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By: A. Caleb Hartley

A. Caleb Hartley — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:30:06 +0000

@Linda: I had heard of TerraCycle before they contacted me, but did not have any experience with them…

@cody: I agree wholeheartedly!

@Patrick: Let’s hope they keep the momentum and keep innovating. The Earth needs companies like this – to help the problem, AND to prove that the solution itself can be profitable as well!

@Teresa: I’m constantly amazed at what people throw away… especially college students. The problem there is that it’s easier to throw a lot of it away and buy new again next year than to haul it all home and back.

I also think your friend could certainly start a business like TerraCycle – I think that they would agree there is plenty of room in the world for more people to make a difference like this!

@Grumpus: Hooray for a user review! I haven’t heard anything bad about TerraCycle’s products (and I’ve looked).

@payaso: Reuse is by far a better option that recycling, and should be tried first. The greatest of the “three-Rs” is “reduce” (reduce, reuse, recycle), and TerraCycle has this down-pat as well, since they are not making any new packaging or anything that will need to be thrown away (except maybe for the labels).

@Jayne: Hopefully either TerraCycle will continue to grow and expand, or other companies will follow in their footsteps in your area.

@Journeyetc: Mee too!

@Barbara: Vermicompost was a completely new term to me before learning about TerraCycle… it’s nice to hear that other people are doing something similar, too! And it being an activity for developmentally-disable people as well… great news!

Namaste,
A. Caleb

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:40:08 +0000

Very good article. I work at a worm farm, with developmentally disabled adults. They package worm teabags, and vermi-compost that is 100% organic certified. It is a wonderful soil amendment for indoor and outdoor plants and veegetables!

By: Journeyetc

Journeyetc — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:17:04 +0000

Great news! I heart with TerraCycle!

By: Jayne

Jayne — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:56:49 +0000

That’s fantastic!
We have various recycling companies here in Oz but none to the extent that have bottle brigades or sponsorship (that I’m aware of).

By: payaso

payaso — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:23:11 +0000

in no time, our world will be a better place to live in again bec of such ideas. by the way, i’m unto reusing idea.

By: Grumpus

Grumpus — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:16:49 +0000

I have a smallish garden on my balcony and wanted to give my veggies and flowers a boost without hurting the birds who scramble around out there all day…regular options (like Miracle Gro, etc.,) just seemed too potent and chemically harsh. Worm Poop to the rescue Good general soil booster. I was pleased when I saw it offered for sale in a store like Home Depot. Nice to see ecologically-sound options becoming more mainstream…

By: Teresa

Teresa — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:43:17 +0000

It’s a genius idea! I wish more companies would recycle every day items like this! There are so many of us out here that would buy them.

We live in a college town, and I have a friend that takes her truck by all of the college housing at the end of the semester because so many students move away and they throw away perfectly good stuff. A lot of it is brand new! She picks it up and resells it. Maybe one day she’ll have a company like this!

~Teresa
http://www.naturalbabybiz.com

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:56:14 +0000

This company really has a good idea. I have never heard of them before, but I’m sure we will be hearing more about them in the future.