Share and Voice: TerraCycle Inc and... SPAM

I don't remember how I ran across this because it was before this class and I just happened to have thought it was cool, but I found this awesome company via website that does some majorly cool things! The company is called TerraCycle Inc. It started with just two Princteon students wanted to make a business but keep it ecologically and and socially resonsible. They took solid waste from teh cafeteria at school, and and made plant food which was all-natural, all-organic, and packaged in reused soda bottles!

The company now has all sorts of cleaning products that not only are very appealing to the eye, but they are all environmentally friendly! They as well, are all made out of reused soda bottles!

Not only do they make cleaning products and plant food, but they have also started a really great new idea. They have schools and offices recycle products that normally wouldn't be recylcled such as energy bar wrappers, drink box wrappers, boxes, cell phones, and corks, and you can apply to get paid so many cents for each one that you bring in. With the materials that they get, they make products from the waste. They make everything from school supplies, bags, and they even make holiday things! Each link will take you to the website page and show you some of the things that they make. I seriously think this is one of the neatest companies ever. Not only are we helping the environment, but it's a really great way for schools to encourage students to recycle and make money in doing so.

As most of you know by now, I'm from Austin, MN... home of SPAM. When I lived at home, I worked in the SPAM Museum at the gift shop.One thing that we sold that I had never thought about were these bags as you see on the left. After hearing about TerraCycle I called my boss back at home to see how we get the singles containers that we make the bags out of. After contacting a few other people, I found out that we make these out of recycled singles containers! Which I was happy about, because part of me was nervous that we just used new ones. I am very glad to say now, that the SPAM shop is environmentally friendly :) As I was looking on the website just yesterday, I also saw that we now make SPAM purses! As I think about it now... I'm thinking a whole new post is to come about SPAM... and Hormel, so before I turn this into a whole new Share and Voice, i'll end with this!

This TerraCycle Inc company is really neat, and has some really great innovative ideas! You shoud definitely check it Out!

Thanks!