obtener-dinero-para-donar-a-una-asociacion/

On Easter morning children will wake to find that the Easter Bunny has filled their Easter baskets with lots of sweet treats. TerraCycle is offering consumers an environmentally-conscious alternative to filling trashcans with all of those candy wrappers. In addition, their fun DIY projects include instructions to get the whole family involved in having an Eco-Easter.

A Fusion Fitness, it's all about strengthening your heart, muscle and mind. But the workout studio at 12th and Sansom might want to add refueling the environment to the list. "Caring for your body, caring for your environment, I feel like are very much on the same wavelength," said Gavin Mckay, owner of Fusion Fitness.

Grundschüler basteln Sammelboxen HASSBERGEN. 300 Euro für ein Umweltprojekt an ihrer Schule haben die Kinder der Grundschule Hassbergen durch ihre Teilnahme an einem Bastelwettbewerb für Stifte-Recyclingboxen bekommen. Seit April 2011 nimmt die Grundschule am Recyclingprojekt des Unternehmens „TerraCycle“ teil, das ihnen für jeden eingesendeten leeren Stift zwei Cent als Spendenbeitrag für eine gemeinnützige Organisation ihrer Wahl gutschreibt.

Part of the problem with landfill waste is that it takes up so much space. Waste solutions such as biodegradable plastic and incineration that are seemingly safe for the environment and make our “trash” disappear appear to be a great option. An item made of biodegradable plastic, or PLA (polylactic acid) is appealing because you can throw it away and it will (supposedly) disintegrate and disappear back to where it came from. Incineration whisks away our trash with a puff of smoke.