Terracycle® Introduces New Convenient Recycling Solution

Recycling Leader Partners With Compost Companies on Service for Hard-to-Recycle Waste

TerraCycle, the international leader in recycling hard-to-recycle materials, announced its latest recycling solution designed to make recycling more accessible for Americans. In partnership with more than 20 providers across 12 states, TerraCycle’s Zero Waste Bags offer a doorstep recycling solution for hard-to-recycle waste.

“Our goal is to work with compost companies – or any business that offers in-home or pickup services – nationwide to help residents conveniently recycle more of their household products, particularly items that aren’t generally accepted by local recycling services,” said Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle.

The recycling leader is increasing access to recycle hard-to-recycle trash by teaming up with compost pickup companies across the country who will incorporate TerraCycle’s Zero Waste Bags into their business model. These bags are designed to recycle 24 categories of hard-to-recycle materials that local recycling programs often do not accept, keeping coffee capsules, toothpaste tubes, Styrofoam®, all types of plastic wrappers and packaging, and more out of landfills and incinerators.

“Curbside recycling services typically only accept items that they can profit from recycling,” said Szaky. “If the cost of collecting and processing the trash is less than the value of the resulting raw materials, curbside services will likely accept it. However, if the cost is higher, the trash likely won’t be accepted, even if it can technically be recycled. With Zero Waste Bags, TerraCycle provides consumers a responsible way to dispose of hard-to-recycle items, ensuring they stay out of landfills and incinerators.”

TerraCycle has created first-of-its-kind recycling solutions for hundreds of types of hard-to-recycle trash, including cosmetic packaging, snack wrappers, pet food packaging, and other materials, and now the Zero Waste Bags service will make these solutions more convenient and accessible. The complete list of accepted items, including descriptions of how each material is recycled, can be found at www.terracycle.com/curbsides.

Zero Waste Bags services have already launched, or are launching soon, in select zip codes throughout New York, Maryland, Virginia, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Indiana, Georgia, Tennessee, Illinois, North Carolina, and South Carolina. TerraCycle plans to expand the service to other cities and neighborhoods across the United States through the remainder of this year and into 2025.

How Zero Waste Bags work

1. Select the size bag that accepts the waste stream you wish to recycle.
2. Fill Zero Waste Bag with the items for recycling and seal it when full.
3. Place the full Zero Waste Bag at your doorstep to be collected by your service provider.
4. The Zero Waste Bags are returned to TerraCycle where the waste is sorted, cleaned, and recycled into raw materials to be used by manufacturers to make new products.

TerraCycle guarantees the recycling of all compliant materials collected through Zero Waste Bags. To learn more about TerraCycle’s recycling process for hard-to-recycle waste streams, please visit https://www.terracycle.com/en-US/about-terracycle/our_recycling_process.

To learn more about Zero Waste Bags or to find a nearby compost company that offers them, please visit www.terracycle.com/curbsides.

About TerraCycle

TerraCycle is an international leader in innovative sustainability solutions, creating and operating first-of-their-kind platforms in recycling, recycled materials, and reuse. Across 21 countries, TerraCycle is on a mission to rethink waste and develop practical solutions for today’s complex waste challenges. The company engages an expansive multi-stakeholder community across a wide range of accessible programs, from Fortune 500 companies to schools and individuals. To learn more about TerraCycle and join them on their journey to move the world from a linear economy to a circular one, please visit www.terracycle.com.