{"id":12499,"date":"2018-04-20T11:58:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T18:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/?p=12499"},"modified":"2018-04-20T11:58:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T18:58:58","slug":"five-earth-day-tips-from-terracycle-that-can-change-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/2018\/04\/20\/five-earth-day-tips-from-terracycle-that-can-change-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Earth Day Tips From TerraCycle That Can Change The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12500\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12500\" style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12500\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PRNewsfotoTerraCycle-US-Inc..jpeg\" alt=\"(PRNewsfoto\/TerraCycle US Inc.)\" width=\"858\" height=\"586\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(PRNewsfoto\/TerraCycle US Inc.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With Earth Day right around the corner, thoughts turn to how to save the planet and reduce our collective negative impact on the environment. While that sounds like a monumental task, TerraCycle, the company that specializes in recycling-the-unrecyclable, has five easy suggestions that can help you start making changes.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Recycle Wisely<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The good news is Americans are recycling and, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/smm\/advancing-sustainable-materials-management-facts-and-figures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">EPA<\/a>, diverted over 89 million tons of trash from landfills in 2014 \u2013 which is over six times the amount in 1980. The bad news is the number has plateaued for the last five years and most people are not sure what can be recycled. To get the numbers moving again, educate yourself on what your local recycling center can accept and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/earth911.com\/recycling-center-search-guides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reach out to companies that offer innovative solutions for the rest.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Carry a Reusable Water Bottle<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 You&#8217;ve heard it before; disposable water bottles are bad for the environment. Nearly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2017\/jun\/28\/a-million-a-minute-worlds-plastic-bottle-binge-as-dangerous-as-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">one million plastic bottles are bought every minute around the world and less than half of those bottles are recycled<\/a>. Fortunately, reusable water bottles come in every shape, color, material and size \u2013 there is sure to be one that fits your lifestyle. Make this the year you switch.<\/li>\n<li><b>Choose products with sustainable packaging<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Send a message to manufacturers that sustainable packaging matters by purchasing products with packaging that can be \u00a0refilled, reused, recycled or upcycled and reduce the nearly\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/advances.sciencemag.org\/content\/3\/7\/e1700782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">8 million metric tons of plastic that end up in our oceans each year<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Invest in Sustainable Businesses<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Use your money to make a difference by investing in companies that adhere to a triple bottom-line business model of being socially, environmentally and financially aware.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ownterracycle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TerraCycle<\/a>, which recently offered shares for a\u00a0<span class=\"xn-money\">$25 million<\/span>\u00a0Regulation A offering, that allows any category of investor to invest in a company that embraces sustainable practices, is just one example.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12501\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Earth-Day-Recycle.png\" alt=\"Earth Day Recycle\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2083\" \/><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Have reusable bag; will travel<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 We&#8217;ve all heard of reusable grocery bags, why not take it a step further and use a linen or hemp bag for\u00a0<u>all<\/u>\u00a0your shopping and errands. This simple change would limit the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.earth-policy.org\/press_room\/C68\/plastic_bags_fact_sheet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">100 billion plastic bags used by Americans every year<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>STAY UP TO DATE ON THE\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/category\/lifestyle\/\">LATEST LIFESTYLE ARTICLES HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>To learn more about TerraCycle or get involved in its recycling programs, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.terracycle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.terracycle.com<\/a>. Those interested in investing in TerraCycle US, Inc. should visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ownterracycle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.ownterracycle.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE TerraCycle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Earth Day right around the corner, thoughts turn to how to save the planet and reduce our collective negative impact on the environment. While that sounds like a monumental task, TerraCycle, the company that specializes in recycling-the-unrecyclable, has five easy suggestions that can help you start making changes. Recycle Wisely\u00a0\u2013 The good news is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,8],"tags":[1861,6407,6406],"class_list":{"0":"post-12499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-do","7":"category-lifestyle","8":"tag-earth-day","9":"tag-recycling","10":"tag-terracycle"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Five Earth Day Tips From TerraCycle That Can Change The World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Five Earth Day Tips From TerraCycle That Can Change The World\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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