Fast Interview: In this Q&A, TerraCycle founder Tom Szaky talks about why eco-friendly products don't have to be expensive, his quest to corner the trash market, and why his wife performed in Carnegie Hall in a dress made from recycled juice pouches.
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Recent Comments | 4 Total
August 13, 2008 at 1:13pm by Susanna Schick
How do you get used juice pouches by partnering with the manufacturer? Capri Sun doesn't manage their product post-consumer.
Are these just "misprints" or are they truly post-consumer waste? If so, wouldn't you be partnering with Waste Management instead?
August 18, 2008 at 7:35pm by Marianne Bellotti
Susanna: I'm not an insider so I cannot speak for certain on this but I believe they have people register as "post-consumers" so to speak and send in their old packaging. For ever item they send in the partner company donates a small sum to a charity. So the partnership is not so much for the collection of the materials but for the "reward" to the consumer who gets to raise money for their favorite charity.
November 18, 2009 at 9:56am by gma sds
those ar good product. Don't addict to it you cannot find the limit.
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December 13, 2009 at 7:29am by Amanda Benson
How fantastic that you can make coasters, placemats, trashcans and spiral bound notebooks out of a plastic bag. I shall be keeping a look out for these. I always try to make things out of items I'm about to throw away. Cutting plastic bottles in half can be used as good plant pots, or if you put the top half upside down in the bottom half you can stick in a candle, good to use in the garden when dark.