Give the gift of Poo
Several years ago, a guy I was dating gave me what I thought was the worst Christmas gift ever. He had saved the corks from bottles of wine served at the restaurant where he worked and glued them together to make a corkboard. He then sprinkled glitter over it and called it wrapped. That was long before the mantra “reuse, reduce and recycle” was tattooed on the collective eco-consciousness, and little did I know then that he was on to something. Well, I guess it was a better gift than a bottle of worm poop. What? Yeah, worm poop. An uber-Earth-friendly company called TerraCycle Inc. is bottling worm poop and making headlines for it. It also is making corkboards like that unappreciated gift I received years ago.
It all started in 2001 with a couple of Princeton students who were using worm poop to fertilize some … er … plants they were secretly growing in their basement. When those plants started looking like Audrey 2, they realized their creative plant food was to thank. Over drinks, they brainstormed a company that would sell a product that was garbage packaged in garbage. Liquid worm poop packaged in recycled plastic soda bottles.
Fast-forward a few years: These guys have a thriving company that produces all-natural cleaners, tote bags and backpacks made of old Capri Sun pouches, eco-friendly fire-starters, the aforementioned cork boards and a bevy of other goods, all made from recycled or all-natural ingredients.
But there’s more. You can make money by sending TerraCycle your trash. The company pays 2 cents each for Oreo, Chips Ahoy, Capri Sun, Honest Kids, Kool-Aid and Ritz Chips wrappers, to name a few.
So, this holiday season, why not buy someone a nice bottle of liquid worm poop or a backpack made of trash? Or, you could just save up some of those wine corks and make something.
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