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."

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."

In their latest move to increase their upcycling of materials that normally end up in landfills, TerraCycle has partnered with five East Coast Walmart stores to test a new collection system for 28 types of trash that TerraCycle will then turn into new products. The New Jersey-based company collects waste through their Brigades programs, which not only keep waste out of landfills but bring financial benefits to schools and organizations as well. This new collection system, which began October 1st, will allow anyone to drop off any waste that 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.

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."

Teen Kids News featured the TerraCycle Brigades.  T/KN airs on more than 200 TV stations, including 53 Fox, 47 ABC, 27 NBC, 29 CBS, 20 MNT, 6 CW affiliates and on 26 IND Stations.

GREENVILLE — The 25 students in Rochelle Eggebrecht’s fourth-grade classroom at Greenville Elementary School are learning how to turn trash into treasure. And they’re asking their peers and the community to join in the effort. The students have organized Project Upcycle, a district- and community-wide project that collects plastic waste such as drink pouches and Ziploc bags and sends it to TerraCycle, a company based in New Jersey. TerraCycle uses the plastics to create useful, eco-friendly products like tote bags, purses, kites, fencing, coolers, school pencil cases and binders.

Congratulations to TerraCycle Drink Pouch Brigrade Program  <http://www.terracycle.net/> - they have save 50 million pouches from being put in landfills and contributed a MILLION dollars to schools and non-profit organizations! The Capri Sun beverage brand was one of the earliest supporters of TerraCycle, a company that collects would-be trash and turns it into  useful items.  The collection program, called the "Drink Pouch Brigade,"  takes place mostly in schools, where children choose to deposit used  pouches in special receptacles rather than throw them away.  In  participating schools, each used drink pouch collected and sent to  TerraCycle earns two cents, with the funds going toward needed  educational programs and resources.  Does your school participate in this program?  If so, let us know.  Together, students and teachers at over 30,000 schools nationwide have  collected 50 million drink pouches for the program over the past two  years resulting in the 1 million dollars milestone donation!  AMAZING!

Congratulations to TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/>   Drink Pouch Brigade Progam they have save 50 million pouches from being  put in landfills and contributed a MILLION dollars to schools and  non-profits!! The Capri Sun beverage brand was one of the  earliest supporters of TerraCycle, a company that collects would-be  trash and turns it into useful items. The collection program, called the  Drink Pouch Brigade, takes place mostly in schools, where children  choose to deposit used pouches in special receptacles rather than throw  them away. In participating schools, each used drink pouch collected and  sent to TerraCycle earns two cents, with the funds going toward needed  educational programs and resources. Does your school participate in this program, let us know?

From its humble beginnings selling worm-poop fertilizer, this New Jersey product manufacturer upcycles retail trash into retail treasure. Each and every product on this earth has a life span,” said Tom Szaky, CEO and vice president of licensing and product development at TerraCycle, Inc. “The end-of-life reality of a bag of potato chips is that the food ends up in the toilet and the bag ends up in the garbage. Same with a pen; you buy a pen, the ink runs out. The only difference is, some products can be recycled easily and others not so easily.”