There is no such thing as trash for upcycling company TerraCycle, who specializes in making new products from hard-to-recycle waste, from used corks to cookie bags. It’s only fitting that its own office is upcycled, too. Check out photos from our tour of its Trenton, N.J. facility.
A wall made of candy wrappers, a used turf floor and completely upcycled furniture is the first thing you see in this warehouse-to-office facility. Photo: Amanda Wills, Earth911
No need for standard wood-paneled walls. TerraCycle's walls are made from recycled panels from the 1900s. Photo: Amanda Wills, Earth911
Talk about open space. Instead of concrete walls dividing rooms, TerraCycle used clear plastic bottles to form its conference room. Photo: Amanda Wills, Earth911
TerraCycle collected hundreds of records from a local warehouse to create its cubicle divisions. Photo: Amanda Wills, Earth911
The entrance to the newest space of offices, this part of the building used to serve as the operating floor for machinery. Photo: Amanda Wills, Earth911
TerraCycle's interns come up with new designs with hard-to-recycle products. In here we saw a suit jacket made from Target plastic bags. Photo: Amanda Wills, Earth911
It's where the magic happens. All of Terracycle's initial designs pass through this room. Photo: Amanda Wills, Earth911
Picture frames made from circuit boards are just a couple of products the company has to offer (which you can buy on its website). Photo: Amanda Wills, Earth911
TerraCycle was founded in 2001 by Tom Szaky, then a freshman at Princeton University, who wanted to create products that were beneficial for both consumers and the environment. What resulted was a creative and eco-conscious company that now offers more than 50 products in major retailers like The Home Depot, OfficeMax, Whole Foods Market, Walmart and Target. Photo: Amanda Wills, Earth911
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