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Garden Ideas And Outdoor Living
For The Birds (September 4, 2008)
Need a quick and easy way to feed the bird, one that won't take major investment of time, and money from you? Try this inverted 2 liter bottle filled with bird seed. Just hang it from a branch, hook or railing. You can even refill the feeder and keep using it after birds have emptied the bottle. $4.99 terracycle.net...
The Good Human
Terracycle: Upcycling Plastic Bottles Into New Products. (August 27, 2008)
About a month ago or so, the people from Terracycle sent me a box full of their products to try out. I have written about Terracycle before when talking about the lack of plastic recycling here in town, and I have always been envious that I had not thought of their idea - upcycling plastic soda/water bottles and milk jugs into 2-liter bird feeders and new packaging for worm poop compost or household cleaners. What a brilliant concept - take what most of us throw away and use it to your advantage to both A. reduce the amount of plastic going into the waste stream and B. reduce the amount of new materials needed to make your packaging. It really is a win-win situation, and I wish I had come up with the idea! The package they sent me was in a recycled cardboard box, which is great, and had a few...
Birds and Blooms
The Two Minute Feeder (August 22, 2008)
I'm an employee of an eco friendly company named TerraCycle, and people are always asking me how do we make our products. One of the items I often get questions about is our recycled bird feeder made from a two liter soda bottle. ...
The Gateline.com
TerraCycling for a trash-free planet (August 7, 2008)
TerraCycle strives to hit two birds with one stone. The company manufactures useful products for everyday use such as garden items, tote bags and school supplies with a slight twist — everything is made from recycled materials. Soda bottles are fashioned into bird feeders and milk bottles are used for plant food.
Brightly colored flower pots are created from 100 percent post-consumer waste, or “e-waste,” using plastic materials from such items like computers and fax machines that otherwise would have ended up in a landfill....
Alaska Business Montly
Fred Meyer Sells Edo-Friendly Garden Products (June 1, 2008)
Fred Meyer stores in Alaska now sell a new line of eco-friendly garden products in response to customer demand for more sustainable, organic products. TerraCycle Inc.'s products are made from waste and recycled products....
The Mount Airy News
Recycling options a top priority for sixth graders (May 26, 2008)
Carriker then told the students about a company called TerraCycle, which buys recyclable waste from schools and other areas and turns it into a variety of products such as potting mix in a milk jug container, soda bottle plant food, and a 2-liter bird feeder. The company pays six cents per plastic bottle. They also accept plastic cookie wrappers, drink pouches (i.e. Capri Sun), energy bar wrappers and yogurt containers. TerraCycle will purchase those items for two cents each.
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The New York Times
The Goal Is to Do the Right Thing (May 21, 2008)
TERRACYCLE’S fertilizer is priced the same as its competitors’. It is on the same store shelves, from Home Depot to Wal-Mart. But comparisons stop there. The company prides itself on making a product that its co-founder, Tom Szaky, calls “green to the extreme”: its base ingredient is made by feeding trash to worms and collecting their nutrient-rich wastes, a process that he perfected using dining-hall refuse as a student at Princeton University.
The product is packaged in used soda bottles, which instead of being recycled — requiring melting the plastic — are cleaned and relabeled. TerraCycle’s other products are likewise “upcycled” — a compost from an old wine barrel, a handbag from drink pouches and a bird feeder that is an upside-down two-liter soda bottle. This month,...
Greener Computing
TerraCycle: Worm Poop and So Much More (May 14, 2008)
What we do is we go in and work with companies like Honest Tea, Capri Sun, Kool-Aid -- these all became our sponsors -- and enabled them to help us run a nationwide collection program. So, today, if you have kids, and they're drinking Capri Sun or Honest Tea juice pouches, and you'd like to get paid to reuse them, you go to our website, you sign up, and for free, we send you collection boxes. You send them back, and then we donate $0.02 per pouch to any organization you want. Typically, it's like your school or something. And that's where it begins. ...
