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Ecoesty
Eco Tip Of The Week: Save That Trash! (May 4, 2008)
TerraCycle is trying to eliminate the idea of waste. To do so, we must find great uses for objects that used to be considered waste. And best of all, you can raise funds for your favorite charity by helping us collect waste. It's easy and shipping is free. TerraCycle will pay...
co-op America
Clif Bar Partners with Terra-Cycle to recycle Wrappers (April 25, 2008)
Clif Bar is furthering their sustainability commitments by teaming up with Terra-Cycle to collect Clif Bar wrappers that will be woven into material for backpacks, tote bags and other products. Individuals and businesses can sign-up for the Wrapper Brigade and will receive collection bags that can be used to collect and send back to TerraCycle. Products are expected in stores in 2009....
Pretty Tough
Wrapper Brigade! (April 24, 2008)
April 24, 2008 - Do you snack on cookies? Drink juice pouches? Eat energy bars? Did you know that every year BILLIONS of drink pouches and food wrappers end up in dumpsters and landfills across America? Well, TerraCycle has teamed up with Clif Bar, Oreos, Capri Sun and others to reduce the amount of packaging going into our landfills. They will donate two cents to charity for every used wrapper...
Sierraclub Magazine
Foiled Again (April 24, 2008)
Energy bars are convenient, sure, but what about the 800 million wrappers discarded each year? Now they and other selected junk can be sent to a company that's making big business out of household garbage. The plastic/foil composite wrappers, along with empty juice pouches, will be reincarnated as bags and backpacks on the shelves of Target. Next, old plastic yogurt containers will reappear at Home...
The Philly Burbs
What can I do for earth day? (April 22, 2008)
Help spread the idea of “Eco-capitialism,” and raise money for your favorite charity at the same time by giving Trenton’s TerraCycle your unwanted soda bottles, yougurt containers, cookie wrappers and more. Learn more about this company - if your daily commute includes crossing the river on Rt. 1, you drive right past their funky, grafitti-strewn HQ every day - here....
Kearney Hub
Don’t pitch that wrapper in the trash (April 22, 2008)
A Kearney organization has joined a national effort to reuse waste materials while raising money for a local charity. Becky Skrdla of Kearney, a Mid-America Bicycle Club member, read about the Clif Bar Wrapper Brigade when she was flipping through a biking newsletter....
Petoskey News Review
Area schools teach students how to be environmental stewards (April 19, 2008)
In addition to area recycling facilities, TerraCycle Inc. runs four nationwide upcycling programs for schools, community groups and nonprofits. The programs collect four materials: 20 ounce soda bottles, kid's drink pouches, yogurt containers and energy and granola bar wrappers (regardless of brand). In return, they donate several cents per piece to a school or nonprofit that the location chooses....
Taunton Daily Gazette
One person’s trash is another’s recycled treasure (April 19, 2008)
A local environmentalist takes the mantra “reduce, reuse, recycle” to the next level and turns trash into treasure by joining a national movement called the TerraCycle Brigades. “It’s all about taking what we have and using it efficiently,” said LeeAnn Tavares, recycling coordinator for the town of Seekonk and secretary for the Conservation Commission in Wrentham....
Smithsonian Magazine
Expand Your Eco-Influence (April 18, 2008)
Another idea revolves around the concept of “sponsored waste” as created by TerraCycle, those folks who came up with organic fertilizer made from worm poop and sold in reclaimed containers (yes, it’s real, and it’s spectacular!) TerraCycle now pays schools, non-profits and community groups to collect packaging from partner companies like Capri Sun, Stonyfield Farm and Clif Bar. TerraCycle then...
Low Impact Living
Expand Your Eco-Influence (April 17, 2008)
Another idea revolves around the concept of “sponsored waste” as created by TerraCycle, those folks who came up with organic fertilizer made from worm poop and sold in reclaimed containers (yes, it’s real, and it’s spectacular!) TerraCycle now pays schools, non-profits and community groups to collect packaging from partner companies like Capri Sun, Stonyfield Farm and Clif Bar. TerraCycle then...
The Township Times
National Program aims to acquire schools' waste (April 16, 2008)
Countless businesses have jumped on the "green" bandwagon. Now schools can do the same....
Pro Cyclng News
Accessorize with Clif Bar (April 15, 2008)
Clif Bar will take all energy bar wrappers (that's right, ALL of them) at their booth, number 227 to later be converted into useful objects like tote bags and purses. The environmentally conscious Clif Bar & Co., in partnership with Terracycle, will be unveiling its new energy bar wrapper-recycling program, called the Wrapper Brigade at Sea Otter. For a look at the final product or just to learn more...
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