What can be TerraCycled in this category? Answer: any brand and size of polystyrene #6 cups What CANNOT be TerraCycled in this category? Answer: foam cups, any # cup other can #6 What does this waste get used for? Our cups are made into recycled plastic products that can themselves be recycled into more useful items! ps: Did you notice the new TerraCycle Tuesday logo on the right column of this page? Click on it to see all TerraCycle Tuesday posts!

Celebrate the Pink, Yellow, and “Green” Hues of Easter TerraCycle®Provides Easter DIY Project and Free Collection Program for Candy Wrappers Spring is in the air, and the Easter bunny is just a hop, skip and a jump away. This year, make sure to fill your Easter baskets, but not your garbage cans, with sweet treats. TerraCycle offers an environmentally-conscious alternative for all those leftover candy wrappers as well as fun DIY projects to get the whole family excited about an Eco-Easter. With the help of partners MOM Brands™and M&Ms, TerraCycle hopes to make this springtime holiday greener than the newly-grown grass.

There are so many vibrant organizations, people, and innovations that could be named the Elite Eight of Sustainability. When Bag The Box asked for my picks of the Elite Eight, I knew I was going to have a difficult time. I’ll admit my final list is missing some great picks, but here are my final choices for the Elite Eight of Sustainability. Runa Tea (organization): Runa was born from the traditions of the Kichwa people of the Amazon – sharing conversation and music over the tea. A group of students imagined that they could make a sustainable business that would both bring this idea around the world and support the Kichwa. Today, Runa has planted more than 150,000 new trees, conserved rainforest, and brought stability and higher income to struggling locals. Ocean “gyre” plastic (eco-innovation): The gyre plastic from the middle of the Pacific is just sitting there. Time to start putting it to use: Method soaps is starting to use gyre plastic for all their packaging instead of making new. Not only does this lessen the carbon footprint of their production, it helps lessen our previous impact.

Back in August, I featured TerraCycle on The Campsite in Your Trash Can Be Someone’s Treasure. This is a company that recycles your trash, including garbage from trail food you bring along on your outdoor excursions, into handy products, from bags to office supplies. TerraCycle sent a bag made out of LUNA Bar wrappers for me to try, and so this past winter I put it to the test. I felt pretty proud carrying around my recycled bag (in this mountain town those wrappers are pretty recognizable, too). I often got asked where I got the bag and also received comments on how smart it was. I tried to carry different types of items in it, from groceries to books I was lugging around for research. I really loved the LUNA bag until the wrappers began to lift from the nylon ‘frame’ that give the bag its shape. I had only been using it for about 2 weeks.

Despite having once famously complained that recycling is bullshit—nothing more than a sham to shift responsibility from producer to consumer—Lloyd was nevertheless impressed by Terracycle's sponsored waste upcycling programs which encourage companies to take responsibility for the waste stream created by their products. We've following Terracycle pretty closely ever since, even inviting founder Tom Szaky to guest post from time-to-time on his unique take on recycling and waste. But usually the best way to understand a new concept is simply to see it in action. And this latest video (complete with German subtitles) from Terracycle is about as accessible an introduction as I can think of, explaining how Terracycle's partnership with juice maker Capri-Sonne diverts traditionally non-recyclable foil and plastic juice cartons from landfill and turns them into valuable consumer products. From the relatively low energy footprint of creating fabrics out of existing materials, through the waste minimization, to the reconnection between producer and the waste they generate, there is plenty for your average TreeHugger to like here. But it's worth noting that the benefits go way beyond green—just think of all the schools and community organization earning much needed revenue; or the number of jobs being created in such a labor-intensive and resource efficient business model. Once again, we are reminded that the "green economy as elitism" meme is nothing but hot air coming from the old guard. This is what the new economy will look like. And I like it.

The Terra Stone Plant Caddy and the Eco-Terra Watering Can will be on store shelves this spring. These are all great additions to the host of tools used by gardeners who want to do their part for the environment. Who could imagine that a granola bag could be turned into a watering can? Or, a drink pouch into a plant caddy? TerraCycle, the pioneering upcycling and recycling company, has three new products available for the eco-conscious gardener.

Environmental Platform Her platform theme for pageants has always focused on the environment, and Bojorquez said she loves the voice winning gives her for preserving nature and similar causes. Before competing for the title of World Miss Universe, Bojorquez won a number of other titles, including Miss Teen Earth 2010. Resulting from her title as Miss Teen Earth 2010, she had the chance to travel the country and spread the purpose of Terracycle, a recycling company she supports. One of her favorite opportunities is speaking at elementary schools and sharing the simplicity of recycling. “When I’m talking to the kids, I usually get them to do something hands on so that they can go home and do it there,” she said. “I’m really into doing things with Capri Sun bags for example. So when they go home, instead of throwing away the Capri Sun bag, they say, ‘Mom, I want to make something!’”

A ação conta com o apoio da TerraCycle, empresa que desenvolve artigos ecologicamente corretos a partir de materiais reciclados. Cumprindo a primeira etapa da Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos, a Coppertone oferece aos seus consumidores uma opção de descarte correta para as embalagens de seus produtos.

Die Landbell AG, eines der neun Rücknahmesysteme in Deutschland zur Sammlung und Verwertung von Verpackungen, beteiligt sich an dem US-amerikanischen Unternehmen TerraCycl.e Das weltweit in 21 Ländern agierende Unternehmen hat sich auf das Sammeln, Recyceln und Wiederverwerten schwer zu recycelnder Abfälle, Konsumgüter und Verkaufsverpackungen spezialisiert. Seit dem Jahr 2011 ist es auf dem deutschen und schweizerischen Markt vertreten und wird ab 2012 auch in Österreich aktiv sein. Aktuell arbeitet TerraCycle bereits mit BIC, dem internationalen Hersteller von Bürobedarf, in Deutschland und der Schweiz bei der Sammlung gebrauchter Schreibwaren zusammen. Auf dem deutschen Markt will TerraCycle zudem mit Capri-Sonne zusammenarbeiten. Das Sammelprogramm für Trinkpacks soll in den nächsten Wochen anlaufen.