TerraCycle

TerraCycle is one of the most dynamic green businesses in the US. Named “The Coolest Little Startup in America” by Inc Magazine, the company was recently featured in the Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/businessandecology/recycling/7832655/TerraCycle-The-Google-of-garbage.html) and has its own TV series “Garbage Moguls” on the National Geographic channel. On behalf of over fifty major brands, TerraCycle collects branded non-recyclable waste, mostly packaging waste, and (through licensees) it turns that waste into new “eco-friendly” products and materials.

See TerraCycle.net and TerraCycle.co.ukIn late 2009, TerraCycle began operations in the UK, beginning with two waste streams. By early 2011, TerraCycle UK will operate national collection programmes for seven waste streams. TerraCycle has recently launched in Europe (Sweden, Germany, France Holland, Belgium and Spain).