This company is all about going green, while at the same time, making green. Founded initially by selling worm poop as fertilizer in a reused bottle, they have grown much more than anyone ever imagined. Today they're making deals with Walmart, Target, Home Depot, and the big guys.
They've been using this method (started in 2007) called Sponsored Waste Upcycling.
Capri Sun, Honest Kids, Frito Lay, Huggies, Paper Mate, and many others pay shipping and offer rewards to individual organizations (schools, clubs, teams, and the like) to collect and send in typically un-recyclable waste to Terracycle to be recycled, or "upcycled" into cool and exotic new products such as backpacks made from juice pouches, kites out of Oreo wrappers, and waste bins created by pelletizing chip bags.
Cool, huh? I like to call them "the second line of defense" for keeping rubbish out of the landfills.
You can join a Terracycle Brigade yourself at terracycle.net, while at the same donating to a charity or school of your own choice!
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