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WhenTomSzakyseesajuicecontainerthrownawayhedoesn'tseerubbishbutheseesapencilcase.Sweetwrappers?Abeautifulkite!Butthesearenottheimaginingsofadreamer.Forthe28-year-oldCEOofTrentonNewJersey-basedTerraCycle
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WhenTomSzakyseesajuicecontainerthrownawayhedoesn'tseerubbishbutheseesapencilcase.Sweetwrappers?Abeautifulkite!Butthesearenottheimaginingsofadreamer.Forthe28-year-oldCEOofTrentonNewJersey-basedTerraCyclethey’reabusinessmodel.

Thefast-talkingSzakyisleadingthenewindustryofupcycling(升级改造).Insteadofrecycling(shreddingorbreakingdownmaterialsandenablingthemtobereproducedasotherproducts)TerraCycletakespackagingheadedforlandfills(废物填埋地)andreusesit-moreorlesswhole.TerraCycle’s85employeesmakenearly200productssoldatshopssuchasPetcoKmartWholeFoodsMarketandTarget.

Szaky’s$7.4millioncompanynowalsomovingaheadinMexicoCanadatheUnitedKingdomandBrazilisquitedifferentfromthebusinesshefoundedwithclassmateJonBeyerin2002asafreshmanatPrincetonUniversity.Thetwoenteredabusinesscompetitionwithaplantosellorganicplantfertilizersmadefromwormwaste.Theylostthecompetitionbutstartedthebusinessanyway.

Withtheirgoal-tomakeproductsentirelyoutofrubbish-suddenlyclearSzakyknewthetimewasrighttodropoutofPrinceton.

TerraCycle’sfirstproductuseddining-hallwastetofeedthewormsandthrown-awaybottlestopackagethefertilizer.Theresult:acheapgreenbreakthrough.Wordspreadandin2004HomeDepotbegancarryingthefertilizerinitsCanadianstores.

ToSzakywastedoesnotexistinnature.TerraCycleisa“secondchance”employerofsayapieceoffurnitureanice-creamcontainer.AsSzakypointsout“Thebiggestproblemwithmostgreenfair-tradeandorganicproductsisthattheytendtocostmore.AtTerraCycleeverythingismadefromrubbishandrubbishisfree.Peopleshouldbeabletoprotecttheplanetwithouthavingtopayacostforthatright.”

28.WhatisTomSzakynow?

A.TheCEOofTerraCycle. B.AnemployeeofHomeDepot.

C.AstudentatPrincetonUniversity. D.Themanagerofafoodcompany.

29.HowdidSzakygettheideaofupcycling?

A.Fromhisvisitstoforeigncompanies.

B.FromhisstudiesatPrincetonUniversity.

C.ThroughshoppingatbigstoresinAmerica.

D.Throughtheexperienceof

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