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KP Snacks cut plastic packaging by 410 tonnes in 2021

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KP Snacks has announced a 410 tonne reduction in plastic packaging in 2021, reducing consumer packaging by 6.8% across a number of brands. KP Snacks has also partnered with TerraCycle® to support the recycling of bagged nuts, popcorn, crisps and pretzels packets nationwide.  With locations around the UK, consumers can drop off their used KP Snacks packs for recycling. Through the TerraCycle® partnership, 13m snack packs have been recycled so far.
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This Is Where We’re Buying All Our Christmas Gifts This Year

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Ideally, we’d head to one shop and find gifts for everyone. And with L’OCCITANE Christmas Gifts, there are great ideas for everyone you’re buying for, both in-store and online – whatever your budget. And because L’OCCITANE has always been committed to recycling and keeping nature free from pollution, you know that sustainability is a priority: you’ll find eco-refills and recyclable packaging, plus TerraCycle recycling facilities in all Irish stores for your beauty empties (from any brand). You’ll even find a reusable wrapping bag (€3).
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TerraCycle Made collection offers useful products created from recycled materials for the holidays

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Between Thanksgiving and New Year's, Americans throw away 25 percent more trash than any other time of year - amounting to nearly 25 million tons of excess waste each year. This holiday season, TerraCycle is launching the TerraCycle Made collection, a small selection of products created from recycled and recyclable materials all sourced from various TerraCycle recycling programs. The TerraCycle Made collection includes: Wireless charger: 100 percent recycled content including materials collected through TerraCycle recycling programs. Upcycled coin pouch, travel case, tablet case, and tote: All made in the U.S. from retired USPS mailbags. Stackable organizers, compost bin, divided trash/recycling bin, and other assorted household goods: All made from recycled content including materials collected through TerraCycle recycling programs. Every purchase from the TerraCycle Made collection reduces the reliance on virgin materials extracted from the planet while creating long-lasting, essential products, to stand up to years of use in the home. By making new items from the materials collected by the TerraCycle community, this valuable resource never goes to waste. The TerraCycle Made collection has a free, built-in recycling program to make sure each purchase will never end up in the trash. The recycled-content products are made to last, but at the end of their useful life, they can be sent back and recycled again through TerraCycle.
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Polyhandicapée, Thaïs a encore besoin de soutien

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Celles qui souhaitent se lancer dans la collecte peuvent contacter l'association, qui leur enverra les affiches et explications nécessaires. II y a un point de collecte à la déchetterie de Tohannic, de Saint-Avé et Arradon, mais aussi dans le hall de l’hôpital, dans la galerie de Carrefour Market à Tohannic ou au siège de l’association. L’entreprise Terracycle, qui prend nos stylos, nous a reversé 3 549 €, depuis 2015.
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ITAD and E-Waste Recycling Solution

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TerraCycle Regulated Waste keeps old tech out of landfills and sensitive information from falling into the wrong hands
November 23, 2021
Whether a small company handling purchase orders and finances, a giant legal office dealing with sensitive lawsuits for high-profile clients, or a consumer trying to figure out what to do with their old home computer, all of these examples are united by the need for efficient and reliable IT asset disposition (ITAD) and e-waste recycling solutions. In response, TerraCycle Regulated Waste (TCRW), a commercial recycling solution provider that specializes in the collection and repurposing of complex regulated waste streams, has launched a suite of products and services designed carry out the compliant and eco-friendly disposal of unwanted electronics while ensuring proper data destruction.
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“Since the start of the pandemic and the trend of companies embracing work-from-home schedules, IT departments, no matter the size or the industry, require some form of dependable data sanitization,” said Kevin Flynn, Global Vice President of TerraCycle Operations, and Director of TerraCycle Regulated Waste. “The need to outfit workers with the latest remote-ready tech while reliably managing data on old devices and recycling them appropriately has exploded. In answer, TerraCycle Regulated Waste has created a robust suite of services that allow businesses and consumers alike to streamline their e-waste recycling requirements and ITAD needs with the type of turnkey recycling solutions that TerraCycle is known for.” E-Waste Mail Back Recycling The EasyPak Electronics Recycling Container – Serialized and the EasyPak WFH & Workspace Electronics Recycling Container – Serialized, were designed to offer a one-step solution to recycle any e-waste that can be powered-on or is home to a chip or board parts. This includes, but is not limited to, LEDS, computers, monitors, telecom gear, fax machines, and televisions. These safe, convenient and data-secure methods for the recycling and disposition of electronics, include a detailed report with make/model/serial numbers of the disposed of items that provides proof that they were securely recycled. Bulk E-Waste Freight Recycling The BulkPak E-waste Serialized Recycling Kit offers IT managers a turnkey effective solution for the recycling bulk quantities of e-waste that can be powered-on or is home to a chip or board parts, including CPU’s, monitors, and e-scrap. ITAD Machine Solutions For individual purchase, and utilized by TCRW to process the e-waste received in through the mail-back and freight solutions, TCRW offers two state-of-the-art systems that ensure that the data on the discarded electronic devices never fall into the wrong hands. They include:
  • Destroy-It Hard Drive Punch: At the touch of a button, the Destroy-It Hard Drive Punch makes discarded hard drives from PCs, laptops, notebooks, printers, copiers, and PDAs unreadable by punching a hardened steel die completely through the drive.
  • Degaussing Machine: To support the growing demand for user-friendly data erasure technology, TCRW is now a proud supplier of high speed and economical degaussing solutions. This new line of degaussing products will provide your organization with the assurance that your media and data-bearing devices no longer contain any confidential information before being sent off site for recycling.
As an added incentive and level of security, TerraCycle Regulated Waste provides customers with a Certificate of Destruction to verify that the waste has been dismantled and all data storage components have been destroyed pursuant to all applicable laws, including environmental and waste management regulations. Additionally, the destruction process will also ensure that all data equipment is destroyed and unusable in its original state.
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Terracycle launches suite of ITAD products and services

