Terracycle has just introduced a new line of products. Who is
Terracycle? Well, you know all those drink pouches and chip bags most people throw away when they are done with them? Terracycle collects them through various ways and uses them to make cool products like backpacks.
Turning Trash into products, TerraCycle uses innovation and creativity to recycle unwanted waste. Starting April 5th and for a limited time only, Walmart will sell TerraCycle products in each store across the United States in honor of the 40th Anniversart of Earth Day. Help promote the coming of TerraCycle to WalMart by entering into the TerraCycle Blog Contest. To enter, create a blog post about TerraCycle's products in Walmart. You can either re-post TerraCycle's pre-made blog post, or use your own words while sticking to the important facts. Each winner will receive $50 worth of TerraCycle Products. Enter now and promote sustainability!
Teachers at Palmetto Elementary School used to see a lot of used drink pouches get thrown away. Now they earn two cents for every one of those pouches they collect and return to a company called TerraCycle, who uses their non-recyclable waste to make affordable, eco-friendly products. This school year so far, the enthusiastic students at Palmetto have diverted over 15,500 pieces of waste from going into a landfill and this has earned their school over $300!
“We found the Brigades to be a great opportunity to teach our students about recycling as well as help raise money for our school,” said Cindy Stavisky, the teacher who signed the school up for the program. “With the money we earn, we are going to rebuild our Pre-K playground, making it more accessible for all students as well as an advanced educational environment!”
The school is part of a free nationwide program called “Brigades®’ that pays schools and non-profits to collect non-recyclable waste that would otherwise go to landfill. Now the programs are coming full circle back to Orlando through an exciting partnership with local WalmartÒ locations.
TerraCycle collects waste which is normally non-recyclable, such as candy wrappers, chip bags, and juice pouches, and makes hundreds of eco-friendly products with them. This year, almost 60 of the company’s products will be sold in evert Walmart store across the US for the month of April, exposing millions of customers to these unique items, and perhaps sparking some conversations about the life cycle of products and packaging.
Green Up - FREE Workouts - Port Authority - Green Up Shop
Through April 28, 2010 -
Natural Fitness and RESTORE Clothing in addition to participating in Green Up Shop, will be hosting weekly workouts on Wednesdays FREE to the public with local instructors and studios. Here are the details:
Port Authority (8th Ave @ 41st St) NW Terminal Atrium (behind Green Up Shop) Wednesdays 3/31/10 – 4/28/10 12 PM – 1 PM FREE (Sign up at link below encouraged)
http://greenupshop.terracycle.net/workouts.htm
M&M’s are one of the most popular candies in the world. Some people like theirs with peanuts, others with dark chocolate, and some prefer theirs plain-old…plain. But not everyone sees these chocolate pieces as mere candy. For a few creative types, M&M’s are inspiration. Whether they use the wrappers or the small chocolaty bites themselves, artists have made many things out of the “melt in your mouth, not in your hand” favorites. Have a look at these seven M&M’s creations, from gowns to portraits.
Using Peanut M&M’s wrappers, artist Christina Liedtke created this impressive gown for TerraCycle’s display of recycled art at New York City’s Port Authority. With this beauty, TerraCycle (a company that makes
eco-friendly products from various nonrecyclable materials) brought candy couture to a whole new level.
Photo courtesy of MarsNewsroom.com.
With hundreds of students eating lunch every day, the teachers at Walker Elementary School used to see a lot of used drink pouches get thrown away. Now they earn two cents for every one of those pouches they collect and return to a company called, TerraCycle, who uses their non-recyclable waste to make affordable, eco-friendly products. This school year, the enthusiastic students at Walker have diverted nearly 4,000 pieces of waste from going into the landfills. “I have always been a big advocate of recycling and think this program is great.” said Lois Bradley, the P.E. teacher who signed the school up for the program. “I teach at a K-1 school that has snack each day. As part of our policy individually wrapped items are required for parents to send in for snack. I noticed that a lot of students were drinking Capri Sun drinks, and decided to sign up for the drink brigade.”
Short answer? They have to.
Backstory: Albe Zakes from TerraCycle contacted me the other day. He was a show guest on Mrs. Green a long time ago. The TerraCycle story is a great one – young minds creating something from worm poop and making a successful business out it. He wanted me to help spread the word that that Walmart was going to carry 60 of their products. Big news indeed and the topic of another blog.
It made me take the time to really think about the corporate giant that lots of people love to hate vs. the small business owners who are the backbone of our country – thus the term I stole from Michael Shuman – the Small Marts of the world. Can they coexist?
"At
TerraCycle, everything is made from garbage, and garbage is free." says owner Tom Szaky. His green company makes usable products from throwaways and worse...that stinky garbage no one wants to have around.
It started from a college project that mushroomed into a viable green business for the 21st century, now worth $7.45 million. Not bad for garbage!
