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When Tom Szaky sees a juice container thrown away,he doesn’t see rubbish,but he sees a pencil case.Sweet wrappers? A beautiful kite! But these are not the imaginings of a dreamer.For the 28yearold CEO of Trenton,New Jerseybased TerraCycle,they’re a business model.
The fasttalking Szaky is leading the new industry of upcycling (升级改造).Instead of recycling,TerraCycle takes packaging headed for landfills (废物填埋地) and reuses it—more or less whole.TerraCycle’s 85 employees make nearly 200 products,sold at shops such as Petco,Kmart,Whole Foods Market,and Target.
Szaky’s $7.4 million company,now also moving ahead in Mexico,Canada,the United Kingdom and Brazil,