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The products and services to assure clients their data is destroyed safely.

TerraCycle Regulated Waste (TCRW), a commercial recycling solution provider owned by TerraCycle, Trenton, New Jersey, has launched a suite of products and information technology asset disposition (ITAD) services. The offerings are designed to carry out the compliant and eco-friendly disposal of unwanted electronics while ensuring proper data destruction. “Since the start of the pandemic and the trend of companies embracing work-from-home schedules, IT departments, no matter the size or the industry, require some form of dependable data sanitization,” says Kevin Flynn, global vice president of TerraCycle Operations. “TerraCycle Regulated Waste has created a robust suite of services that allow businesses and consumers alike to streamline their e-waste recycling requirements and ITAD needs with the type of turnkey recycling solutions that TerraCycle is known for.” TCRW offers:
  • e-waste mail-back recycling – The EasyPak Electronics Recycling Container and EasyPak WFH & Workspace Electronics Recycling Container were designed to offer a one-stop solution to recycle any e-scrap that can be powered on or is home to a chip or board parts. This includes LEDs, computers, monitors, telecom gear, fax machines and televisions. These data-secure methods for the recycling and disposition of electronics include a detailed report with make, model and serial numbers of the disposed items that prove that they are securely recycled.
  • bulk e-easte freight recycling – The BulkPak E-waste Serialized Recycling Kit offers managers a turnkey solution for the recycling bulk quantities of electronics that can be powered on or is home to a chip or board parts. This includes CPUs, monitors and e-scrap.
  • ITAD machine solutions – For individual purchase and used by TCRW to process e-scrap received through its mail-back and freight solutions, TCRW offers two systems that ensure the data on the discarded electronic devices never fall into the wrong hands. This includes the Destroy-It Hard Drive Punch, which makes discarded hard drives unreadable by punching hardened steel die completely through the drive, the company says.
To support the growing demand for user-friendly data erasure technology, TCRW says it supplies high-speed and economical degaussing solutions. This line of products provides organizations with the assurance that media and data-bearing devices no longer contain confidential information before being sent offsite for recycling. TerraCycle Regulated Waste also provides customers with a Certificate of Destruction to verify that the devices have been dismantled and all data storage components have been destroyed according to all applicable laws.
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TerraCycle Regulated Waste targets ITAD and E-waste

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By Recycling Product News Staff  November 22, 2021
image.pngTerraCycle's EasyPak Electronics Recycling Container was designed to offer a recycling solution for any e-waste that can be powered-on or is home to a chip or board parts.
  TerraCycle Regulated Waste (TCRW), a commercial recycling solution provider that specializes in the collection and repurposing of complex regulated waste streams, has launched a suite of products and services designed carry out the compliant and eco-friendly disposal of unwanted electronics while ensuring proper data destruction. "Since the start of the pandemic and the trend of companies embracing work-from-home schedules, IT departments, no matter the size or the industry require some form of dependable data sanitization," said Kevin Flynn, Global Vice President of TerraCycle Operations and Director of TerraCycle Regulated Waste. "The need to outfit workers with the latest remote-ready tech while reliably managing data on old devices and recycling them appropriately has exploded. In answer, TerraCycle Regulated Waste has created a robust suite of services that allow businesses and consumers alike to streamline their e-waste recycling requirements and ITAD needs with the type of turnkey recycling solutions that TerraCycle is known for."

