Terracycle or How to Turn your Trash into Gold

The first thing that jumped at me when I arrived at Terracycle was the walls.  Terracycle walls  are covered with incredible murals and graffiti. Yes, why keep this typical post World War II set of warehouse buildings in West Trenton NJ  in its standard  industrial dread style?

Check out  pictures of some Terracycle’s murals right here…

A Green Entrepreneur

Reading and learning about TerraCycle and Tom Szaky, its founder is fascinating for me. I think TerraCycle is a prototype, a lab, a demonstration, a proof of the way a profitable sustainable business can be built on recycling what some people consider… trash. TerraCycle’s story is a proof that what is trash to me is gold to someone else. It is all a matter of point of view, of thinking outside the box. Tom is an amazing guy. TerraCycle is based in Trenton NJ. No need to fly to California to see what the future looks like. Read on.