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Empresas, proveedores y fabricantes podrán reciclar gracias a Terracycle y Printed Dreams
TerraCycle pone en marcha en España su primer programa Cajas Residuos Cero de la mano de Printed Dreams, una empresa que ofrece un servicio 360º de impresión 3D en el ámbito de la arquitectura, diseño e ingeniería. Por medio de esta colaboración se llevará a cabo el reciclado de los carretes donde viene enrollado el material utilizado en la impresión 3D. Este tipo de deshechos, que en un primer momento no serían considerados reciclables, están compuestos en su totalidad por plástico y por lo tanto, tienen un tiempo de biodegradación aproximado de 500 años. Con este proyecto pretendemos darle una segunda vida a estos productos para transformarlos en otros objetos de uso cotidiano, como por ejemplo una regadera.
Kaffekapslar tas väl om hand i Huvudsta
Recycling in aid of Count The Kicks
PARTICIPEZ AU CONCOURS “VANTEZ-VOUS D’UPCYCLER” JUSQU’AU 15 SEPTEMBRE !
Jusqu’au 15 septembre, avec TerraCycle participez au concours créatif “Vantez-vous d’upcycler” pour gagner des points et des cadeaux upcyclés !
Fabriquez votre éventail en matériau upcyclé et envoyez une photo et une rapide description à l’adresse
Les règles sont simples :
- fabriquez un éventail en réutilisant de vieux objets ou matériaux.
- prenez-le en photo sous son meilleur jour, puis envoyez la photo àservice.consommateurs@terracycle.fr ainsi que quelques lignes pour le décrire (type de matériau utilisé, détails sur le design, …).
- tous les participants recevront 50 points. TerraCycle sélectionnera les trois éventails les plus réussis sur des critères d’esthétique, d’originalité et de talent dans la réutilisation des matériaux. Ces trois premiers recevront des prix spéciaux.
Pour plus de détails sur le concours, cliquez ici .
Editorial: Is Trenton's TerraCycle reality show an upcycled version of 'The Office' on Pivot TV?
Sold as fertilizer in used soda bottles, worm excrement set the scene for the still unfolding Cinderella story of TerraCycle. Founder Tom Szaky began TerraCycle in his Princeton University dorm room, then moved operations into a Trenton warehouse where the quirky company has expanded its recycling mission to include everything from cigarette butts to used diapers.
Turning her upcycling-waste impulses into a career
When Tiffany Threadgould moved into her Fairmount apartment in 2012, the first thing she did was trash the place. But for Threadgould, 40, that didn't mean making a mess. On the contrary, it's all about discovering beauty - or at least function - in objects that might otherwise be destined for the landfill.
Virklund SFO kæmper for genanvendelse af skrald.
En af de institutioner, der er gået ivrigt ind i indsamlingen, er Virklund SFO. Herfra fortæller man gennem en pressemeddelelse fra miljøvirksomheden Terracycle og Arla, at børnene i SFO’en har indsamlet omkring 10.000 mælke- og yoghurtlåg, og da Arla belønner hvert låg med en femøre, er der altså cirka 500 kr. i belønning til SFO’en. Læs artiklen her: Midtjyllandsavis: Virklund SFO indsamler låg og genanvender.
Mission Possible: Let's trash the idea of garbage
What is "garbage"?
A. Things you toss into trash bags then toss into trash bins.
B. Things you aren't supposed to put in the blue recycling bins.
C. Empty toothpaste tubes, shoes that no longer fit, extinguished cigarette butts, make-up containers, dairy tubs and lids, high lighters and pens, outdated cell phones & laptops.
D. Almost everything.
E. Almost nothing.
F. D and E
G. A through D
Since the answer is assuredly "G," perhaps it is past time that we trash the idea of garbage before all of Mother Earth herself is trashed.
"All the ants in the world weigh more than all the humans in the world, but ants create not a single pound of garbage," explains Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle; "that's because in Nature, one system's garbage is another system's food." Not so with humans in the equation. Szaky reports that "99 percent of the things we buy will be in the dump within one year."
TerraCycle see's human garbage as an opportunity to make new products — products that are thereby cheaper and much more sustainable.
One year ago, May of 2013, Coyote Howling Shop for a Cause launched a TerraCycle campaign that one year later has collected waste stream items to be TerraCycled from donors across New Mexico, as well as from Texas, Colorado, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania. Together, donors have kept more than 1,380 pounds of trash from landfills and incinerators — protecting our land, water, and air. Starting with just two brigades — Personal Care and Beauty and Writing Instruments — the campaign has grown to more than 24 active brigades with another five waitlisted.
During May to December 2013, volunteers shipped 23 boxes of items to TerraCycle. In the first 4 1/2 months of 2014, we have shipped 62 boxes. Some examples to date:
• 8,385 personal care and beauty items
• 17,610 units of cigarette waste
• 5,049 pieces of cheese packaging
• 4,900 cell phone points
• 438 toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, and floss containers
• 1,186 plastic No. 6 cups
• 136 pairs of shoes to be sent to under-resourced communities
It would be enough of a reward to have kept these items from becoming garbage, but each item sent also earns a rebate that is sent directly from TerraCycle to Feed My Starving Children. More than 1,400 nutritional FMSC meals have been paid for by the rebates. Together we can trash the idea of "garbage" and "starvation"!