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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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  • The Financial Times - January 14, 2010

    The Alchemist of all Garbage

    Tom Szaky has found a profitable business model for recycling food and packaging. "I want TerraCycle to be a verb, like Google" Read more

  • Financial Times - January 13, 2010

    Alchemist of all garbage

    Tom Szaky has very ambitious goals for TerraCycle, the recycling company he founded just over five years ago. “I want TerraCycle to become a verb, like Google,” he says of the small company, based in an old factory building in the post-industrial wasteland of Trenton, New Jersey. “We hope to wake up one day and become the new... Read more

  • Brand Freak - January 13, 2010

    Old billboard vinyl is now being recycled into groovy new bags

    What happens to all that billboard vinyl after an outdoor campaign comes down? Well, almost 10,000 tons of it ends up in landfills every year. But now, thankfully, that next super-sized plug for Twilight might not end up in the trash after all. Yak Pak and TerraCycle—a New York based bag company and eco-friendly consumer good... Read more

  • Record Online - January 13, 2010

    In cafeteria and classroom, Pine Bush middle school recycles big time

    ... Students are recycling Capri Sun juice pouches in a project organized by Crispell's "Green Girls" (eighth-grade students) along with the school's guidance counselor, Shannon Meland. So far this year, the students have sent 1,400 pouches to TerraCycle, a New Jersey company that turns them into school gear, including tote b... Read more

  • Waste and Recycling News - January 13, 2010

    TerraCycle, Elmer´s Glue team up to increase recycling

    TerraCycle and Elmer´s Glue have launched a new partnership to increase recycling at school buildings. The Elmer´s Glue Crew Recycling Program encourages classrooms nationwide to actively learn about recycling by collecting empty Elmer´s glue bottles and glue sticks. Classrooms can win prizes along the way for their partici... Read more

  • ABC Los Angeles - January 12, 2010

    Turn non-recyclable items into new products

    LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Recycling is all the rage, but if all you're doing is throwing things in the recycle bin, you're missing a big opportunity to protect the planet. Upcycling gives you another way to save with style. Drink pouches become pencil pouches, and cookie bags transform into tote bags. "Upcycling is the process ... Read more

  • Publico - January 12, 2010

    The hose that would become a bag

    Terracycle is not the only one that makes a profit from waste. For each package you receive from a waste collector for example, schools or individuals, the company donates 1.4 euro cents U.S. two cents to the charity that recoletor choose. Although the amount donated per unit is small, "if we consider that we have collected o... Read more

  • Packaging University - January 12, 2010

    2010 Packaging Trends #2 Green Is No Longer On The Fringe

    Packaging accounts for 30-35% of the waste stream and consumers are concerned what to do about it. They are demanding less packaging and that serves a secondary purpose or can be recycled or reused. Many even want to just leave it at the store and retailers such as Tesco are accommodating them with bins at the front of the s... Read more