TerraCycle Inc.<\/span><\/a>, the world\u2019s leader in the collection and repurposing of hard-to-recycle post-consumer waste, to bring the program to the USVI.<\/p>\nCoastal Zone management has been hosting weekly \u201cpop-up pick-ups\u201d with staff and volunteers as well as local organizations leading coastal cleanups in an effort to fill a 40\u2019 container with rigid plastics, D.P.N.R. said. Once filled, the container will be shipped to the TerraCycle facilities in New Jersey.<\/p>\n
The collected waste is reused, upcycled or recycled into a variety of affordable, sustainable consumer products and industrial applications, according to D.P.N.R.<\/p>\n
TerraCycle has also joined forces with Proctor & Gamble to create the Beach Plastics Recycling Program. In January, the Procter & Gamble Company announced that Head & Shoulders (H&S), the world\u2019s number one shampoo brand, would produce the world\u2019s first recyclable shampoo bottle made from up to 25 percent recycled beach plastic.<\/p>\n
To learn more about TerraCycle Inc. or get involved in D.P.N.R.’s recycling programs, visit the link above, and follow D.P.N.R.’s social media campaign at Facebook.com\/VIDPNR for updates on outreach events and local information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Department of Planning and Natural Resources announced on Monday the unveiling of a beach plastic recycling program in the U.S. Virgin Islands, whose aim is to collect and recycle plastics from territorial coastal cleanup efforts. The Division of Coastal Zone Management worked with TerraCycle Inc., the world\u2019s leader in the collection and repurposing of hard-to-recycle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":54850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[628,191,147],"tags":[7212,121],"yoast_head":"\n
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