TerraCycle

About us

Overconsumption and a throwaway culture have led to a global waste crisis. While even complex trash is technically recyclable, most materials are not profitable to recycle. As a result, waste piles up in landfills and pollutes our planet while virgin materials are extracted from the earth to create new products.

At TerraCycle, our mission is Eliminating the Idea of Waste®. Businesses, government entities, and people like you work with us globally to keep trash out of landfills or from incineration.

Through collaboration and innovation, we've developed the world's first solutions in everything from recycling to reuse.

How TerraCycle is Eliminating the Idea of Waste®

At TerraCycle, we’re on a mission to eliminate the idea of waste. Together with the businesses, communities, and individuals we’ve partnered with for the past 20 years across 20 countries, we’re on a journey to move the world from a linear economy to a circular one. 

What exactly do we do? We create first-of-their-kind solutions in recycling, recycled content, and reuse:

Recycling: Our first recommendation is always that manufacturers design their products or packages to be locally recyclable. If that is not possible, we partner with brands to create free recycling programs, scaling each program to whatever level the sponsor is interested in. Alternatively, stakeholders may purchase the recycling solution for any given waste stream by reviewing our available paid recycling solutions.
Recycled content: Another step in the journey towards a circular economy is to work with manufacturers to help them make their products or packages from waste. This generates demand for recycled content, which, along with recycling, creates a recycling-based circular economy.

Reuse: We also help companies “tighten the circle” by moving from recycling to reuse. Through Loop, we have developed a global reuse platform that allows brands to easily develop reusable packaging and for retailers to make those products easily available to consumers.

We’re focused on continued innovation as we work to fulfill our mission of Eliminating the Idea of Waste®.