Curses! How do I get rid of … ?
Jack-o’-lanterns: Compost them in a heap or in a bin. Need a bin? RIRRC sells Earth Machines on Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 4 for $40.
Candy wrappers: These aren’t accepted in your blue bin, however you can join or start a local “brigade” of collectors for many hard-to-recycle items, including candy wrappers, and earn cash for your school or nonprofit by signing up at
www.terracycle.net. If this is not an option, please place them in the trash.
Com menos de um ano de operação em solo brasileiro, a americana TerraCycle, especializada na criação de produtos verdes a partir de resíduos de difícil destinação, planeja sua expansão.
A Terracycle tem como objetivo, através das parcerias, coletar embalagens, fabricar produtos com elas, como bolsas, estojos e mochilas e vendê-las ao varejo.
1. Recycled Capri Sun bag by Terracycle. Terracycle is an amazing company that takes trash and makes things out of it. They have 186 different products, all made from trash. And they also have a program where you can send trash to them and they will donate a couple of cents per piece to a charity. So far they have donated over $1.3 million dollars and have taken almost 2 billion pieces of trash from landfills. Talk about a company that's making a difference in a trashy way!
O projeto deu certo e só em 2010 a empresa já recolheu 2 bilhões de embalagens nos oito países de atuação. No Brasil foram 3 milhões.
Com excelentes palestrantes, como Tom Szaky, CEO da empresa Terra Cycle e um dos maiores exemplos de empreendedores verdes da atualidade.
A unidade de Chocolates da Nestlé anunciou parceria com a TerraCycle, especializada na coleta e reuso de resíduos pós-consumo difíceis de reciclar.
Kapslarna (T DISC) till Tassimo har ett material som är bra för miljön. Dessa kapslar återanvänds till bokomslag, pennfodral mm och det via TerraCycle istället för att förpackningarna hamnar på soptippen eller förbränns. Dessutom skänker Tassimo 10 öre till Rain Forest Alliance för varje inskickad kapsel.
Eco-firm TerraCycle has launched a scheme to recycle used school writing instruments. It will pay schools 2p for every pen, pencil or marker collected. To sign up for the scheme, go to www.terracycle.co.uk
I was also given the opportunity to review a few of their products, the Capri Sun
Rectangular Lunch Box <
http://www.terracycle.net/products/195-Capri-Sun-Rectangular-Lunch-Box> and Drink Pouch Pencil Case <
http://www.terracycle.net/products/17-Drink-Pouch-Pencil-Case-Medium-> .
Cute, cute!! My kids aren't old enough to take them to school yet, but they would make great school supplies for kids! I might even use it for my lunch!!
