Bellview Public School has won a nationwide household recycling competition.  The school in Eagle Place won $200 for the school and $100 to give to charity as part of the Febreze Frenzy recycling contest run by Febreze and TereCycle.  Bellview School recycled more than 1,000 pieces of traditionally non-recyclable air and home care packaging waste, such as trigger heads from spray bottles.  The school will receive $200 in points, redeemable for cash payment to an organization or school of choice.  The school then won an extra $100 for charity as one of three collectors randomly selected through the promotion.  Febreze Frenzy was offered in March for people, schools, and businesses throughout Canada who were already participating in the Air and Home Care Recycling Program, which is a free recycling program operated by Febreze and TerraCycle.

When the Whole Kids organic kids snack business began 12 years ago, co-founder Monica Meldrum knew she was taking on some formidable multinational businesses, but creating healthy snack choices for kids in a way that gave back to the community was the objective from start. Whole Kids' food pouches are also fully recyclable due to a partnership with Terracycle and Australia Post.

Victoria Nichols, 19, a Union College freshman in Lincoln, received $5,000 in college scholarship money for participating in two national campaigns by DoSomething.org. A global movement for young people and social change, DoSomething partnered with Garnier and Johnson & Johnson to encourage young people to get involved in recycling and joining the bone marrow donor registry. Nichols beat out over 80,000 applicants to win both scholarships. Garnier partnered with TerraCycle and joined DoSomething for their “Rinse. Recycle. Repeat” campaign, an initiative to encourage young people to recycle their beauty and personal products that would normally end up in the trash. As part of the campaign, 50 colleges competed to see who could recycle the most empty beauty and personal products to keep them out of landfills.

This month we are tackling the challenge of Plastic Free July! Did you know that scientists predict there will be more tonnes of plastic than tonnes of fish by 2050? And the global annual consumption of plastic bottles is set to top half a trillion by 2021? Recycle your beauty products, toothbrushes, post satchels, coffee pods + more with TerraCycle.

There are now options to recycle your used pods, should you wish to do so; by a company called TerraCycle.

Whole Kids has chalked up some big wins against the global food giants by weaving values into every aspect of its business, including its packaging. Whole Kids' food pouches are also fully recyclable due to a partnership with Terracycle and Australia Post.

While dental care products cannot be recycled in your usual council recycling programs, a company called TerraCycle does run recycling programs for private homes and primary schools. Households and schools that join the program receive boxes to collect used and cleaned dental product packaging which is then posted back to TerraCycle for recycling.

‘Recycling the unrecyclable’ has become the catch-cry of an organisation which works with brands to educate consumers on how to recycle packaging beyond the traditional realm of cardboard, cans, and bottles. Alison Leader spoke to TerraCycle’s Gemma Kaczerepa.

With your favorite pair of running shoes laced snugly on your agile feet, you run laps around the outdoor track in the center of the park enjoying a cool breeze, fresh air and the view of lush, green trees. You, like many others, may find that running outdoors is a total pleasure. It’s an escape from the day to day, a time to think, find clarity and enjoy the natural world. For others, running is a purely an athletic pursuit leading them to run 5K races, and even marathons, all across the state. But no matter what end of the spectrum you find yourself on, if you’re a runner you care about the environment. Here are several ideas to help the runner (or walker) in you be green and eco-friendly as you pursue your favorite exercise off the treadmill.

For companies and brands today, more sustainable production methods are topping lists of things to do. The uncertainty of material and vendor prices, the need to comply with a growing number of regulations and mounting evidence of environmental impacts increasingly drive change. More and more manufacturers are investing time, energy and money to fix infrastructures and further optimize supply and production chains. They have to, after increasingly finding themselves at risk for not putting forth the resources necessary to make their processes more sustainable. This is not to mention the vulnerability they incur by ignoring the growing demands of consumers who now expect transparency and CSR as a baseline.