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Dan Rather's CBS Evening News
Turning Garbage into Gold (December 15, 2004)
Tom Szaky believes he's set to make his fortune from ten trays of worms eating garbage. He's says he has more than 1 million worms. As CBS News Correspondent Jim Axelrod reports, they're kept in a contraption, which allows him to collect their "worm poop." Szaky, a...
BioCycle
Ecological Inspiration (December 14, 2004)
When we were planning the field trip for BioCyde's National Conference in Philadelphia last June, someone mentioned that we might want to tour the Burlington County (New Jersey) Resource Recovery Complex and the Rutgers University EcoComplex. We were familiar with the...
Red Herring
Top 100 Innovative Companies (December 13, 2004)
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Cornell Daily Sun
Students Produce Eco-Friendly Fertilizer (December 2, 2004)
Think back to great ideas that have changed the world, and you will find that they started small: Franklin had has kite and Newton had his apple. These college students, however, have their garbage. TerraCycle is a student-run company that relies on trash -- and an army...
Corporate Counsel
The Real Dirt (December 1, 2004)
Tell this GC that he's working with a bunch of slimy wigglers, and he won't take any offense. In fact, Richard Ober, Jr., is excited about getting his hands dirty as the first general counsel and secretary of TerraCycle, Inc., a three-year-old start-up that uses red worms...
US 1
Pay Dirt: Red Worms Turned to Gold (November 10, 2004)
Growing up in Toronto, Tom Szaky enlisted his fellow third graders in a cool project to do under their desks - folding 5,000 origami cranes to set a record. In eighth grade he taught sixth graders how to put their yearbook on a CD-ROM. In high school he produced a three-night fashion...
Star Ledger
A winning sales pitch in 2 minutes (November 7, 2004)
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NJN Evening News
TerraCycle, ramping up for major production (November 3, 2004)
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Trenton Times
TerraCycle worming its way into distribution (October 25, 2004)
An east Trenton factory is gearing up to be a staging plant for the national distribution of a worm-produced plant fertilizer called TerraCycle Plant Food. The 20,000-square-foot building at 121 New York Ave provides the space necessary for Tom Szaky to embark on a major...
Tucson Citizen
Ultimate Recycling Project (September 27, 2004)
Some Princeton University students have come up with the ultimate recycling project: they're turning worm excrement into cash. The student entrepreneurs behind TerraCycle International Inc. take organic garbage, feed it to worms and process the end result into organic...
What the Tech Radio Show
Bleeding Edge: TerraCycle (September 25, 2004)
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Chicago Sun-Times
Students turn worm waste into some probable profits (September 24, 2004)
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Courier News
Students worming way into fertilizer (September 22, 2004)
Some Princeton University students are turning worm poop into cash. Tom Szaky took a leave of absence from the Ivy League institution in 2002 "to pursue a financially viable market opportunity with an ecological and social conscience." He formed TerraCycle International Inc...
Ashbury Park Press
Princeton students worm their way into the fertilizer business (September 21, 2004)
Who would have though worm excrement could be so valuable? But for Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Monmouth County, School Road East in Marlboro, worm excrememnt helped the school raise $800. The Solomon Schechter School, a prekindergarten-through-eighth-grade school, took part...
Princeton Weekly Bulletin
University serves as testing ground for environmentally friendly business venture (September 20, 2004)
Junior Chris Aguilar had an offer to work this summer as an analyst for a major financial firm, but when the opportunity came along to cut grass and shovel worm droppings, he jumped at it. Aguilar wasn't lowering his ambitions; he was opting to join classmates in a startup business...
Daily Record
Waste not, want not: $1M from worm poop (September 18, 2004)
Some Princeton University students have come up with the ultimate recycling project; they're turning worm excrement into cash. The student entrepreneurs behind TerraCycle International Inc. take organic garbage, feed it to worms, and process the end result into organic fertilizer...
Maximum Yield
Industry News: HydroFarm to Distribute TerraCycle Products (September 2004)
TerraCycle Plant Food is a powerful, organic plant food. It's the first mass-produced product in the world to be packaged in 20 oz. used plastic bottles. Harnessing the power of worms, this eco-friendly product is an anaerobically-brewed vermicompost mix derived from all-natural...
Home News Tribune
Home News Tribune (August 29, 2004)
Some Princeton University students are turning worm poop into cash. Tom Szaky took a leave of absence from the Ivy League institution in 2002 "to pursue a financially viable market opportunity with an ecological and social conscience." He formed Terracycle International Inc...
TerraCycle CEO meets with New Jersey governor James E. McGreevey
photo (August 15, 2004)
Home and Garden Television
Not seen on TV (July 26, 2004)
100% natural, completely organic product; eco-friendly; sold in recycled containers; easy-to-use liquid
Princeton Packet
Princeton University student invents and markets organic plant food (July 9, 2004)
The U.S. lawn and garden industry is booming, as Americans spend close to $40 billion every year to keep their lawns...
Entrepreneur Magazine
Be Your Own Boss (July 2004)
When Tom Szaky set out to produce an environmentally friendly way to handle garbage, the idea didn't quite work out as planned. The plan was to have worms consume the garbage — and it worked, until he and his business partner realized they hadn't factored in the huge amount...
Brand Packaging Magazine
Making Money Two-Fold From Trash (May/June 2004)
Many brands tout an environmentally friendly message, but TerraCycle plant food may be the ultimate organic product. TerraCycle Inc., Princeton, N.J., makes its all-natural fertilizer from trash, and packs the liquid product in recycle, 20-ounce plastic bottle. Even the shipping...
Trenton Times
Businessmen Wise Beyond Their Years (June 30, 2004)
Russell Hancock Jr. and Tom Szaky have never competed against each other. But, in pursuit of growing their respective businesses, their paths might just cross. Hancock, 20, of Plainsboro, runs a successful lawnmowing and landscaping business, while Szaky, 22, a recycled waste management entrepreneur...
The Lawrence Ledger
Earthworm Power (April 1, 2004)
Lawrenceville Elementary School students heard March 26 of the benefits of recycling from TerraCycle Inc. The school will work with the organic garden product producer on a recycling fund-raiser. Pictured clockwise from top: Sara Rosenau, Christopher Keenan and Daniela Leon react...
The Deborah Ray Show
The Healthy Talk Radio Show (.mp3) (March 15, 2004)
Daily Princetonian
Students' initiative drives business ahead (March 2, 2004)
You know you're on to something when you refuse a million dollars and end up ahead. With the combination of a novel idea and a whole bunch of garbage, that's just what Tom Szaky '05, founder and CEO of TerraCycle, Inc., has managed to do. Now he has plans to share the experience with...
The Jewish State
At Work: Feature on TerraCycle Inc. (February 13, 2004)
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Asbury Park Press
School Scene: Students turn waste into money (February 12, 2004)
Who would have thought worm excrement could be so valuable? But for Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Monmouth County, School Road East in Marlboro, worm excrement helped the school raise $800. The Solomon Schechter School, a prekindergarten-through-eighth-grade school, took part in the...
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