Check out Terraycle!
I LOVE this company! Terracycle is an upcycling company based in Trenton, New Jersey. They take what is typically non-recyclable trash and recycle it into other things.
I heard about this company when I attended a PTA convention about 7 years ago. I was on the PTA board at my child’s school at the time and went to one of the lectures the convention offered. The lecture was given by two women who talked about how they used Terracycle to make money for their school. After hearing all they had to say, I went home and found out what I could about the company and approached the principal of my child’s school with my findings. I was fired up about starting a Terracycle program at our school!
After much consideration and help from the staff at the school, we started a Green Team program and a Terracycling program. We were able to cut our lunch trash in half with the compost/Terracycle program we implemented and, thanks to Terracycle, made just under $3000 for the school in the four years I ran the program. That is just from sending in our trash!
Even though I am not running that program at the school anymore, I still use Terracycle in my business. I still have collection boxes for some of the programs that will benefit the elementary school and some that I use to benefit a local organization called Lucy’s Kids for Peace. ™ It is part of the global Kids for Peace™ organization.I also have purchased a few to use specifically with my daycare business.
If you run your own business, want to help your kiddo’s school out, or want to help an organization earn some extra money, check out what Terracycle has to offer. It is possible to make extra money for a school or for a non-profit organization. You can also choose to do what I do and purchase Zero Waste boxes to use for your business. They are a tax-deductible expense for me and help keep a lot of waste out of the landfill.
If you have any questions or want more information about the program I started at the school, leave a comment, and I will get back with you ASAP. I really believe in this company and what they stand for, so I believe they are worth checking out!