HBS Trash Services, TerraCycle partner on pilot

HBS Trash Services, a waste and recycling services provider based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, has partnered with TerraCycle, a Trenton, New Jersey-based company that specializes in hard-to-recycle materials, to launch Zero Waste Bags by HBS that will enable households in the Denver Metro area and the Eastern Front Range Colorado to recycle an array of items that are not accepted in curbside recycling programs.

Households in these areas can subscribe to the service, which accepts 27 hard-to-recycle waste streams that are not accepted in curbside recycling, including coffee capsules, cosmetic packaging, eyewear, office supplies, pet food packaging, toys and various types of plastic packaging for recycling. The full list of accepted items, including descriptions of how each material will be recycled, can be found at https://zerowastebagbyhbs.com.

“We are incredibly excited to be a partner of TerraCycle, an international leader in innovative sustainability solutions,” says Michael Mink, director of marketing at HBS Trash Services. “This will give our customers a unique opportunity to help this great state of Colorado stay clean and green with this new incredible program Zero Waste Bags by HBS.”

Those interested in the program can subscribe by visiting https://zerowastebagbyhbs.com and choosing a plan that fits their needs. HBS then delivers its Zero Waste Bags, so customers can collect the materials at home in a simple and convenient way. Once the Zero Waste Bags are full, customers request a pickup by scanning the Zero Waste Bag’s QR code or logging into their account at https://zerowastebagbyhbs.com. Customers place full Zero Waste Bags on their doorsteps for HBS to collect and TerraCycle to recycle.

Materials collected through the program will be received by TerraCycle’s material recovery facilities for sorting. A portion of the material collected through the Zero Waste Bags by HBS program will be recycled into benches and other items that will be donated to local public parks.

“Through the Zero Waste Bags by HBS program, we are enabling consumers to divert waste from the landfill, engage their communities and be rewarded for their effort,” says Tom Szaky, TerraCycle founder and CEO. “Zero Waste Bags by HBS is intended to make recycling from home accessible, affordable and convenient—even for waste streams that have traditionally not been recyclable curbside.”

In August of last year, Casella Waste Systems Inc., a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company based in Rutland, Vermont, announced a similar partnership with TerraCycle to collect hard-to-recycle materials via the TerraCycle Pouch by Casella pilot subscription program. That program began in the fall of last year and is open to residents in and around Burlington, Vermont.