A company called Terra Cycle makes products out of garbage.  They take the organic waste, feed it to earth worms, which ingest it and poop out fantastic fertilizer.

The worm poop is liquefied in large vats by adding water, bubbling it, to rid it of

chloride and add oxygen, and eat.  The company says it takes 5 days for the process.

They then take used soda bottles, wash them out, remove the label, fill with the liquid worm poop, re-label and cap with a garden hose adapter.  So when you see it in the store, the containers will be as different as Coke, Pepsi, or 7-Up or from each other.  And the product’s name?  What Else -  Worm Poop!

Terra Cycle also makes firelogs.  The company said the log is made of glycerin that

cannot be slushed or put in landfills, and biodiesel by-products.  Wood chips are

mixed with sawdust, shredded milk cartons, and the glycerin.  Then heat it until

it is well blended.  Then it is compressed into the log form.  The packaging is -

what else – old newspaper.  The Terra Cycle label is slapped on it and away it goes

to market.

These people have formed a company that’s making them very rich and allows them to

do their share of saving the planet too.  And in their words, “it doesn’t get any

better than that!”

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