E-waste mail back recycling

The EasyPak electronics recycling container - and the EasyPak WFH & workspace electronics recycling container - were designed to offer a one-step solution to recycle any e-waste that can be powered-on or is home to a chip or board parts. This includes LEDS, computers, monitors, telecom gear, fax machines and televisions. These safe, convenient and data-secure methods for the recycling and disposition of electronics include a detailed report with make/model/serial numbers of the disposed of items that provides proof that they securely recycled.

Bulk e-waste freight recycling

The BulkPak e-waste serialized recycling kit offers IT managers a turnkey effective solution for the recycling bulk quantities of e-waste that can be powered-on or is home to a chip or board parts, including CPU's, monitors and e-scrap.

ITAD machine solutions

For individual purchase and utilized by TCRW to process the e-waste received in through the mail-back and freight solutions, TCRW offers two systems that ensure that the data on the discarded electronic devices never fall into the wrong hands. They include:
  • Destroy-It Hard Drive Punch: At the touch of a button, the Destroy-It Hard Drive Punch makes discarded hard drives from PCs, laptops, notebooks, printers, copiers, and PDAs unreadable by punching a hardened steel die completely through the drive.
  • Degaussing Machine: To support the growing demand for user-friendly data erasure technology, TCRW is now a supplier of high speed and economical degaussing solutions.  This new line of degaussing products will provide organizations with the assurance that media and data-bearing devices no longer contain any confidential information before being sent off site for recycling.
As an added incentive and level of security, TerraCycle Regulated Waste provides customers with a Certificate of Destruction to verify that the waste has been dismantled and all data storage components have been destroyed pursuant to all applicable laws including environmental and waste management regulations. Additionally, the destruction process will also ensure that all data equipment is destroyed and unusable in its original state.
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Solution for recycling e-cigarette in the works

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November 22, 2021 
In recent years, the popularity of electronic cigarettes has risen significantly, creating the current and pressing issue of finding recycling methods for generated waste, as opposed to sending it off to the landfill. TerraCycle, a business aimed at recycling non-recyclable products, has created a project to help deal with the growing issue of e-cigarette waste. Their solution, called “Smoke Free Recycling Program” is a free initiative open to anyone over the age of 19 in which they can send in or drop off their HEET sticks, VEEV devices and cartridges/pods to be recycled. The waste will be repurposed to make new products from the recycled material. “The long-term goal is really to collect and recycle as high a percentage of these products as possible,” says Tom Skazy, the CEO of TerraCycle. “With the program just launching, the collection rates will be lower as people become aware of it, so it’s first [about changing] behavior and then it’s about absolute scale of the program.” Skazy noted how the sale of e-cigarettes has multiplied around 400 per cent in the past five years, and with many deciding to make the switch from combustible cigarettes, an increase of waste product is expected. “It’s important, I think, to get ahead of it, so the culture doesn’t emerge as it has with traditional combustible cigarettes,” says Skazy. He urges companies to aid in this growing issue by attempting to reduce the amount of materials used in products or packages, along with replacing disposable packaging with something reusable and durable. It’s estimated that 15,000 tonnes of cigarette waste is generated in Canada each year, and improper disposal can kill fish, freshwater invertebrates, harm birds and plants, as well as remaining toxic for long after they are discarded.
“Thirty-seven per cent of roadway litter is combustible cigarettes,” says Skazy, adding cigarette filters are the most common form of litter. In terms of e-cigarettes, they have similar make ups to traditional cigarettes, but certain components make them “hazardous waste”. These products contain nicotine, electronic circuitry and lithium-ion batteries, meaning they can leach hazardous material into the environment. Essentially, TerraCycle’s initiative is set to begin to deal with the growing waste issue, before it gets to the extent of combustible cigarette waste. “With all kinds of waste and pollutants, we need to find a way to deal with the waste,” says Laura Campbell, Green Party candidate for Dufferin-Caledon. “I know that the waste can be highly toxic and it can be problematic for groundwater just as regular cigarette butts.” Being in the headwater’s region, maintaining clean groundwater is essential, according to Campbell. “I would encourage obviously, consumers to educate themselves, but it would also be a really good initiative for the town to educate everybody on chemical wastes from all kinds of household products including e cigarettes,” Campbell says. “It’s problematic because it’s something new that’s now adding to an already existing problem.” To start recycling e-cigarette waste and cigarette butts, visit: www.terracycle.com/en-CA/brigades/smoke-free-en-ca
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