Billboard to Backpack – ENTER TO WIN!!!
WIN A FREE HIP & STYLISH BACKPACK BELOW!!! (Keep reading for details)
$35 at http://terracycle.net
Ever wonder what happens to all that material on a billboard every time the advertisement changes?
Well, Terracycle…the upcycling pioneer…did too. And, you know what they found?
3 million billboards end up in a landfill every year…that’s 10,000 tons of vinyl!!! Of course, when Terracycle decides to sink their teeth into something, it doesn’t merely stop at finding answers; it becomes obsessed with finding solutions. And a solution it did find! Say hello to the first billboard backpack. An ingenious example of garbage gone gadget.
The best part? Terracycle is GIVING AWAY one FREE billboard YakPak backpack to a lucky Feelgood Style winner!
To enter the giveaway:
1. Visit http://terracycle.net and pick out your favorite product
2. Post a comment on this Feelgood Style article about your favorite product and why.
– Don’t forget to provide a correct email address –
3. The best answer wins and will be announced on the blog…and the winner will receive a direct email on how to collect their prize.
This durable backpack, made by YakPak and Terracycle is built to last, making it a great gift idea for the holiday season. Each backpack is constructed using a different cut of billboard, which means that whether you’re enjoying the bag for yourself or giving it away as a gift, it will be totally one-of-a-kind.
The bag is very affordable, at only $35, and is manufactured at a hydroelectric powered facility in El Salvador, where workers are paid fair living wages and provided safe working conditions. In addition to the backback, the billboard line of products also includes shoulder bags, messenger bags, laptop cases and totes; ranging from $4.99 and up. “The distribution and brand awareness of Yak Pak and TerraCycle will enable our two companies to substantially reduce the amount of billboard vinyl going to landfill” said Tom Szaky, TerraCycle’s CEO and Founder.
Terracycle is a forward-thinking organization that takes post-consumer goods and “upcycles” or gives them new life by developing practical products from their materials. As a result of their work, the entire population benefits from smaller landfills and more useful, affordable goods.
About the Author
Katherine DalPra is owner/designer for Green Diva, a fair made boutique offering eco-conscious bridal jewelry and fasion jewelry.
My favorite products from TerraCycle are the recycled pots made of e-waste. Will constant improvements in technology, I frequently worry about all the discarded computers, keyboards, tvs, etc. It’s wonderful to see something being made out of things like that. It is even more wonderful to be able to grow new life in something that was trash!
I love the Recycled Paper Trash Can. I could use it for my office to put my paper in for recycling. Paper inside of paper – how clever!
There are so many products these days from TerraCycle, that it’s hard to pick! But I will have to pick WORM POOP! Only because it’s a product made from POOP, with the word POOP right on the packaging! The ultimate in Recycled Waste! (Literally!)
I love the ‘Lawn Fertilizer’. I’ve always/still do make tea from my compost pile for fertilizer. But my compost pile is small & unfortunately I never have enough tea to fertilize my entire yard all at once. Terracycle’s worm poop helps solve that problem. And the lawn looks great. I use the plant food & worm poop tree spikes as well. Thanks Terracycle!!
I love the pencil case from the juice packs. Since we collect and upcycle that item, my students love to see what their trash has become. They get to use it every time we work with colored pencils as that is where my special ones are stored!
I am going to get the Oreo pack Kite for my little niece! We both love the cookies!
I love the juice pouch backpacks and the YakPacks! I love TerraCycle and upcycling!
Great looking product. Where did my first comment go?
My favorite product is the Urban Art Trash Can made from e-waste. What a great way to reuse old computers, tv’s and fax machines.
I love all of Terracycles’ products because they are keeping more from going into already overflowing landfills,but my absolutely favorite item is the speaker made with recycled chip bags and candy wrappers…So COOL!portable,foldable…I bet they sound OK ,too!