Profitable. Growing. Dividends paid.
TerraCycle US(1) is a profitable company with 2024 revenue of $43M, growing 75% in the last 4 years(2). If you invested in the last TerraCycle US Reg-A (2018-2020), you would have been paid between 17% and 20% of your invested capital in dividends to date. We are the largest subsidiary of TerraCycle Inc. (TerraCycle), representing 60% of revenue in 2024. Globally, TerraCycle has kept over 8 billion items* out of landfills, and raised $20 million for schools and charities**.
Your investment will make an impact—this is not a projection or prediction—it’s reality with results to prove it.
Last round Reg-A investors have been paid dividends. Now it’s your turn to invest.
Named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential companies(1), TerraCycle makes money recycling what no one else will, like candy wrappers, coffee pods, kids’ car seats, and hundreds of other waste streams. And we’ve done it profitably for over 10 years. Now, we’re raising capital to scale. Be part of our expansion and a potential exit(3).
Featured in over 140,000 articles globally(1)
Major media outlets around the world have featured TerraCycle multiple times.
Globally(1) recognized by 200+ awards for sustainability, innovation, and impact
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2021 Green Beauty Stars by Elle Magazine
Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company
2022 Companies to Watch by NJBiz
2024 Power of Beauty Awards by Keep America Beautiful
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Real Leaders Impact Awards by Real Leaders
Time 100 Most Influential Companies by Time Magazine
Fastest-growing private companies by Inc. 5000
The industry leader, dominating search engines
Investment highlights
20+ years of US recycling partnerships with many of the world’s biggest brands and retailers
Profitable
Preparing for potential exit(3)
Dividends have been paid every year
Not because it’s impossible, but because it’s not profitable.
Traditional recyclers only accept materials that are profitable to recycle, based on their recovered material value alone, like aluminum and cardboard. Everything else, from cosmetics to shoes, cost more to recycle than the resulting materials are worth. TerraCycle specializes in building business models that allow the hard-to-recycle to be recycled.
Learn more about the waste crisis in TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky’s books: Outsmart Waste and The Future of Packaging.
We develop profitable business models to recycle what others won’t
Revenues are diversified across three primary segments, with a goal to support stability and resilience.
Our diverse revenue sources and offerings, where no sector or company makes up a meaningful portion of our revenue, has resulted in 20+ years of growth, scale, and profit.
Programs
Brands, retailers, and other businesses partner with us to enable recycling solutions for their hard-to-recycle waste, from cannabis packaging to toothbrushes, and hundreds of other waste streams.
Commercial Recycling
We handle universal and regulated waste, like batteries, e-waste, and lightbulbs, for industrial customers.
Direct: E-commerce Zero Waste Boxes
Customers, from individuals to businesses, purchase our prepaid solutions to recycle almost anything.
Demonstrated track record of profitability
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Diversified revenue streams
Our solutions are designed to meet the needs of every customer—whether it be a CPG brand, warehouse, retailer, small business, or individual. This creates diversified revenue streams that support market resilience and continued growth opportunities.
Contacts with Bausch + Lomb
Razors with Gillette®
Sauce packets with Taco Bell®
Instrument strings with D’Addario
Shoes with ASICS
Dental aligners with Clear Blue Smiles™
Pet food packaging with Pet Supplies Plus
Socks with GOLDTOE®
Snack pouches with GoGo squeeZ®
Nordstrom (US): cosmetics and skincare products across locations
Superdrug (UK): empty medicine blister packs across 200 stores
Monoprix (France): bathroom trash across locations
Big W (Australia): toy recycling and donation across locations
L'Oreal Canada: cosmetics and skincare products in Walmart, London Drugs, and Jean Coutu stores
Sephora (Australia): beauty
EasyPak
Pre-paid recycling containers for hard-to-recycle waste like batteries and lightbulbs.
Bulb Eater
A device that crushes fluorescent light bulbs to eliminate storage hassles and reduces the handling of boxes of bulbs.
Smash-It™ Compactors
Compacts waste to as little as 20% of the original size (5:1 compaction ratio) in any standard 55-gallon drum.
Bulk pickup
Pickups and transportation of large amounts of waste like e-waste, batteries, mercury-bearing lamps, cathode ray tubes (CRTs), and PCB and Non-PCB lighting ballasts to regionally located recycling centers upon request.
Lamp recycling & mercury distillation
We have state-of-the-art lamp recycling and mercury distillation equipment.
Solar panel recycling
We're one of the few solar panel recyclers in the United States.
SalonCycle
SalonCycle makes it easy for salons and stylists to recycle everything from metal color tubes and used hair foils, PPE, plastic product lids and containers, and break room items.
ScienceCycle
Now with ScienceCycle, your gloves, pipettes, vials, and other single-use items can be recycled.
VetCycle
Vets, groomers, and pet stores can recycle everything from pet food bags to chewed up toys with VetCycle.
OfficeCycle
Shipping materials, ink cartridges, printers, everything in your break room—it all can be kept from ending up in landfills and incinerators with OfficeCycle.
CafeCycle
Coffee shops and bakeries can now offer recycling solutions for hard-to-recycle trash for their customers or employees.
FitnessCycle
Recycling trash, like broken exercise ropes, plastic waste, worn yoga and gym mats, and snack wrappers keeps it out of landfills and incinerators.
EventCycle
From tradeshows and conferences to fundraising galas and concerts, keep waste out of landfills with EventCycle.
World-class standards(1)
Recycling, guaranteed
We guarantee to recycle all of the accepted waste sent to us through all TerraCycle recycling solutions (that’s approximately 98.3% of the waste we receive).
Supply chain excellence
External and internal audits of our supply chain are performed on an ongoing basis. We invest heavily in tracking software, expert personnel, and equipment to ensure our processes are optimized.
