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TerraCycle

TerraCycle

Environmental Services

Trenton, New Jersey 90,627 followers

TerraCycle is Eliminating the Idea of Waste® by recycling the unrecyclable and reducing disposability at its source.

About us

TerraCycle is Eliminating the Idea of Waste® by developing solutions to recycle the unrecyclable—items that aren’t typically curbside recyclable like cosmetics, candy wrappers, chewing gum, and even cigarette butts. We work with environmentally-conscious startups and some of the world’s biggest brands to recycle their products into raw material, which is then sold to manufacturing companies. Those manufacturers then use the materials to make new products like outdoor furniture and decking, plastic shipping pallets, tubes for construction applications, playground surface covers, and more. We’ve even recycled ocean plastic into shampoo bottles and toothpaste tubes into playgrounds! We’re continuously pioneering new and innovative recycling, reuse, and recycled content solutions for your trash. Join us in Eliminating the Idea of Waste® by visiting terracycle.com.

Industry
Environmental Services
Company size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Trenton, New Jersey
Type
Privately Held
Founded
2001
Specialties
eco-friendly products, diverting waste from landfills, and creating sustainable solutions

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  • Did you know it’s paw-sible to recycle dog collars, leashes, and harnesses? 🐾 In partnership with Petco, you can now bring these items into your local store for recycling. As an added bonus: you’ll get 40% off a new collar, leash, or harness when you trade your old ones in. 📍 Hurry! This promotion ends on March 29. Find a store near you: stores.petco.com 🛒 Looking to provide in-store sustainability solutions to your customers? Partner with us: https://lnkd.in/eGiM2RDR

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  • We made a racquet in the recycling world at this year’s Australian Open! 🎾 Thanks to great partners who rallied behind sustainability, we’re recycling waterdrop® hydration products and Bondi Sands sunscreen packaging collected from the tournament. TerraCycle is excited to have been a part of this sustainable initiative with the help of our partners—and to serve up simple recycling solutions for players and spectators! Tennis Australia #AustralianOpen #AO #Sustainability #RecycleMore

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  • This International Day of Action for Rivers (and every day!), the TerraCycle Foundation is committed to protecting rivers and preventing ocean pollution at the same time. By partnering with local communities to build, adapt, and maintain river trash capture technology, they pull over 17,000 pounds of waste from rivers and waterways each week—before it can flow into our oceans. That’s right: ALL of that came out of rivers. Plus, through their Green School Program, they educate, prepare, and invest in the next generation of river protectors! Students learn about how plastic enters the world’s waterways, how the Foundation collects and sorts it for recycling, and how to join them in ensuring that waste is disposed of properly—all with hands-on experiences and mentorship from Foundation experts. These young students are taking action for rivers, and you can, too! Ready to protect our rivers and oceans? Donate today: https://bit.ly/3Q7oJ3A

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  • When playtime is over, and TerraCyclers are left with well-loved toys that can’t be donated—that’s where we come in. We offer paid and free recycling solutions for toys to keep them out of landfills and incinerators. When a shipment of toys arrives at one of our MRFs, we scan it to record the shipment information, date, weight, and material it contains before sorting the toys based on their characteristics and composition. Then, the materials are recycled into new products like outdoor furniture and decking, plastic shipping pallets, watering cans, and more! Partner with us to recycle your brand’s hard-to-recycle waste: https://bit.ly/3MgtQO8

  • We’re headed to the Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling conference on April 29th to talk about sustainable end-of-life management for electric vehicle batteries and the importance of collaboration between original equipment manufacturers and recyclers! 🚘 Let’s talk! Connect with us at the conference to discover TerraCycle’s end-of-life recycling and reuse solutions.

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  • Who knew trash could be so trendy? 👜 In collaboration with United States Postal Service, our in-house industrial design team has created a unique line of upcycled tote bags and coin pouches made from vintage US postal service mailbags. Want to give a new meaning to your business’s trash? TerraCycle’s industrial design team can create art, sculptures, upcycled products, and more out of your brand’s used products and packaging, and so much more. Reach out to design@terracycle.com to learn more about bringing your trash to life.

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  • Pet food packaging typically isn’t accepted by local recycling services because it's hard to recycle. It’s often made of layers of different materials (like plastic and aluminum), and it’s very lightweight, so special equipment and processes are needed to recycle it. At TerraCycle, we’ve developed a specialized process to recycle pet food packaging into products like outdoor furniture, shipping pallets, piping, and more. Watch to learn more about our pet food packaging recycling process from TerraCycle’s recycling operations expert Bharat Thazhathu. Looking to provide a recycling solution for your brand’s products or packaging? Explore partnership opportunities with the leader in recycling the unrecyclable: https://bit.ly/3MgtQO8

  • We’re always working to make recycling the hard-to-recycle easier and more accessible. In addition to our mail-in free recycling programs, we also offer recycling drop-offs for ALL BRANDS of certain items—like pet food packaging. These recycling drop-off locations are a convenient and free way to recycle hard-to-recycle pet food, treat, and litter bags at participating retailers and vet offices. 👉 Find a recycling solution near you: https://lnkd.in/eAf6xjAG 👉Looking to provide a recycling solution for your brand’s products or packaging? Explore partnership opportunities with the leader in recycling the unrecyclable: https://lnkd.in/eGiM2RDR

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  • Looking for solutions to help you meet your business’s 2025 sustainability goals? TerraCycle Commercial Recycling can help. We offer solutions to recycle small- and large-scale volumes of mixed waste that aren’t accepted by your property’s waste management service. Bring industrial recycling solutions to your production facilities, distribution centers, and warehouses with benefits like: -Large-scale recycling outlets for over 400+ waste streams. -Capability to segregate waste streams so your business doesn’t have to. -Bulk pickup options on your schedule -Reach your recycling goals and stay committed to sustainability. Contact us today to find the best solution for your business: https://lnkd.in/difB26iN

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TerraCycle 6 total rounds

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US$ 800.0K

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