Mixed material packaging is generally recycling-unfriendly and the collection of  such materials when it involves plastics is often left to "upcyclers" like TerraCycle (Trenton, NJ) or waste-to-fuel companies if it can be diverted from landfills at all.

Meet TerraCycle. This is the company taking the materials that no one else wants to deal with and actually recycling them. If it's difficult to recycle, TerraCycle wants it. They have creatively harnessed the potential of these otherwise landfill-destined items through tailored, industry-sponsored recycling programs. These programs are now more accessible than ever and have in a short time taken out some pretty massive shovel-loads out of a mountain of trash.

Last year, in our three large New York offices alone (731 Lex, 120 Park, and 919 3rd ave), we discarded a staggering 17.5 million snack wrappers. Since 2013, Bloomberg has partnered with TerraCycle to collect hard-to-recycle packaging in an effort to reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfills.

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La empresa estadounidense de bienes de consumo Procter and Gamble (P&G)publicó recientemente en su página web que va a producir envases de su champú estrella Head and Shoulders (H&S) donde, por primera vez, la cuarta parte de su composición como máximo será de plástico reciclado de playas.

Los supermercados Carrefour en Francia serán los primeros en vender el champú en su nuevo envase en una edición limitada y lo harán a partir de este verano.

A P&G le ayudarán en este proyecto dos empresas: TerraCycle, una estadounidense especializada en reciclaje, y SUEZ, la multinacional francesa de energía y gestión del agua.

¿Cuántas iniciativas como ésta necesitaremos para frenar el pronóstico para el 2050 en el que se espera que habrá más plástico que peces en el mar?

A Pilão, que embala suas doses únicas em cápsulas de plástico e alumínio, participa de um programa de reciclagem desenvolvido pela empresa TerraCycle desde novembro de 2017.

Twinlab, a leader for health and wellness products, is giving consumers a free way to recycle all brands of supplement and vitamin packaging. Through Twinlab’s Supplement the Earth Recycling Program, managed by international recycling company TerraCycle, consumers can now send in all brands of empty supplement and vitamin packages for processing, to be repurposed and used again.

TerraCycle US, the US subsidiary of global recycling company TerraCycle, has announced that its $25 million Regulation A offering has been qualified by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), thereby allowing anyone the opportunity to invest in the company.

We are delighted and super proud to announce that GlamCorner has risen to the top of the online retailing pack to earn the title of Terracycle Australia’s Top Business Collector for 2017 for collecting the most units of hard-to-recycle waste nationwide! In this post we detail more about Terracycle and why GlamCorner established our partnership with them in order to have a more positive impact on our environment.

New York–based supplement company Twinlab has teamed up with recycling group TerraCycle to create a program to allow people to recycle any previously landfill-bound supplement bottles so they can be used to make new products. This could set the stage for similar innovation throughout the supplement industry (Waste360)