Go green with this unique, eco-friendly gift! TerraCycle products are made almost entirely from previously non-recyclable waste items. These foldable cardboard speakers are made from recycled M&M’s candy wrappers or snack bags melted into non-branded plastic. They are universally compatible and run on your device power supply.

All items that TerraCycle accepts to upcycle into new products will now be collected at five Walmart stores on the East Coast, the first retail outlets to test the new collection system, according to Green Biz. All told, the new collection system will accept 28 types of trash that can’t be recycled and would otherwise go to landfills, which TerraCycle turns into new products such as tote bags, plant pots, backpacks, pencil cases and portable speakers.

I was sent a TerraCycle lunch box and pencil case and they are too cute!  I think it's great that something practical and stylish can be made out of CapriSun juice pouches and help the environment as well. I'm giving them to my girls to take to school where everyone can see what cool stuff can be made out of recyclables! Just a reminder that the TerraCycle giveaway ends tomorrow, 10/8 at noon!  Enter here!

Apologies for not being able to post for a while, here's an update regarding the TerraCycle recycling program. Aside from the CapriSun/Drink Pouch Brigade, our team added new brigades to the program. We have added the following: Chip Bag Brigade, Writing Instruments Brigade, and Elmers Glue Clue Brigade.

A million dollars can go a long way in cash-strapped schools and nonprofits.  And, when all that's required is to save items from landfills, it almost sounds too good to be true.  True it is.  Schools and nonprofits across the country have now earned $1 million through the TerraCycle Drink Pouch Brigade program.

October 6, 2010—Five Walmart stores on the East Coast will be the first to test a new collection system for 28 types of trash that TerraCycle turns into new products. Brigades previously had to mail in trash they collect. The collection system at the five Walmarts, which went into operation October 1, allows anyone to drop off any waste TerraCycle accepts in converted 20-foot trailers at Walmart stores in Secaucus, Vineland, Deptford East and Lanoka Harbor, all in New Jersey, and Tullytown, Pennsylvania

Ziploc Brand products and TerraCycle want to celebrate moms around the country  who are taking steps to make a difference for the environment and their  communities. Tell us how the mom you are nominating engages in  activities designed to help protect the environment and they could be  the next "Make a Difference" Mom!

Tom Szaky has built an entire business around the notion  anything can be recycled. "There is no such thing as garbage," said  the 28-year-old Canadian founder and president of TerraCycle Inc.  "The only difference between a soda bottle and a yogourt cup is that  one has a collection and solution system on it already -- the soda  bottle has our Blue Box program -- while the yogourt cup doesn't."

Tom Szaky has built an entire business around the notion  anything can be recycled. "There is no such thing as garbage," said  the 28-year-old Canadian founder and president of TerraCycle Inc.  "The only difference between a soda bottle and a yogourt cup is that  one has a collection and solution system on it already -- the soda  bottle has our Blue Box program -- while the yogourt cup doesn't."

The 15 students of the high school's environmental club, SAVE, or Students Against Violation of the Earth, are participating in a recycling campaign sponsored by TerraCycle, a Trenton-based company that "upcycles" trash and turns it into reusable items that are sold at stores like Target, Walmart and Home Depot. The students are encouraging the whole district and even residents to participate in the campaign which started Friday and runs through Dec. 15. SAVE adviser Donna Pancari said the competition is open to all public schools in New Jersey and could net the district a hefty prize. A total of $125,000 will be awarded to the six schools that collect the most garbage with the first-place prize being $50,000. Winners will be announced in January.