Presidente da TerraCycle comenta sobre o mercado brasileiro e a sustentabilidade.

A TerraCycle conta com a colaboração dos consumidores na sua cadeia produtiva.

Gadget geeks Upcycled snack bag speakers by TerraCycle and Merkury Innovations are made from recycled snack bags that have been melted into plastic. They’re great for an iPod or MP3 player and are universally compatible and battery-free (they run off of your device’s power supply).

I checked out the details on the packet and they have joined with TerraCycle to "upcycle" the refill packs and turn them into shopping bags, umbrellas and more! They even will give 2p per packet you return to a charity of your choice - I have chosen Macmillan Cancer Support, plus you can print off a Freepost label! A Win win situation. When I have returned 3 packets I could order a pencil case or 6 packets for a shopping bag, so helping the environment by using that rather than plastic carrier bags and saving the landfill by recycling. My packet is ready to post off to Terracycle - which incidentally does recycle other products and you can join with others to raise money for schools and groups.

A empresa TerraCycle criou uma linha exclusiva de produtos com esse conceito que vão de acessórios a utilidades para casa.

Danone has introduced a free packaging reclamation program across the UK. The new program, called the ‘Danone Yogurt Brigade’ incentivises the return of used yogurt pots by paying a school or not for profit of choice 2p per empty pot or bottle returned.

Empresa, escolas ou grupos de amigos também podem se agrupar em times de coleta.

Que tal aderir de vez à onda da sustentabilidade e distribuirmos presentes ecologicamente corretos?

Every product has a story to tell. A jacket that has been made from hot air balloons or a luxury handbag made out of old fire hoses - our waste is increasingly being used as raw material to create new products. This process is called upcycling which helps to reduce thousands of tonnes of waste going to landfill. Some organisations such as TerraCycle, are also educating communities on the environmental impact of our consumption and encourages concious buying.

The makers of Activa and Actimel have launched a programme collection yogurt pots with eco-innovator TerraCycle, that not only diverts the not traditionally recycled pots from the landfill, as it donates 2p per pot collected to a school or charity of the collectors choice. The programme launched in October, and the volumes sent in by 'teams' surprised even the most optimists. TerraCycle isn't only collecting the empty pots and bottles, it is also taking in pre-consumer material from the factory, that would otherwise be thrown away, for example the end of a roll of plastic, or misprints that are unsuitable to hit the supermarket shelves. So what does TerraCycle make with this? Firstly, they'll try to upcycle the material into new consumer goods, from the basic plant pot (that many of us to at home anyway) to coolers and lunch boxes, which can be found for sale at a major supermarket later in 2011. Then, the second choice is recycling the pots, when for example they are too damaged to be upcycled. TerraCycle was born in 2001 in New Jersey USA, when Tom Szaky –then a college freshman– discovered that worm castings were a great plant fertilizer. But as most college students, he couldn't afford the packaging for his product, so he began using empty fizzy drink bottles that he could find in bins around campus. This would become his first step towards upcycling, and ultimately the creation of TerraCycle. Just over nine years later, Szaky's ingenious (and rather unusual) idea can now boost of having operations in 11 countries (including the US, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Sweden, UK, Turkey and the Southern Cone), with France and Germany lined up for early 2011; and with partners such as J&J, Danone, Kraft Foods and GSK, it is no wonder that TerraCycle is the leading name in upcycling in the world. Their Danone Yogurt Brigade programme also counts with the support of the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). You can read more about their collection programmes here: www.terracycle.co.uk/brigades