Climate Biz
TerraCycle: Worm Poop and So Much More (May 14, 2008)
Although it seems an unlikely success story, TerraCycle -- the company famous for turning worm poop into a household name -- points the way to success in how we address many of our environmental issues....
Jenotopia
Taking vermicomposting to another level: TerraCycle’s eco-capitalism (May 9, 2008)
Vermicomposting has become so popular that is finally earning the attention of business folk as a potentially lucrative market. TerraCycle is a fresh, young company bringing some long-overdue earth-friendly business practices into play with vermiculture ~ and making a great gardening product in the process....
Backyard Solutions Magazine
Recycled Bird Feeder (May 1, 2008)
Even the birds will de doing their eco-friendly part when feeding from the TerraCycle Bird Feeder...
Low Impact Living
The Straight Poop: TerraCycle Plant Foods (April 23, 2008)
I love to tinker in my garden, and I’m an especially big fan of this company TerraCycle and their gardening products. The reason for the title of this blog is that TerraCycle fertilizers are made from worm poop! The company also has some very interesting recycled packaging. I had the good fortune to interview TerraCycle’s CEO, Tom Szaky, about chemical-free gardening and the TerraCycle story....
modbee.com
Pet projects go green (April 19, 2008)
Watch the birds come when you hang the TerraCycle Wild Bird Feeder, made from a used soda bottle and a recycled plastic feeding pan. The feeder comes with birdseed and can be refilled.
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Rutland Herald
TerraCycle's recycling brigades raise money and eco awareness (April 13, 2008)
Reduce, reuse, recycle. It's a mantra of the 21st century. Separating our newspapers and cardboard, junk mail and office paper, magazines and catalogs, bottles and cans, and plastic bottles from the rest of our garbage has become part of our daily routines....
Sandy Post
Waste products worm their way to Sandy (April 10, 2008)
Liquefied worm dung in a used soda bottle isn’t exactly something most people would think to purchase. But challenging conventional thinking about waste and recycling is exactly what New Jersey-based TerraCycle, Inc. wants to do....
Fox Business
Young Guns: Go Behind the Scenes With America's Young Entrepreneurs (April 9, 2008)
Meet Tom Szaky, the 26-year-old founder of Terracycle, whose company's products and packaging are made entirely from waste. From turning down $1 million in seed capital to getting sued by MiracleGro, this fledgling fertilizer firm, which started in 2001, is already making its mark in the business world....
The Providence Journal
Helping Fido go grrrrreen (March 28, 2008)
Why you should sit up: Plastic soda bottles take hundreds of years to decompose in landfills, so why not find another use and feed birds in the process? Why you should roll over: Watch the birds when you hang the TerraCycle Wild Bird Feeder, made from a used soda bottle and a recycled plastic feeding pan. It comes with birdseed and can be refilled. ...
Sandy Post
Waste Products make their way to Sandy (March 26, 2008)
Liquefied worm dung in a soda bottle isn't exactly something most people would think to purchase...
NJ My Way
Here’s the Poop (March 25, 2008)
We predict in a few months you or your kids will want a handbag made out of Capri Sun juice bags. How do we know this? Because we saw hundreds of them being assembled at TerraCycle (www.terracycle.net), the upstart Trenton company that finds creative uses for the things we know as garbage. ...
NJ Monthly
Here's the Poop (March 25, 2008)
We predict in a few months you or your kids will want a handbag made out of Capri Sun juice bags. How do we know this? Because we saw hundreds of them being assembled at TerraCycle, the upstart Trenton company that finds creative uses for the things we know as garbage.
TerraCyle is already known for its Worm Poop. The ultra rich natural fertilizer packaged in old soda bottles (not recycled, re-used bottles has been hailed as the earthy elixir for your garden. Click here for a video tour of the plant on NJ My Way and watch how the by-product of worms is processed — not as yucky as it sounds....
