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Från ord till handling!

Staples gör mer än bara pratar dom bjöd oss för att nätverka och få möligheten att kolla på positiva förändringar som förbättrar förutsättningarna för vår planet Innovativa miljövänligare podukter och tjänster samt energibesparande lösningar.

BIC OCH TERRACYCLE LANSERAR DET FÖRSTA PROGRAMMET FÖR INSAMLING OCH ÅTERVINNING AV PENNOR I SVERIGE

Göteborg, 22 mars 2011 – BIC, världsledande varumärke inom kulspetspennor, startar idag ett samarbete med TerraCycle®, ett  ytänkande återvinningsföretag, i syfte att möjliggöra insamling av förbrukade pennor. Skolor och kontor kan nu samla in sina förbrukade pennor som sedan kommer att återvinnas och åter komma till nytta. Programmet sponsras av BIC och omfattar alla pennor, oavsett om de tillverkats av BIC® eller någon annan tillverkare. Pennorna samlas in och kan återvinnas till nya användbara produkter som t.ex. pennhållare, papperskorgar och vattenkannor.

Tang y TerraCycle se unen para reciclar envases de bebidas en polvo

La empresa Tang anunció una nueva alianza con TerraCycle, una compañía encargada de la reutilización de envases usados a nivel global. Esta última recolecta aquellos empaques difíciles de reciclar para transformarlos en productos económicos y amigables para el medio ambiente. Con este acuerdo y siguiendo la consigna de “Gánale a la Basura”, las compañías ponen en marcha el Primer Programa de Reutilización de Envases en Argentina, del que el público podrá participar. El propósito es generar en las futuras generaciones una mayor preocupación por las cuestiones ambientales. Esta nueva alianza promueve la recolección y la reutilización de los envases de bebidas en polvo. De esta manera, los consumidores colaboran en la disposición final de los mismos, minimizado el impacto ambiental y promoviendo la cultura del cuidado del medio ambiente de una manera amigable. El proyecto tiene previsto un programa de donaciones para la organización Espacio Agua, o las organizaciones sin fines de lucro y escuelas elegidas por cada equipo de recolección.

Get paid for your trash!

Many of the items we use on a daily basis produce a large amount of waste.  Much of our trash comes from food and beverage containers.  You eat a bag of chips, and then that bag sits in a landfill for years.  Other common sources of trash include school and office supplies, small electronics, and shipping materials.  However, there are ways to actually make money from items that normally go straight into the trash. Here are five types of items that you can get paid to get rid of in an environmentally friendly way. 1.        Food and beverage containers Within the last few years, a new company known as TerraCycle has found a creative way to reuse candy wrappers, chip bags, beverage containers, and even wine corks.  They take in these types of trash and then turn them into useable products, such as school and office supplies.  The best part is, TerraCycle will pay you for your trash.  By registering your organization (usually a school, scout troop, or non-profit), you can begin to keep track of what you send to the company.  The price is usually $0.02 per piece of trash, but it all adds up to help produce less trash and raise money for local schools or charities. For more information, visit www.terracycle.net

One Man's Trash

Forget recycling. Reusing materials discarded in the manufacturing process is a growing force behind a fresh new industry.      (...) That scale that Looptworks' Hamlin is aiming for is already happening on the post-consumer end of the upcycling market. If Etsy is considered the epicenter of do-it-yourself upcycling, then New Jersey-based TerraCycle takes on that same function in mass upcycling. The company turns actual garbage into hundreds of products, like Oreo wrapper backpacks and bicycle chain picture frames. With a large-scale collection infrastructure developed over the past 10 years, TerraCycle nabs about 1 billion pieces of garbage every quarter that ultimately end up on the shelves of big-box retailers like Target and The Home Depot. Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle, started the operation <http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/219310#>  as a humble provider of worm poop while he was a Princeton University freshman. But over the years the company's increasing fortunes have mirrored the burgeoning opportunities in the green market. In 2009, sales revenue hit $7.5 million; in 2010, it jumped to $20 million. Since January, Szaky has added operations in nine more countries, bringing the total to 20. There's also serious behind-the-scenes innovation happening. Terra-Cycle employs "polymer scientists" who are immersed in figuring out ways to manipulate paper, organics and plastics into materials like a new plastic lumber and textile made from Capri Sun drink pouches. Meanwhile, teams of designers are figuring out how to make jackets from Doritos bags and luggage from energy bar wrappers. "The market is ripe for more innovation," Szaky says. "[Valued] at $12.5 million, TerraCycle is, without any debate, the biggest upcycler in the world. But compared to other industries, that's small--and that means there's way more opportunity."