Tom's Open Road
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Interview (6:02)
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INTERVIEWED BY:
Bon Voyagers
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INTERVIEW LOCATION:
Trenton, NJ
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AIRED ON:
Indie: The Bon Voyagers
TOM SZAKY
Co-Founder
Terracycle
INTERESTS:
THEMES DISCUSSED:
Confidence Education Failure Family Fear
TAGS:
Canada, garbage, gardening, Hungry, plants, recycling, refugees
BIOGRAPHY:
Never one to stay on the beaten path, Tom immigrated to America as a refugee from Hungary. He began his first company at the age of 14, and established himself as a force worth noticing by being named "The #1 CEO Under Thirty" by Inc. Magazine. His inspiration for TerraCycle began on a road-trip when he saw friends struggling to find a useful kind of fertilizer. TerraCycle uses worms in order to make fertilizer; they use recycled soda-pop bottles as their packaging, and continue to strive to be a green company.