Pet Product News
Bird Feeder (March 24, 2008)
TerraCycle Inc. announces the TerraCycle Bird Feeder, designed for young and entry-level birders. Made from recycled or reused materials, it comes filled with quality seed, according to the company....
Vitality Magazine
TerraCycle Plant Food for Eco-Friendly Gardeners (March 23, 2008)
TerraCycle Plant Food became the first consumer product to earn the Zerofootprint Seal and now is available to eco-conscious plant-lovers at major hardware and garden centres across Canada and the US. The seal signifies that the materials and manufacturing process used to produce a product have virtually no negative environmental repercussions....
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Company goes mainstream with green ethic (March 22, 2008)
Tom Szaky had an idea five years ago to start a company that is different than most. "The fundamental basis is that we make products out of waste, and our products need to revolve around three very basic criteria: better, cheaper and greener," said Szaky, the CEO and founder of TerraCycle, a company on an environmental crusade that made its first sale in 2004. The philosophy and other strategies have paid off....
Quick & Simple Magazine
TerraCycle Wild Bird Feeder (March 18, 2008)
A TerraCycle wild bird feeder from www.terracycle.net...
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Garden-Variety Revolution: TerraCycle turns what others leave behind into fertilizers and fashion. (March 15, 2008)
Of earthworms Charles Darwin wrote, “It may be doubted if there are any other animals which have played such an important part in the history of the world as these lowly organized creatures.” With the help of a talented social entrepreneur, hard work, and good luck, earth-worms are making history again at TerraCycle Inc. in Trenton, N.J. The eco-friendly gardening supply com- pany, which turns worm castings into organic liquid plant fertilizer, is growing faster than a wonga wonga vine (Pandorea pandorana) in spring- time. It’s also affirming the green movement’s place in mainstream business.
TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky runs a lean operation, using earthworms, recycled packaging, and low-rent facilities in Trenton, N.J., to make organic garden products. ...
Green Work Place
TerraCycle (March 3, 2008)
Finally, a company that really gets what recycling is all about. TerraCycle is trying to eliminate the idea of waste completely. You provide them packaging... they turn around and put their products in your water bottles, drink pouches, yogurt containers, energy bar wrappers, etc. So what do they sell exactly? Mostly gardening products, bird food, fertilizer and the like. But don't worry, its all natural stuff....
TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky
TerraCycle Room 101 (February 12, 2008)
TerraCycle specializes in turning our trash into desirable products....
Tuscon Home
For the Birds (February 1, 2008)
The folks at TerraCycle have made a name for themselves in the plant-food arena - not only for providing quality organic products for gardners, but for doing so in recycled plastic containers...
Women in the Outdoors
TerraCycle Bird Feeder (February 1, 2008)
For winter bird feedering: packaged in a recycled soda bottle; complete with birdseed and hanger; $4.99...
This is Green
TerraCycle CEO Interview (January 28, 2008)
This week we interview Tom Szaky, CEO and Co-Founder of Terracycle, Inc. producer of the world's first product made from and packaged in waste. terracycle Plant Food has been recently named the most eco-friendly product in Home Depot, and received a number of awards for business model and environmental stewardship. ...
Green Man Radio
Tom Szaky on Greenman (January 27, 2008)
Things are pretty slow gardening wise this time of year. So I thought this would be the perfect time to let you share my latest interview with Tom Szaky. Tom, as you may remember, is the painfully young CEO of Terra Cycle. ...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
TRYOUT: Company plants recycling seed. (January 26, 2008)
Tom Szaky had an idea five years ago to start a company that is different than most. "The fundamental basis is that we make products out of waste, and our products need to revolve around three very basic criteria: better, cheaper and greener," said Szaky, the CEO and founder of TerraCycle, a company on an environmental crusade that made its first sale in 2004.
The philosophy and other strategies have paid off....
