Nespresso has partnered with Terracycle in a zero waste initiative to recycle their 100% recyclable coffee pods. From these collection points, the pods are taken to a Southern NSW recycling plant and completely recycled – used grounds composted and aluminium melted down to make new products. So awesome!!!
City-dwellers are embracing the trend of zero waste living to live more sustainably.
Living a completely rubbish-free life is difficult but some are managing to reduce their waste so dramatically that two years worth of rubbish can fit into a mason jar.
Julieta Carballo
¡Es hora de poner manos a la obra!
¿Cuántas veces hemos tenido que comenzar a tirar varios de nuestros productos de maquillaje por diferentes motivos?
El rímel estaba seco o se pone con demasiados grumos, o nuestro lápiz labial comienza a desmoronarse. En muchas ocasiones sin lugar a dudas.
Pero antes deberíamos pensar en el mal que podemos estar haciéndole al planeta tirando este tipo de cosas a la basura directamente sin un previo reciclaje.
Si el producto definitivamente no tiene forma de volver a ser utilizado, entonces, es recomendable que lo empaques en un recipiente que puedas cerrarlo herméticamente de manera que no afecte al medio ambiente para poder descartarlo.
Pero para no desperdiciar todo por completo puedes reciclar aún algunas cosas…
El envase
Si te gusta mucho hacer cosas tú misma en casa, créeme que guardar recipientes puede ser una gran idea.
Puedes usar los frascos de perfume como pequeños floreros para decorar tu hogar, o porqué no, como envase para un labial creado por ti.
Campañas de compañías
Muchas compañías de maquillaje se toman el reciclaje en serio y tienen programas donde reciben algunos viejos productos que tú tengas y a cambio te dan uno nuevo.
Por ejemplo, la marca MAC recibe seis viejos productos que ya no utilices o apenas le queden un poco y a cambio te brinda un nuevo labial. Una buena excusa para obtener un nuevo cosmético
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Les jeunes de la Mission locale travaillent sur une opération visant à collecter et recycler des articles relatifs à l’écriture. Des organismes de Thiérache sont sollicités.
This is cool -instead of sending your GLAD Wrap and GLAD food bags into landfill, you can now 'collect, store and ship' your GLAD products, claim a free shipping label from the TerraCycle website and ship them locally via New Zealand Post.
Apr 2016 - Good Magazine (Print)
The South Otago A&P Society has joined forces with Fonterra to reduce excess waste as part of a recycling scheme. The society will be part of Fonterra's pouch recycling programme TerraCycle.
Contributing to keep New Zealand clean and green The Collective have joined forces with TerraCycle® to create a free recycling programme for all used suckies tubes, spouches, caps and other Collective packaging across New Zealand!
IF YOU think living your life without producing any rubbish is impossible, just ask the growing number of city-dwellers embracing the trend. Living a completely rubbish-free life is difficult but some are managing to reduce their waste so dramatically that two years worth of rubbish can fit into a mason jar.
Filling your recycling bin isn't enough: each Aussie home produces over one tonne of waste annually, and 70 percent of it still ends up in landfill. We are the second highest producers of waste per person in the world behind the United States. The question is what more can we do? Here’s how to shrink your waste and become an eco warrior.
Looking for a fun DIY craft you can do with your little ones? Try out these 3 easy ways to upcycle your Whole Kids packaging with just a few materials.
If you are interested in recycling your snack packaging to raise money for your school or local charity, please check out our
Whole Kids Pouch & Snack Brigade with TerraCycle.