We’ve talked before about how eco friendly wine corks are, but one of the reasons they’re so good for the environment is because they’re recyclable (unlike plastic caps or corks). There are also a ton of places to send corks for recycling, so save them up when you drink and when you’re box is full (which for us is weekly) you can connect up with ReCORK America, Yemm & Hart, Korks 4 Kids or TerraCycle.

In the days leading up to Halloween, American consumers spend nearly $2 billion on candy. By the time the sugar-high wears off, millions of candy wrappers have been needlessly discarded and end up in landfills.  That’s why TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/>  has partnered with Mars/Wrigley and Cadbury to create a second life for those used candy wrappers. This holiday season, conscious consumers are invited to join the Candy Wrapper Brigade by saving the wrapper every time they enjoy a Mars/Wrigley or Cadbury candy product. Collected wrappers are then sent in to the company where they’ll be upcycled into purses, backpacks, coolers, and other innovative products.

In the days leading up to Halloween, American consumers spend nearly $2 billion on candy. By the time the sugar-high wears off, millions of candy wrappers have been needlessly discarded and end up in landfills.  That’s why TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/>  has partnered with Mars/Wrigley and Cadbury to create a second life for those used candy wrappers. This holiday season, conscious consumers are invited to join the Candy Wrapper Brigade by saving the wrapper every time they enjoy a Mars/Wrigley or Cadbury candy product. Collected wrappers are then sent in to the company where they’ll be upcycled into purses, backpacks, coolers, and other innovative products.

Kids and faculty over at Old Pueblo Children's Academy have taken to recycling all of their used-up Capri Sun pouches through a company called TerraCycle. As of Oct. 21, the students have helped to keep 8,221 pouches out of landfills, and raised $164 for their school.  Nationwide, 50 million drink pouches have been recycled so far. That's the weight of 20 school buses, and the length of 480 football fields.

A coordenadora Regina comemorou a notícia e afirma que o resultado é um incentivo a mais para continuarem desenvolvendo projetos como este.

A parceria com a TerraCycle, empresa pioneira em upcycling – a transformação de resíduos em produtos utilizáveis – foi a solução encontrada pela marca Choco Lovers para atender aos cuidados ambientais do pós-consumo.

Phoenix Public Library and the city of Phoenix Public Works Department kick off Recycle Write on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. Visit any one of 16 library locations or nine OfficeMax retail stores in Phoenix to deposit used pens, pencils and markers of all types in designated collection containers. The collected writing instruments will be shipped to TerraCycle, a company specializing in making consumer products from post-consumer materials. Proceeds from the program benefit the Friends of the Phoenix Public Library. Founded in 1977, the Friends support library programs such as the children’s summer reading game, GED classes and other services.

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Then there was keynoter Tom Szaky, founder of TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/> , whose out-of-the-bottle thinking created a new business and a way to recycle a multitude of products previously designated for the waste stream. After devising an ingenious method for farming worm poop (yes, I said worm poop) and converting it to fertilizer, TerraCycle then came up with the idea of recycling old Coke and Pepsi bottles--as is, without breaking them down first--to distribute the product, turning two types of garbage into a resaleable and useful product simultaneously and cheaply. (The only first-run part of the product is the label.)

Walmart and TerraCycle are sponsoring the Trash to Cash Collection Contest, a program that will reward the top-collecting New Jersey public schools with $125,000 in grants. The contest is open to any public school in the state. The schools that collect the most used packaging and products through TerraCycle's free Brigade programs will receive grants ranging from $5,000 to $50,000. The contest runs through Dec. 15, and the winners will be announced in early January.