Gardening & Deck Design
Food for thought (January 21, 2008)
TerraCycle's wild bird premium feeders are made out of reused 2-Liter bottles. They come filled with bird seed and can be refilled or recycled....
Super Floral Retailer
Eco-Friendly Bird Feeder (January 8, 2008)
Formed from a recycled 2-liter bottle and a base of recycled plastic, the TerraCycel Bird Feeder is economical, environmentally friendly and easy to refill....
Garden Center
Recycled-Materials Bird Feeder (January 2, 2008)
The TerraCycle Bird Feeder is an entry-level birdfeeder for young people, families and less-serious birders. The TerraCycle Bird Feeder is made from recycled or reused materials and is already filled with quality birdseed....
All You Magazine
Reuse a Plastic Bottle (January 2, 2008)
With TerraCycle's brid feeder, you'll be recycling and feeding your backyard friends at the same time. It's made from a recycled soda bottles and comes filled with birdseed....
Seattle Magazine
Pop Art (January 1, 2008)
With empty plastic bottles littering hte land and sea, one company has figured out how to keep them out of the landfill. Since 2001, NJ based TerraCycle has produced organic plant food from waste in waste. ...
The Examiner
The TerraCycle Bird Feeder (December 13, 2007)
This ingenious bird feeder is the ideal entry-level bird feeder for young people and less serious birders. The TerraCycle bird feeder is made from recycling or reused materials and is already filled with quality birdseed....
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Wild Bird Feeder (December 13, 2007)
Feed the birds and do your eco-duty with this imaginative feeder made from a 2-liter plastic soda bottle that might have ended up in a landfill....
The Phillidephia Inquirer
Help your gardener glow (December 2, 2007)
Feed the birds and do your eco-duty with this imaginative feeder made from a 2-liter plastic soda bottle that might have ended up in a landfill. How cool is that? It's one of many recycled gardening products made by TerraCycle Inc., of Trenton. Cost is $4.98 at selected Wal-Marts in our area. Information at http://www.terracycle.net/...
The Monterey Herald
Entrepreneur uses compost-producing red wigglers to break down garbage — and his idea has caught fire (December 1, 2007)
Has a brilliant idea ever had such a birth? It was 2001. Tom Szaky took some freshman buddies from Princeton University to visit a friend in Montreal. While there, he discovered his pal's gonzo marijuana plants.
How'd you do that? Szaky asked. Easy. Worms eating table scraps in a makeshift compost bin were producing mineral- and nutrient-rich feces, which in turn became cheap fertilizer for the pot plants. ...
The Times Leader
Up and coming business starts with worms (November 18, 2007)
What started as a business plan contest at Princeton University for two students, Tom Szaky and Jon Beyer, has developed into a thriving business....
Design NJ
For Bird Lovers (November 15, 2007)
Winter is one of the best times to feed birds, and TerraCycle Inc. offers ready-to-hang feeders made from plastic soda soft drink bottles decorated with a swirl design. Under $5....
Floral Management
Eco-Friendly Feeder (November 10, 2007)
The TerraCycle bird feeder is made from recycled or reused materials and is already filled with quality birdseed. Unlike other feeders, you can take it home and hang it outside immediately. ...
Water Garden News
TerraCycle Bird Feeder (November 5, 2007)
The TerraCycle bird feeder is made from recycled or reused materials and is already filled with quality birdseed. Unlike other feeders, you can take it home and hang it outside immediately. ...
McClatchy Newspapers
Maybe it’s time for Fido and Felix to go green, too (November 1, 2007)
Why you should sit up: Plastic soda bottles take hundreds of years to decompose in landfills, so why not find another use for them and feed birds in the process?
Why you should roll over: Watch the birds come when you hang the TerraCycle Wild Bird Feeder, made from a used soda bottle and a recycled plastic feeding pan. The feeder comes with birdseed and can be refilled....
