The company that turned Cheetos bags into MP3 speakers <http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10382623-1.html>  is now transforming Chester Cheetah into 32-gallon garbage cans. New Jersey-based recycling company TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/>  is teaming up with Pioneer Plastics USA <http://www.pioneerplasticsusa.com/>  to make heavy-duty trash cans out of recycled polypropylene that was once chip bags.

If you are looking for something fun to watch tonight, check out the first episode of Garbage Moguls, a reality show that challenges the eco-moguls at TerraCycle, Inc. to turn trash into treasure. Tonight’s challenge is for the Terracycle employees to develop a line of pet products from recycled materials in two weeks. For viewing times and more information on where you can view the series, check its official site <http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/garbage-moguls-4314/Overview> .

While flipping through the channels tonight, we found a show on National Geographic (NatGeo) Channel called Garbage Moguls featuring Terracycle, a company I previously highlighted in the blog. http://peaceloveplanet.blogspot.com/2010/04/time-has-come.html The show takes you behind the scenes to show how they take garbage and make it into products...and that is the key, being able to recycle things into products that are affordable, and a worthwhile product that someone would want to buy.  On the show I watched, Pedigree Dog Food contacted them and challenged them to use their dog food bags, and dog food pouches (trash that would otherwise end up in the garbage) to design usable pet products.  They have designed and sold many other products made from chip bags, cookie wrappers, Capri Sun bags, and much more.  Check out their cool lunch box made from Capri Sun bags.

TerraCycle is one of the coolest companies around, taking trash and turning it into cool, funky treasures, all while raising funds for schools and other charities.  They sponsored a giveaway <http://ourdailygreenlife.blogspot.com/2010/06/independence-from-trash-green.html>  last month on my blog and tonight the company will be showcased on the reality show, Garbage Moguls. Set your DVR if you cannot tune in. During the show they will be posting trivia questions on their Facebook page <http://www.facebook.com/kurig?success=1#%21/TerraCycle?ref=ts>  for prizes.

Back for season two, National Geographic channel’s “Garbage Moguls” aims to do more than just turn doggy junk into doggy toys. TerraCycle wants to “upcycle” your mind. One man’s trash is another man’s … idea for a TV show? Garbage Moguls , the show where one little company turns trash into “upcycled” consumer goods, is back for season two. Episodes 1, 2, 3 and 4 will air on the National Geographic channel on Saturday, Aug. 21 from 7:00-11 p.m.

A few weeks ago when I was contacted by TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/> , I really had no idea who they were. When I read the press information that they sent me, I was really intrigued. TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/>  collects garbage and comes up with some interesting ways to recycle it. Now I am all about the entire upcycle craze. I repurpose as many things as I can in our lives. I reuse old sweaters to make diaper covers, I repurpose my old clothes to fashion new things for Coraline, I diligently save every glass jar that comes into this house; everything has some second use around here. So, TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/>  seemed super cool to me. I browsed the entire TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/>  website checking out what they do, how they do it and decided they totally fit into what I wanted to do for BlogMania. I was thrilled when they agreed to be a BlogMania sponsor for The Girl Is A Mom.

“Garbage Moguls” 8, 11 p.m. (NATGEO) This new docu-reality series follows an ingenious group of eco-capitalists at TerraCycle Inc., a green business that creates and sells products made from non-recyclable waste materials. In the opener, Pedigree challenges the TerraCycle crew to develop a line of pet products, with a strict two-week deadline.

Garbage Moguls 8/7c National Geographic This new docu-reality series follows an ingenious group of eco-capitalists at TerraCycle, Inc., a green business that creates and sells products made from non-recyclable waste materials. In the first episode of a three-hour marathon, Pedigree challenges the TerraCycle crew to develop a line of pet products. With a strict two-week deadline, the participants quickly get to work, collecting hundreds of old dog-food bags and using them to make a variety of products, from leashes and collars to dog toys and rain gear. The other episodes' tasks: create a garbage can from potato chip wrappers and make a suit jacket out of Target shopping bags.

Recycled TV We're not talking the usual copycat concepts, familiar plots and washed up stars here. Garbage Moguls explores a more creative kind of recycling, where smart folks at New Jersey's TerraCycle turn trash like juice packets, dog food bags and old CD's into chic handbags, pet clothers and, ironically, garbage cans.

Back for season two, National Geographic channel's "Garbage Moguls" aims to do more than just turn doggy junk into doggy toys. TerraCycle wants to "upcycle" your mind. Photo: Terracycle One man’s trash is another man’s … idea for a TV show? Garbage  Moguls, the show where one little company turns trash into  “upcycled” consumer goods, is back for season two. Episodes 1, 2, 3 and 4  will air on the National Geographic channel on Saturday, Aug. 21 from  7:00-11 p.m.