TerraCycle

TerraCycle® is a social enterprise Eliminating the Idea of Waste®. We have found that nearly everything we touch can be recycled and collect typically non-recyclable items through national, first-of-their-kind recycling platforms.

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5 Types of Sustainable Products to Follow in 2015 and Beyond

Published on October 6, 2015

About a 7 minute read

The global Sustainable Brands community continues to impress and inspire with the growing levels of creativity companies are applying in their sustainability efforts, especially when it comes to elevating the level of priority of environmental and so... View More

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5 Types of Sustainability Marketing Tactics Corporate Execs Need to Understand, and Utilize, Better

Published on September 22, 2015

About a 7 minute read

Sustainability marketing is a strange and special animal. To be effective, it needs to popularize the work of sustainability teams, which tends to be based on rigorous systems thinking, carefully and scientifically considering the whole picture befor... View More

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Materials & Packaging Materials & Packaging

How Marketing and Social Action Can Bring Back Recycling

Published on August 27, 2015

About a 5 minute read

A cloud seems to be looming over the recycling industry today. No matter where you turn, the reigning attitude seems about the same — the future of recycling is in trouble. ... View More

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Marketing & Communications Marketing & Communications

'Human Resources,' Season 2 (or How TerraCycle Hopes to Pave the Way for 'Green' on Reality TV)

Published on August 5, 2015

About a 3 minute read

The television remains one of the most vital tools available to “green” marketers. From product placement to paid commercial spots, getting your product, service or mission featured on TV is an invaluable way to bring your company’s messaging d... View More

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Innovation & Technology Innovation & Technology

Can a Book Help to Market Your Mission?

Published on July 7, 2015

About a 3 minute read

TerraCycle has always approached marketing in an unconventional way. We have to, really, considering the success of our business model is dependent on how engaged and motivated our consumers are. In a world with so many conflicts and globally relevan... View More

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Circular Economy Circular Economy

Philips, Dell, ASU Discuss How to Fill Existing Gaps in Shift Toward Circular Business Models

Published on June 4, 2015

About a 6 minute read

This #SB15sd Wednesday afternoon session on the circular economy convened a frank and open discussion about what is working, and what isn’t, when it comes to tweaking existing business ecosystems to accommodate circular models. Panelists compared n... View More

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How Do We Create the Sustainable Leaders That We Need? Start by Inspiring Kids to Recycle

Published on May 21, 2015

About a 4 minute read

Survey data indicates that, compared to older generations, younger generations are more supportive of environmental legislation and the notion that global climate change is the result of human activity, yet are simultaneously less likely to recycle o... View More

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Innovation & Technology Innovation & Technology

This Year's Inspired Leadership Award Highlighting the New 'Breed of Leadership Business Needs'

Published on May 18, 2015

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Last week, seven young nominees were announced for the 2015 Inspired Leadership Award (ILA), an annual prize recognizing leaders with the potential to positively impact lives on a global scale for generations to come. ... View More

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Marketing & Communications Marketing & Communications

Bevy of Brands Partnering With NGOs to Fund Conservation During Earth Month

Published on April 8, 2015

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April is Earth Month, and brands are announcing programs to inspire participation in environmental activities and funding campaigns. ... View More

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Circular Economy Circular Economy

To Recycle or Not to Recycle: The Economics of Garbage

Published on March 25, 2015

About a 5 minute read

People are confused about recycling because they complain that the entire process – from labeling, to which bin is which, to what your municipality accepts - makes it difficult to determine a material’s recyclability. This issue is especially com... View More

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Materials & Packaging Materials & Packaging

Why Durable Bioplastics, Not Biodegradable, May Be the Answer

Published on January 20, 2015

About a 4 minute read

To conclude this series about bioplastics and the biodegradability (or lack thereof) of plastic products and packaging, I want to discuss the future of what I consider to be one of the only viable alternatives to plastics derived from non-renewable r... View More

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Materials & Packaging Materials & Packaging

The Myth of Biodegradability in Plastic Consumer Products and Packaging

Published on January 13, 2015

About a 4 minute read

In my last post regarding the long-term viability of bio-based polymers, I touched on some of the primary concerns we face regarding the rise of plastics labeled as “biodegradable.” It’s an important component of this broad discussion, and one ... View More

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Innovation & Technology Innovation & Technology

P&G, Terracycle Challenging Canadians to Keep Home Care Waste Out of Landfills

Published on December 16, 2014

About a 3 minute read

A new initiative from Procter & Gamble’s Febreze air freshener and TerraCycle is challenging Canadians across the nation to recycle everything from used air fresheners to Swiffer packaging for $5,000 in prize money, to be donated to the school ... View More

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Garnier® And TerraCycle® Announce Winner Of Local Community Garden Made From Recycled Beauty Packaging

Published on July 16, 2014

About a 3 minute read

NEW YORK, July 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- After transforming over 1,500 pounds of recycled personal care waste into a one-of-a-kind Garnier Green Garden in Harlem and overhauling a garden at a special needs school in the Bronx, Garnier and TerraCyc... View More

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Materials & Packaging Materials & Packaging

Recycle Across America, Participant Media Determined to Get Us to 'Recycle Right!'

Published on June 26, 2014

About a 4 minute read

Recycle Across America® (RAA), a nonprofit that has developed the first and only society-wide standardized labeling system for recycling bins to help eliminate the public confusion surrounding recycling, has joined forces with Participant Media on a... View More

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Materials & Packaging Materials & Packaging

'Make It, Take It' Campaign Pressuring Companies to Take Responsibility for Packaging Waste

Published on April 30, 2014

About a 4 minute read

A coalition of organizations devoted to waste and recycling, plastic pollution and resource conservation today launched the Make It, Take It Campaign, a collaborative effort to pressure consumer goods companies to take responsibility for packaging wa... View More

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Collaboration & Co-Creation Collaboration & Co-Creation

With Timbuk2’s 'Life Cycle,' Customers Can Reuse, Repair, Recycle and Reimagine Its Products

Published on April 23, 2014

About a 3 minute read

San Francisco-based Timbuk2, famous for its ubiquitous messenger bags, has launched the Timbuk2 Life Cycle — a robust environmental responsibility program to reduce, reuse, repair, recycle, and reimagine Timbuk2 bags — in partnership with yerdle,... View More

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Materials & Packaging Materials & Packaging

Could the Scourge of the Seas Help Defeat the Scourge of the Landfill?

Published on April 21, 2014

About a 3 minute read

We all know climate change and pollution are beginning to wreak havoc around the world in a variety of ways. In tropical and Mediterranean areas, higher oceanic acidity and warmer temperatures in recent years have created, among other things, a proli... View More

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Circular Economy Circular Economy

Over 75% of Unilever's Factories Achieve Zero Waste to Landfill

Published on April 9, 2014

About a 3 minute read

Unilever announced today that all of its European factories have joined those in North America in achieving zero non-hazardous waste to landfill. Along with similar achievements in countries from Argentina to Indonesia, this means more than three-qua... View More

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Organizational Governance Organizational Governance

Terracycle's New Zero Waste Boxes Helping Companies Recycle at the Factory Level

Published on April 8, 2014

About a 2 minute read

Terracycle has been making it easy for people and businesses throughout North America to reduce consumer product waste through its dozens of “Brigades” that collect previously non-recyclable or hard to recycle waste — everything from Brita filt... View More

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