TerraCycle wants your trash, and they will pay you (well, a nonprofit of your choice) to send it to them. They take it, make products out of it, and reduce the growth rate of
this nightmare.
Today is Earth Day and the month of May marks Coyote Howling's two year anniversary of coordinating TerraCycling in the community. What better time to update Ruidoso's role in the international growth of TerraCycle®.
The “beauty brigades” started in every residence hall bathroom on Rider’s campus. Green buckets, adorned with pictures of cosmetic packaging and various personal hygiene bottles accompanied by a list of accepted empty containers, mysteriously appeared in both men’s and women’s restrooms. The only other signal for the fate of these empty bottles was a logo that read “TerraCycle.” The founder of TerraCycle, entrepreneur and environmentalist Tom Szaky, was a special speaker for Rider in 2008.
HackensackUMC is also the first hospital in the country to partner with the recycling pioneer TerraCycle, which keeps difficult-to-recycle items – like keyboards, diaper packaging, and writing utensils – out of landfills, and helps turn them into affordable, eco-friendly consumer products.
Particulièrement engagée dans la lutte contre la pollution aux mégots de cigarette, Delphine Bürkli, Maire du 9e arrondissement, a souhaité expérimenter la collecte et le recyclage des mégots de cigarette.
Le gouvernement a récemment voté un amendement qui permet à la ville de Paris d’augmenter certaines amendes : jeter ses mégots par terre sera désormais sanctionné d’une amende de 68 euros.
Sous l’impulsion de son maire UMP, Delphine Bürkli, le 9ème arrondissement de Paris se lance actuellement dans la collecte et le recyclage de mégots. Les premiers cendriers collecteurs viennent d’y faire leur apparition devant des établissements (bars, restaurants) mais aussi des immeubles de bureaux.