TerraCycle's Environmental Benefit TerraCycle diverts billions
of pieces of rubbish from our landfills and incinerators (both
of these options produce added carbon and other greenhouse
gases) and either upcycles or recycles the waste into new
products, which reduces the need for new materials to be
extracted from our planet. Click the map to the left see where
all of TerraCycle’s current collection points are. We encourage
you to sign up and become a new collection point: Before
TerraCycle non-recyclable waste would be either sent to a
landfill or a an incineration facility. Both of these options
emit carbon and produce either limited or no environmental
benefits. Once you start collecting with TerraCycle your non-
recyclable waste will be either recycled or upcycled. To make
the cycle truly cradle to cradle, once the converted products
become waste you can send them back to TerraCycle via the
original Brigade programme the product originated from.
Quantifying the environmental benefit There are two main areas