Where the cannabis industry grows, sustainable packaging solutions seem to follow. Also in Canada, the first
nationwide cannabis packaging recycling program was rolled out by recycling experts TerraCycle and cannabis brand Tweed in April. Tweed had voiced the need for a recycling system for all the new containers, tubes and packages created by the growing cannabis industry, in a bid to divert these away from landfills and upcycling them into other products.
Where the cannabis industry grows, sustainable packaging solutions seem to follow. Also in Canada, the first
nationwide cannabis packaging recycling program was rolled out by recycling experts TerraCycle and cannabis brand Tweed in April. Tweed had voiced the need for a recycling system for all the new containers, tubes and packages created by the growing cannabis industry, in a bid to divert these away from landfills and upcycling them into other products.
Recycling used to be so simple: aluminum cans, glass bottles, newspapers and paper bags. But the sheer amount of disposable items has turned a garbage problem into a garbage crisis, says Tom Szaky, founder and chief executive of TerraCycle. The company’s mission is recycling the previously unrecyclable, such as cigarette butts, contact lenses and chewing gum.
O Projeto de extensão ‘Reciclagem do Bem-Ufam’ coordenado pela professora do Departamento de Contabilidade da Ufam, da Faculdade de Estudos Sociais (FES), Silvia Elaine Moreira, tem como objetivo sensibilizar a comunidade para questões ambientais.
“Everything we pick up today will be counted and weighed,” said group spokesperson Laura Wood.
“We sort the items into recyclable and non-recyclable. If it’s recyclable, it gets recycled here. All the cigarette butts are then shipped to TerraCycle.”
La compañía estadounidense TerraCycle ha logrado perfeccionar un proceso donde pueden convertir las colillas de cigarro en diferentes artefactos que pueden ser utilizados por grandes y pequeños, los cuales pueden ser desde un juegos infantil, objetos de plástico, hasta bancas de parque.
“Everything we pick up today will be counted and weighed,” said group spokesperson Laura Wood.
“We sort the items into recyclable and non-recyclable. If it’s recyclable, it gets recycled here. All the cigarette butts are then shipped to TerraCycle.”
“Everything we pick up today will be counted and weighed,” said group spokesperson Laura Wood.
“We sort the items into recyclable and non-recyclable. If it’s recyclable, it gets recycled here. All the cigarette butts are then shipped to TerraCycle.”
The United States-based company, which has a facility in Fergus, offers free recycling programs that are funded by brands, manufacturers and retailers to help divert hard-to-recycle waste from landfill.
Recycling used to be so simple: aluminum cans, glass bottles, newspapers and paper bags. The sheer amount of disposable items has turned a garbage problem into a garbage crisis, says Tom Szaky, founder and chief executive of TerraCycle. The company’s mission is recycling the previously unrecyclable, such as cigarette butts, contact lenses and chewing gum.
Introducing our first TerraCycle Zero Waste Box!
This box is for the disposal of all SMALL plastic or metal bottle caps! These small caps can cause issues with conveyor belts at the recycling plants and are generally trashed if they fall through the machinery. Caps larger than 1.5" can go in regular recycling.
