This Global Recycling Day, we’re highlighting TerraCyclers from around the globe! Check out how individuals and groups from Brazil to France are fundraising for great causes and cleaning up their communities by recycling the unrecyclable with us.     1.Les Collectes de La Main Verte (The Green Hand Collection), France Les Collectes de La Main Verte collects tights, coffee capsules, writing instruments, dental care packaging, razors, and cleaning gloves to recycle through TerraCycle programs. The community group manages different public drop-off points across their area, including a supermarket ..read more

Back-to-school is an exciting time of year, but school supplies, sack lunches, sports, and other staples of the school year can generate a lot of hard-to-recycle trash. We want to help you plan for a sustainable start to the school year! Check out our tips for making back-to-school better for the planet: Get ready to recycle  Ahead of the first day of class, have a plan to send snack packaging, used-up writing instruments, art supplies, and more, to TerraCycle for recycling. We have free recycling programs for many different kinds of hard-to-recycle trash, so your back-to-school essential ..read more

Back-to-school is an exciting time of year, but school supplies, lunches, sports, and other staples of the school year can generate a lot of hard-to-recycle trash. We want to help you plan for a sustainable start to the school year! Check out our tips for making back-to-school better for the planet: Get ready to recycle Ahead of the first day of class, have a plan to send snack packaging, used-up writing instruments, art supplies, and more, to TerraCycle for recycling. We have free recycling programs for many different kinds of hard-to-recycle trash, so your back-to-school essentials don’t hav ..read more

As an individual, you have more power to enact change than you might know. Whether you’re voting in an election or voting with your dollar, your actions can make a difference.  While the eco-friendly changes you make in your daily life are important, you can amplify your impact by encouraging your favorite companies or brands and your local or regional policymakers to adopt initiatives and policies that reduce waste.  For instance, you could ask your favorite brand to make their packaging recyclable or ask your local representative to vote against or in favor of a certain bill. It a ..read more

Plastic is everywhere. Sometimes it’s easy to spot, like in a takeout container or a grocery bag. But sometimes, it hides in items like chewing gum and cigarette butts. We know that you always try your best to recycle as many plastic products as you can, but recycling different plastics properly can be tricky. With numbered recycling symbols and their various meanings, it can be hard to know when to recycle what. Don’t worry, we’re here to help: Identifying your plastic is crucial to recycling properly. You can do this by checking the resin code on the bottom of the plastic item (this is the c ..read more

Evidence of the waste crisis is all around us. From cigarette butts on street corners to takeout containers along highways to towering landfills—trash is everywhere. It’s in the deepest trenches in the ocean and on the tallest mountains on the planet.  Waste, as we know it today, is a relatively new concept. While animals have always created waste (like poop or carbon dioxide), those outputs are useful to nature. That was even true of human waste, like a wooden chair or cotton shirt, until about 75 years ago. That’s when the world was seduced by cheap, disposable plastic products. They qu ..read more

At TerraCycle, our customers sometimes ask questions about our Zero Waste Boxes and recycling process. See below for answers to frequently asked questions that we receive about recycling with us! Why are TerraCycle programs free, but Zero Waste Boxes cost money?  At TerraCycle, we offer both free and paid recycling solutions. Our free recycling programs are sponsored by brands, manufacturers, and retailers who cover the cost of shipping and recycling, making it possible for you to recycle for free! Zero Waste Boxes are available for purchase to recycle almost any type of trash. You can pi ..read more

At TerraCycle, our customers sometimes ask questions about our Zero Waste Boxes and recycling process. See below for answers to frequently asked questions that we receive about recycling with us! Why are TerraCycle programs free, but Zero Waste Boxes cost money?  At TerraCycle, we offer both free and paid recycling solutions. Our free recycling programs are sponsored by brands, manufacturers, and retailers who cover the cost of shipping and recycling, making it possible for you to recycle for free! Zero Waste Boxes are available for purchase to recycle almost any type of trash. You can pi ..read more

At TerraCycle, we understand the full range of opinions when it comes to recycling, and we’re the first to say that it isn’t the answer to the waste crisis. However, it’s a very important part of moving toward a circular economy. Here’s why: Recycling reduces the need to extract virgin materials from the planet. The way our society currently produces the vast majority of goods is still by extracting virgin material from our planet. And we’re using natural resources at a truly unsustainable rate. There’s even a day to recognize when we overshoot the biological resources Earth regenerates in a y ..read more

According to the EPA, food scraps and yard waste together currently make up more than 30 percent of what we throw away. When these materials are sent to landfills, they take up space and release methane, a potent greenhouse gas. One way to avoid sending food scraps and yard waste to landfills is by learning how to compost!  Compost is prepared by managing the aerobic decomposition of organic materials like yard debris, kitchen scraps, paper, and more. To get started, grab one of our TerraCycleⓇ Made Compost Bins! The Compost Bin allows you to conveniently store all food scraps in your kit ..read more