Third-party verified
Alongside Bureau Veritas—a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification services—we developed a first-of-its-kind, auditable standard to ensure strong traceability.
Breakthroughs on a global stage(1)
Major R&D recycling innovations
Featured at global events
Recycling at scale
Closed-loop recycling:
Asics shoes recycled into the same shoe.
Coca-Cola bottles made from rPET bottles
Pilot pens made from Pilot pens
Nature’s Way cosmetic caps made from cosmetic caps
Kao pouches made from Kao pouches
Expo pen ledges made from writing instruments
Product storage made from Flavia Fresh Packs
Products displays made from Scotch-Brite sponges
Earthborn Holistic Frisbees made from Earthborn Holistic packaging
Maybelline makeup stands made from beauty empties
L’Occitane totes made from product empties
Nu Skin storage containers made from Nu Skin empties
Paris 2024 Olympics Games
Australia Open Tennis
Super Bowl
Arena Events
National parks
Marathons
International conventions
Cigarettes
Diapers
Blister packs
Gum
PPE
Menstrual cups
Disposable razors
Beauty products
Contacts
Flip flops
Cannabis packaging
Horse inhalers
Food packaging
Aerosols
Toys
Styrofoam
Wetsuits
Vapes
E-waste
Tights
Clothing
We’ve recycled over 100 million cosmetic packages to date. No other recycler is recycling at this scale. Our solutions are proven to be better for the environment than landfilling and incineration.
One of the world’s largest suppliers of eye health products: Over 100 million pieces of contact lens packaging and contacts have been recycled.
Cigarettes: Over 300 million cigarette butts have been recycled, with more coming in every day.
Exclusive investor perks
Combine your bonuses for up to 40% more shares.
TerraCycle global impact(1)
Better for the planet
TerraCycle Foundation
Community
The Goal: Drive profitable revenue growth and prepare for exit
Continue strategic acquisitions
Grow revenue
Looking ahead
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The team behind TerraCycle(2)
Tom and TerraCycle have received 200+ awards from organizations including the United Nations, World Economic Forum, Fortune Magazine, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for work in sustainability and entrepreneurship.
Frequently asked questions
Why invest in startups?
Regulation CF allows investors to invest in startups and early-growth companies. This is different from helping a company raise money on Kickstarter; with Regulation CF Offerings, you aren’t buying products or merchandise - you are buying a piece of a company and helping it grow.
How much can I invest?
Accredited investors can invest as much as they want. But if you are NOT an accredited investor, your investment limit depends on either your annual income or net worth, whichever is greater. If the number is less than $124,000, you can only invest 5% of it. If both are greater than $124,000 then your investment limit is 10%.
How do I calculate my net worth?
To calculate your net worth, just add up all of your assets and subtract all of your liabilities (excluding the value of the person’s primary residence). The resulting sum is your net worth.
What are the tax implications of an equity crowdfunding investment?
We cannot give tax advice, and we encourage you to talk with your accountant or tax advisor before making an investment.
Who can invest in a Regulation CF Offering?
Individuals over 18 years of age can invest.
What do I need to know about early-stage investing? Are these investments risky?
There will always be some risk involved when investing in a startup or small business. And the earlier you get in the more risk that is usually present. If a young company goes out of business, your ownership interest could lose all value. You may have limited voting power to direct the company due to dilution over time. You may also have to wait about five to seven years (if ever) for an exit via acquisition, IPO, etc. Because early-stage companies are still in the process of perfecting their products, services, and business model, nothing is guaranteed. That’s why startups should only be part of a more balanced, overall investment portfolio.
When will I get my investment back?
The Common Stock (the "Shares") of TerraCycle US (the "Company") are not publicly-traded. As a result, the shares cannot be easily traded or sold. As an investor in a private company, you typically look to receive a return on your investment under the following scenarios: The Company gets acquired by another company. The Company goes public (makes an initial public offering). In those instances, you receive your pro-rata share of the distributions that occur, in the case of acquisition, or you can sell your shares on an exchange. These are both considered long-term exits, taking approximately 5-10 years (and often longer) to see the possibility for an exit. It can sometimes take years to build companies. Sometimes there will not be any return, as a result of business failure.
Can I sell my shares?
Shares sold via Regulation Crowdfunding offerings have a one-year lockup period before those shares can be sold under certain conditions.
Exceptions to limitations on selling shares during the one-year lockup period:
In the event of death, divorce, or similar circumstance, shares can be transferred to:
• The company that issued the securities;
• An accredited investor;
• A family member (child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse or equivalent, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships).
What happens if a company does not reach their funding target?
If a company does not reach their minimum funding target, all funds will be returned to the investors after the close of the offering.
How can I learn more about a company's offering?
All available disclosure information can be found on the offering pages for our Regulation Crowdfunding offering.
What if I change my mind about investing?
You can cancel your investment at any time, for any reason, until 48 hours prior to a closing occurring. If you’ve already funded your investment and your funds are in escrow, your funds will be promptly refunded to you upon cancellation. To submit a request to cancel your investment please email: info@dealmakersecurities.com
How do I keep up with how the company is doing?
At a minimum, the company will be filing with the SEC and posting on its website an annual report, along with certified financial statements. Those should be available 120 days after the fiscal year end. If the company meets a reporting exception, or eventually has to file more reported information to the SEC, the reporting described above may end. If these reports end, you may not continually have current financial information about the company.
What relationship does the company have with DealMaker Securities?
Once an offering ends, the company may continue its relationship with DealMaker Securities for additional offerings in the future. DealMaker Securities’ affiliates may also provide ongoing services to the company. There is no guarantee any services will continue after the offering ends.