Today's Garden Center
Entry Level Feeder (October 31, 2007)
The TerraCycle Bird Feeder is a good option for less serious bird watchers. Made from recycled materials and already filled with quality birdseed, customers can take it home and hang it outside immediately with no filling or assembly required....
Organic Gardening Magazine
Bird Giveaway (October 29, 2007)
Enter to win a TerraCycle Bird Feeder! It's eco- and wildlife-friendly and a fun introduction to birding!...
The Charlotte Observer
Recycling not just for humans (October 29, 2007)
Why you should sit up: Plastic soda bottles take hundreds of years to decompose, so why not find another use for them and feed birds in the process?
Why you should roll over: Watch the birds come when you hang the TerraCycle Wild Bird Feeder, made from a used soda bottle and a recycled plastic feeding pan. The feeder comes with birdseed and can be refilled.
Why you should play dead: Even though green is the new black, you'll still have a two-liter plastic bottle hanging in your yard.
Where to fetch it: Select Wal-Mart stores or www.terracycle.net
How much you'll have to beg: $4.88...
The Star Telegram
Pet project and critters environment (October 27, 2007)
Why you should sit up: Plastic soda bottles take hundreds of years to decompose in landfills, so why not find another use for them and feed birds in the process?
Why you should roll over: Watch the birds come when you hang the TerraCycle Wild Bird Premium Feeder, made from a used soda bottle and a recycled plastic feeding pan. The refillable feeder comes with birdseed.
Why you should play dead: Even though green is the new black, you'll still have a 2-liter plastic bottle hanging in your yard.
Where to fetch it: Select Wal-Mart stores or www.terracycle.net...
Williamsport Sun-Gazette
TerraCycle Bird Feeder (October 22, 2007)
Just in time for winter feeding, this eco-friendly plant food and fertilizer company called TerraCycle has come out with a new ecofriendly bird feeder.
The TerraCycle Bird Feeder is the world’s first bird feeder to be packaged in a reused soda bottle, according to Mike Avale of Terracycle Inc.
It comes already prepped for feeding and is filled with high-quality birdseed....
The Sun Gazette
TerraCycle Bird Feeder (October 22, 2007)
Just in time for winter feeding, this eco-friendly plant food and fertilizer company called TerraCycle has come out with a new eco-friendly bird feeder. The TerraCycle Bird Feeder is the world’s first bird feeder to be packaged in a re-used soda bottle, according to Mike Avale of Terracycle Inc.
It comes already prepped for feeding and is filled with high-quality birdseed. The company boasted that this bird feeder is perfect for individuals or families who have never tried their hand at taking care of a bird before. I feed the wild birds with about four feeders all year long....
The Star Democrat
Easy-to-use bird feeder (October 17, 2007)
The TerraCycle Bird Feeder is the ideal entry-level bird feeder for young people, family and less serious birders. The TerraCycle Bird Feeder is made from recycled or reused materials and is already filled with quality birdseed. Unlike other bird feeders, you can take it home and hang it outside immediately. No filling or assembly is required.
This extremely affordable and easy-to-use Bird Feeder is perfect for individuals or families who have never tried their hand at birding before. No mounting unsightly poles in your garden or screwing holes in your siding simply hang from any branch. The compact and attractive design makes the Feeder perfect for decks or yards of any size. Because the Feeder comes pre-filled with quality seed, no need to buy a bulky bag of seed that might never get used....
Sacramento Bee
WILD BIRD FEEDER (October 13, 2007)
Why you should sit up: Plastic soda bottles take hundreds of years to decompose in landfills, so why not find another use for them and feed birds in the process? Why you should roll over: Watch the birds come when you hang the TerraCycle Wild Bird Feeder, made from a used soda bottle and a recycled plastic feeding pan. The feeder comes with birdseed and can be refilled. Why you should play dead: Even though green is the new black, you'll still have a 2-liter plastic bottle hanging in your yard.
