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Media Coverage

Below is a sample of our media coverage. If you know of a story that we have missed, please e-mail it to emilyb@terracycle.net.

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  • Vilas County News Review - February 03, 2010

    Helping the environment

    Every Friday at Eagle River Elementary School, a group of 20 to 40 third- to fifth-graders meet after school to do their part to save the planet and to be with their friends. They are members of the Earth Base Recycling Club under the direction of third-grade teacher Karen Thyne. “We are trying to raise public awareness abou... Read more

  • Non-Toxic Kids - February 02, 2010

    Crayola: Take Back the Markers!

    As green thinking parent, I shudder to think about the many Crayola (and Expo) markers that have been sent to the trash in my classroom, and now that my kids are older, in my house. I am usually pretty mellow about things, but when they don't put the lids back on a marker, I get particularly antsy. Uptight. Saying in a high... Read more

  • Greenopolis - February 01, 2010

    6 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know You Could Recycle

    Here are six of the most surprising things that I found out could be recycled: 1. Wine Corks I’m an avid wine drinker, but I had no idea that the corks for wine bottles could be reused! Apparently the company Yemm & Hart located in Fredericktown, Missouri knew this because they recycle old wine corks sent in by consumers int... Read more

  • The Times Leader, Scranton Edition - February 01, 2010

    Johnson College’s Green Team joins recycling initiative

    The Johnson College Green Team announces the college will team up with TerraCycle to help reduce waste by repurposing items normally considered garbage. TerraCycle makes eco-friendly products by upcycling various non-recyclable waste materials. While recycling breaks the existing material down so that it can then be reforme... Read more

  • The Gadgeteer - February 01, 2010

    TerraCycle Frito-Lay Speakers

    TerraCycle  is a company that converts ordinary trash into consumer goods.  They work with schools and non-profits to obtain the materials they use.  TerraCycle provides the groups with collection kits and pays them for the waste material they send in. TerraCycle upcycles things like chips bags, d... Read more

  • EcoSeed - January 28, 2010

    Writing brigade keeps pens from landfills

    Newell Rubbermaid Office Products is the maker of Sharpie, EXPO and Paper Mate products. Ran out of ink? Do not throw away that used pen, though. Three major writing brands are encouraging the public to reuse pens, markers and other used writing instruments through a recycling program with a social conscience. Newell Rubberm... Read more

  • MatteR network - January 28, 2010

    Terracycle Launches First Upcycling Program for Pens and Markers

    Upcycling company TerraCycle has launched what it says is the world's first program to collect and reuse pens and markers. Collection centers called "Writing Instrument Brigades" will be set up at participating locales, primarily in large corporations and schools where writing instruments are used most. For every writing inst... Read more

  • Earth First - January 28, 2010

    The Write Way to Get Green: Recycled Pens from TerraCycle

    How many times have you purchased a new refillable pen, only to lose it within days, forced to buy a new one? Writing instruments are all too easy to misplace, and disposable pens and markers are still a big source of waste. We may not have an easy (and non-dorky) fix for losing pens, but we can give them a second life – than... Read more