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Editor’s Note: Last summer through our “Greenest Classroom” contest, schools across the country submitted their best earth-friendly classroom ideas for a chance to win a grant to help turn their ideas into reality. Today’s post comes from the coordinator of the grand-prize winner, River Place Elementary Titan Gardens. Read below to see all of the inspiring projects they’ve … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: In honor of Earth Month we asked our good friend Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle, to share his ideas on Earth Day. The Most Environmental of Months As an environmental company, TerraCycle has a unique relationship with Earth Day. Celebrating our environment and spreading awareness and activism is wonderful, but we … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: It’s a madly awesome March so far, and our good friend Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle, is here to share his “bracket picks” for the Elite Eight of Sustainability: There are so many vibrant organizations, people, and innovations that could be named the Elite Eight of Sustainability. When Bag The Box … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: We asked our friend Tom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle, why some companies are more keen on going green than others, and what’s stopping certain brands from pursuing important sustainability solutions and why we’ll all benefit from overcoming these naysayers. Here’s what Tom had to say: Any consumer who tries to make responsible purchases … Continue reading
Today’s post is contributed by our eco-fabulous friend, Tom Szaky; founder and CEO of TerraCycle. Check out Tom’s roster of environmental all-stars–those who inspire him as an environmentally focused entrepreneur–then tell us who your sustainability heroes are! When I started out in the environmental business, I was more “business” than environmental. As I came to … Continue reading
Today’s post is by our great friend and sustainability rock star, Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle. Check it out and tell us what you think–we’ll pass your comments directly along to Tom and team! December and January are always a time for New Year’s Resolutions that are more often than not only kept … Continue reading
A few weeks ago, we asked Bag The Box fans what they’d like to ask TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky in a no-holds-barred Q&A. “Trash-talk” ensued! Here are Tom’s answers to your trashy questions: When I started TerraCycle ten years ago, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. On an entrepreneurial level, I … Continue reading
You know we’re all about smart packaging so that there’s less garbage to begin with, but inevitably we’ve all got stuff that eventually needs to be discarded. That’s the genius behind TerraCycle: Tom Szaky founded this company based on the notion that even the things we throw away have value. That’s the kind of innovation that … Continue reading
Post contributed by TerraCycle CEO, Tom Szaky Halloween is about disguise, and a lot of what we do here at TerraCycle deals with disguising trash, making it more appealing and actually useful! Halloween, and the following holiday season, are great times to really rethink what we do with our trash. Halloween provides the incentive and … Continue reading
by Tom Szaky, Founder and CEO: TerraCycle The first waste I used to create a product was worm poop (which is a great organic fertilizer), and when I was desperate for an affordable way to package my fertilizer, I turned to used soda bottles and realized just how much trash was out there and how … Continue reading