An initiative involving a recycling company and some local Target stores will give a new purpose for discarded, outdated car seats. From Sept. 1-11, the stores and some others throughout Texas will partner with TerraCycle Inc. to collect used and expired car seats. Target customers who bring in a used car seat will receive a 20 percent coupon toward the purchase of a new one. By donating the seats, residents can eliminate clutter and get rid of an item that is normally difficult to donate for recycling because it requires a specified process. According to a 2013 report in “Consumer Reports,” most car-seat manufacturers put an expiration date on their product, primarily because of anticipated wear and tear on the plastic. But finding where to dispose of them can be tricky. “Car seats cannot be recycled through current infrastructure because they are made of metal and plastic textiles of various components that need to be separated in order to be recycled,” said Veronica Rajadnya of TerraCycle Inc.she said New Jersey-based TerraCycle transforms consumer product waste into repurposed consumer items (upcycling). This is the second pilot run for the recycling program, which could become year-round, Rajadnya said. “We would take (a car seat) apart and the component parts would be sold to people that want to buy that kind of raw material,” she said. “Their usefulness comes from the various components.” Because car seats are made of very hard plastic, disposal is a timeconsuming and costly process, according to Lisa Doughty with Waste Management of Texas and Oklahoma, which has offices in Houston. The harder the plastic, the more difficult it is to recycle, Daughty said. “If a material-recovery facility were to receive a car seat of that sort, because of the materials and the make-up of it, it would be very difficult to process,” she said. “It would be labor-intensive.” Doughty compares it to a multicomponent computer. “When a computer is processed, there are so many parts when you break it down that it has to be done manually,” she said. “Think of an aluminum can, a plastic water bottle, a detergent bottle, a milk jug - those are very different plastics versus the type of plastic that would be in a car seat.” Companies like TerraCycle, founded by CEO Tom Szaky in 2001 with an eco-capitalist mission, provide an essential service, according to Sarah Mason, division manager for recycling for the city of Houston. TerraCycle has initiated similar projects with other retailers and companies: three-ring binders with Office Depot and used toothbrushes with Colgate. Another project collects and recycles discarded cigarette butts. While there are no landfill bans on car seats in Texas, Mason said, they are not accepted in prevalent recycling programs or by processors. “TerraCycle is in the business of taking these more difficult-to-recycle products, and they are able to do things with them,” she said. “Whatever their process is for handling these materials and re-manufacturing them into new product - that’s their niche. They go after items that would not be acceptable into more traditional recycling programs.” The car-seat collection program began Sept. 1 and ends Sept. 11; all car seats recovered will be processed through the TerraCycle system and repurposed. The following Target stores throughout Pasadena and the Bay Area will participate in the program: at 5757 Fairmont Parkway in Pasadena, 255 Marina Bay Drive in Clear Lake Shores and at 1801 West Bay Area Blvd., Webster. For more information on TerraCycle, go to www.terracycle.com

The Bloomington Target store is accepting car seats for recycling. Car seats may be placed in a recycle box at the front of the Bloomington store, 2555 W. 79th St., Sept. 1-11. The Bloomington store is one of 56 Minnesota stores participating in the program. Car seats collected through the program will be recycled by TerraCycle, a recycling company. TerraCycle will separate the components of the car seats and process them for use in other products. Participants will receive a coupon for 20 percent off the purchase of a new car seat.

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(se side 18) Det har været op til hver enkelt skole at beslutte hvorvidt de ville deltage i kampagnen "Brug Låget", som var arrangeret af Arla og genbrugskoncernen TerraCycle. Skovbyskolen har været blandt deltagerne i kampagnen.

(Se side 30) Efterfølgende samlede skolen og institutioner deres mælkelåg og afleverede dem til os. På denne måde oplevede børnene at de hjalp vores forening, da indtægten fra TerraCycleubeskåret går til aktiviteter for vores lokale børn og familier i bl. a. vores familieklub, fortæller Janne Jensen.

Target stores across Minnesota, including in Otsego and Rogers, are accepting car seats for recycling through Sept. 11. The car seat collection program is intended to help residents reduce clutter without sending waste to landfills. All car seats collected will be recycled through TerraCycle. Residents should bring their car seats to Target and look for the car seat collection box in the front of the store or in the baby and kids floor pad section. When a consumer turns in a used car seat, he or she will receive a coupon for 20 percent off the purchase of a new one. After the recycling program ends, TerraCycle will separate the different components of the car seats (cloth elements, plastics, metals and so forth) and process them for use in other products.

Ciudad Juárez.- La Asociación de Padres de Niños con Cáncer y Leucemia (Apanical) recibió en días pasados una tonelada y media de basura que podrá utilizar para vendérsela a una empresa recicladora y así obtener ingresos para financiar los tratamientos de decenas de pacientes infantiles. Estos desechos fueron entregados por la Dirección de Limpia del Municipio, que tiene un programa para tal fin. Héctor Lozoya Ávila, director de esa dependencia, explicó que mucha de la basura reciclable provino de la ciudadanía que la hizo llegar, mientras que otra parte es de la que recolectan los empleados en otras direcciones y puntos de la ciudad. De acuerdo con personal de Apanical, se requieren unos 400 mil pesos mensuales para atender a niños que padecen diferentes tipos de cánceres y provienen de familias de bajos recursos. La campaña se llama Tu Basura Hace Milagros y lo que la gente puede entregar es plástico PET, aluminio, periódicos, cartón, bolsas de plástico y envolturas de papas fritas. Toda esta basura puede ser depositada en los contenedores que Limpia dispuso para ello o bien, puede ser recogida por cuadrillas de la dependencia si los interesados lo piden al teléfono (656) 737-0200. Desde abril, el Municipio colabora en la causa para apoyar a los niños, pues los medicamentos y las terapias que necesitan son muy costosos y la organización civil no cobra por ello. En ocasiones pasadas, trabajadores de Apanical han dicho que cada paciente requiere cada mes de una a cinco inyecciones que cuestan cerca de 2 mil pesos, mientras que algunos estudios pueden llegar a tener un precio que rebasa los 15 mil. Además de este, la asociación puso en marcha otro programa entonces denominado “Un sobre, una sonrisa”, con el que desde hace cinco años recolectaba y clasificaba envolturas de pan y de productos de higiene personal para vendérselas a Terracycle, una empresa que las reciclaba.

La Asociación de Padres de Niños con Cáncer y Leucemia (Apanical) recibió en días pasados una tonelada y media de basura que podrá utilizar para vendérsela a una empresa recicladora y así obtener ingresos para financiar los tratamientos de decenas de pacientes infantiles.

Um exemplo é a parceria entre diferentes marcas - como L’Oréal Austrália, L’Occitane e Avon - com a Terracycle em programas de reciclagem de embalagens vazias a fim de diminuir resíduos...