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Birds & Blooms
OCTOBER'S CONTEST (October 11, 2007)
TerraCycle bird feeders are made from recycled or reused material, and they are already filled with quality birdseed. You can hang it outside immediately. No filling or assembly required. Feeders are available at Wal-Mart. To learn more about Terracycle and their products, visit their Web site....
Citizens Voice
Eco-friendly company hopes to boost interest in recycling (October 8, 2007)
A company that built its fortune by recycling worm excrement into plant food is hoping to turn on Luzerne County students to the environment. TerraCycle Inc., a New Jersey-based firm that bills itself as "eco-capitalist" and takes pride in creating products entirely out of waste, is offering free bird feeders made of reused 2-liter soda bottles to any local school that wants to participate....
Bennington Banner
Recycling company looks toward Vermont (October 8, 2007)
An eco-friendly company based in New Jersey is looking to partner with Vermont schools and community organizations on two new recycling programs. TerraCycle, a company based out of Trenton, N.J., uses products sent to them by schools, religious organizations and other community groups to make and package eco-friendly and socially responsible products. In return, the schools get paid to recycle. ...
The Evening Sun
TerraCycle Inc. provides eco-friendly bird feeders to local schools (October 8, 2007)
NORWICH – In an attempt to raise awareness of ecological and social responsibility, TerraCycle Inc. has worked out a way to provide their newest product, eco-friendly bird feeders, to local area schools. From now until Wednesday, TerraCycle Inc. will be selling their new eco-friendly bird feeder at area Wal-Mart locations for under $5, and for every three bird feeders sold, Perry Browne Elementary School will receive one free of charge....
Pike County Courier
School needed for promotion (October 4, 2007)
TerraCycle Inc. is looking for a Milford area school interested in receiving free Bird Feeders and an entire Ornithology curriculum to help teach their students about nature and the importance of protecting wildlife.
In early October a representative from TerraCycle will be presenting the company’s newest eco-friendly product, an entry Bird Feeder packaged in a reused 2-liter soda bottle, at Milford Wal*Mart, For every three Bird Feeders that are purchased at $4.88 each on that day, TerraCycle will donate one Feeder to the school along with the Pennsylvania State Ornithology curriculum to the school....
Wall Street Journal
Bird Feeders, Some Stylish, Eco-Friendly (October 4, 2007)
TerraCycle Bird Feeder. Price: $4.88. Availability: Wal-Mart stores. Comment: It is made out of a reused soda bottle and comes filled with birdseed. The feeder was very easy to assemble and hang -- no fiddling required. It attracted a gold finch and a chickadee when we tried it. It is designed more for smaller birds....
Advertiser Democrat
Bird call goes out to local schools (October 4, 2007)
Area schools with hopes of adding some free wildlife curriculum to their classrooms will want to hear this bird call. TerraCycle In.c, the Trenton, New Jersey-based eco-friendly recycling product company wants to provide a school in Oxford Hills with free "revolutionary" bird feeders, in addition to an entire ornithology curriculum....
Organic Gardening
Win a TerraCycle Bird Feeder! (October 3, 2007)
If you and your family love to see wildlife around your home, the TerraCycle Bird Feeder is the perfect introduction to your home to attract birds. With no assembly required, the bird feeder comes pre-filled with quality seed -- just hang and start bird watching from your window!
The TerraCycle Bird Feeder is extremely affordable and easy-to-use -- ideal for children or any individual who has never tried their hand at birding before. The compact and attractive design makes the feeder perfect for decks or yards of any size....
The Star
Business Briefs (October 3, 2007)
EASTON TerraCycle Inc. is looking for an Easton area school interested in receiving free bird feeders and an entire ornithology curriculum to help teach their students about nature and the importance of protecting wildlife.
In early October, a representative from TerraCycle will be presenting the company's newest eco-friendly product, an entry bird feeder packaged in a reused 2-liter soda bottle, at the Easton Wal-Mart on Elliott Road....
