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The New York Times
A Small Player Breaks Into Starbucks (July 1, 2009)
Daniel Lubetzky, a social entrepreneur who has started several food ventures, always hoped to sell his company’s KIND Fruit + Nut Bars in Starbucks Coffee stores — a chain whose values and consumers he felt meshed with his own. So in the five years since starting KIND, he took every opportunity to introduce himself to Starbucks executives, promoting his company’s success in e-mail messages to...
Mercury News
Cabrillo teacher wants wrappers to raise money for Second Harvest (June 29, 2009)
SANTA CRUZ -- A Cabrillo College teacher wants to raise money for the Second Harvest Food Bank and is asking you to bring him as many used foil-lined wrappers as possible on July 18.
Why would anyone want to collect used wrappers?
TerraCycle uses an assortment of materials that are non-recyclable like the wrappers to make products like kites, bags, office supplies and even cleaning...
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Cabrillo teacher wants wrappers to raise money for Second Harvest (June 29, 2009)
A Cabrillo College teacher wants to raise money for the Second Harvest Food Bank and is asking you to bring him as many used foil-lined wrappers as possible on July 18.
Why would anyone want to collect used wrappers?
TerraCycle uses an assortment of materials that are non-recyclable like the wrappers to make products like kites, bags, office supplies and even cleaning products....
The Daily News Online
Upcycling campaign initiated (June 29, 2009)
LE ROY -- Katie Rhoads needs help.
She needs the residents of Le Roy to bring in used energy and granola bar wrappers (any foiled-lined wrapper will work) to help raise money for her daughter's pre-kindergarten class at Wolcott Street School. Rhoads is hoping the community will save all their used wrappers over the summer and give them to Wolcott Street School in the fall.
When Katie...
Green (Living) Review
Frito-Lay has partnered with TerraCycle to 'upcycle' used Chip Bags (June 29, 2009)
PepsiCo Food Service's Frito-Lay division has partnered with TerraCycle about six months ago to "upcycle" used chip bags. As part of its continued "Conserve & Preserve" efforts, Frito-Lay is partnering with TerraCycle with the goal of keeping 5 million used chips bags out of landfills this.
Frito, which on Earth Day of 2008 unveiled a solar thermal generation facility at their manufacturing...
LeRoy Pennysaver & News
Local Woman Calls On Her Community For Participation in Upcycling campaign (June 26, 2009)
Katie Rhoads needs help. She needs the residents of Le Roy to bring in using energy and granola bar wrappers (any foiled lined wrappers will work) to help raise money for her daughter's pre-kindergarten class at Wolcott Street School. Katie is hoping the community will save all their used wrappers over the summer and give them to Wolcott Street School in the fall.
When Katie Rhoads witnessed...
Making Cents Out of Life
A New Way to Recycle (June 26, 2009)
See this bag? It's a crumpled up Target bag. Go here. See what that Target back turned into, thanks to TerraCycle.
I've heard about TerraCycle before; their flagship product is TerraCycle plant food. It's an organic, all natural plant food made from waste (worm poop) and packaged in waste (reused soda bottles). Cool, right?
TerraCycle gets even cooler. They will donate money for...
Flagstaff Climbing
TerraCycle (June 26, 2009)
Hey all, I want to invite you to participate in a new program called Terra Cycle. This company is gathering all used energy bar wrappers to be used in their recycling process where they chop the wrappers down to make climbing ropes out of....or just cool fun toys like hand bags and containers, no ropes...sorry. So bring any wrappers you may have at home to the gym so we can send all this trash to them...
Be the Heart Of Your Home
Join TerraCycle And Earn Cash For Wrappers And Packages! (June 26, 2009)
Sign up for free and collect candy wrappers. We will pay $.02 for every candy wrapper you collect. You will receive free shipping collection bags delivered right to your door.
Sign up for free and collect juice pouches. We will pay $0.02 for all Honest Kids, Capri Sun and Kool Aid Drink Pouches and $0.01 for all other brand drink pouches you collect. You will receive free shipping boxes...
CW Kansas
Snack wrappers get upcycled (June 19, 2009)
Feeling guilty about that bag of potato chips or candy bar you just had for lunch? We're not talking about calories here, but the waste made by non-recyclable packaging regularly generated while snacking.
To start making a dent in this waste stream, Frito-Lay (think Lay's, Doritos, Tostitos and Cheetos) and Mars (Snickers, Winterfresh, Altoids and Pedigree) are teaming up with TerraCycle...
KLFY Eyewitness News 10
Snack wrappers get upcycled (June 19, 2009)
Feeling guilty about that bag of potato chips or candy bar you just had for lunch? We're not talking about calories here, but the waste made by non-recyclable packaging regularly generated while snacking.
To start making a dent in this waste stream, Frito-Lay (think Lay's, Doritos, Tostitos and Cheetos) and Mars (Snickers, Winterfresh, Altoids and Pedigree) are teaming up with TerraCycle...
Market Watch Vending
VendingMarketWatch News (June 19, 2009)
Mars, Inc.'s five business segments – Chocolate, Petcare, Wrigley, Food, and Drinks -- and upcycling company TerraCycle today announced TerraCycle's largest-ever corporate partnership. TerraCycle will produce affordable, high-quality consumer goods by repurposing surplus and used packaging from more than 20 Mars brands, including: leading confectionary brands such as M&M'S®, SNICKERS®, MILKY WAY®,...
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