St Marys Today
School Needed for Donation (October 2, 2007)
TerraCycle Inc. is looking for Maryland area schools interested in receiving free Bird Feeders and an entire Ornithology curriculum to help teach their students about nature and the importance of protecting wildlife.
In early October a representative from TerraCycle will be presenting the company’s newest eco-friendly product, an entry Bird Feeder packaged in a reused 2-liter soda bottle, at the California Wal*Mart, For every three Bird Feeders that are purchased from local stores, TerraCycle will donate one Feeder to the school along with the State of Maryland Ornithology curriculum to the school.
TerraCycle developed the Bird Feeder and this program with hopes of inspiring young children to love and appreciate wildlife. If younger generations learn to respect and enjoy wildlife at...
The Citizen
Schools asked to participate in eco program (October 2, 2007)
TerraCycle Inc. is seeking schools in Cayuga County interested in teaching students about protecting the environment. In early October, a representative from TerraCycle will be presenting the company's newest eco-friendly product, an entry bird feeder packaged in a reused 2-liter soda bottle that can be purchased at Wal-Mart. For every three bird feeders that are purchased from the store, located on Grant Avenue in Auburn, Terracycle will donate one feeder to the school along with the New York State Ornithology curriculum to the school. At least three feeders and the curriculum will be donated to any participating schools.
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The Press Republican
Recycling program (September 30, 2007)
TerraCycle Inc. is looking for a Plattsburgh area school interested in receiving free bird feeders and an entire Ornithology curriculum to help teach their students about nature and the importance of protecting wildlife. In early October, a representative from TerraCycle will be presenting the company's newest eco-friendly product, an entry bird feeder packaged in a reused two-liter soda bottle, at the Plattsburgh Wal-Mart....
St Petersburg Times
Put an old soda bottle to good use (September 15, 2007)
Support recycling and feed your feathered friends. You can do both with the TerraCycle Bird Feeder,which is made from a reused 2-liter soda bottle with a recycled plastic base. It comes filled with a wild bird seed mix. Just hang the bottle from a tree and it's chow time. It's $4.99, at many Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Target stores. (The manufacturers are the same people who sell a fertilizer made from worm poop packed in recycled soda bottles.) See the video, learn more and find a retailer at http://www.terracycle.net/....
Hartford Courant
Waste Not, Waste Not With TerraCycle (September 14, 2007)
TerraCycle - a Trenton, N.J., company founded by two Princeton University students in 2001 - has reused more than 1 million soda and water bottles to package its plant food, itself the product of recycled garbage and affectionately known as "worm poop."
Now TerraCycle is using recycled bottles as bird feeders as well, already packed with seed and priced at $4.88.
Many of the bottles have been collected by more than 4,000 school groups and charities. TerraCycle spokesman Albe Zakes says the company pays 6 cents per bottle.
A big fan of the "Bottle Brigade" program is Lee Gluck, the library media specialist at Whiting Lane School in West Hartford who previously taught at Wolcott Elementary School for about 12 years, including the past four years teaching fifth-graders....
New Jersey Master Gardener
Eating like a bird (September 5, 2007)
TerraCycle, the company that brought you worm poop in a bottle, has a new product -- a wild bird premium feeder.
The entry-level bird feeder is made out of a recycled two liter soda bottle. It comes filled with birdseed. No filling or assembly required.
Beginning Friday, Sept. 7, the feeders will be available at Wal-Mart. TerraCyle hopes to have Home Depot selling them by spring 2008. It sells for $4.88....
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"TerraCycle is one of the 100 most innovative companies of 2004."
- Red Herring Magazine
"This reporter squirted TerraCycle's Plant Food on her plants and they nearly grew out of their pots."
- U.S. 1 Newspaper
"Many brands tout an environmentally friendly message, but TerraCycle plant food may be the ultimate product."
- Brand Packaging Magazine
"It's this kind of fresh, innovative merchandise that resonates with consumers and brings them into our stores."
- Globe and Mail
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