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A haircare and beauty brand challenges the TerraCycle team to come up with new and interesting ways to help inspire college-age kids to recycle their personal care and beauty waste. Steph come up with a recycling marathon, an idea that Tony quickly dubs a "Recycle-a-thon," stealing Steph's thunder in the process.Back at the office, Liana gives Tom an overview of the new (and first formal) human resources policies she'd like to put in place. Tom doesn't want the changes affecting TerraCycle's quirky office culture, but agrees to move forward.Steph presents her progress to Tom and Tony: she secured a fraternity and sorority at a local university to compete in the on campus "Recycle-a-thon." Tony, believing himself the Project Manager, attempts to take control of the project even though this is the first time he has heard of Greek Life. In response to the tension between Steph and Tony, Tom incorporates their competition into the pilot program by tasking each of them with leading a participating team: it's boys versus girls. Tony and Steph, accompanied by Dan and Sara respectively, head to the university to meet with the Greek houses and explain the rules for the weeklong competition to collect personal care and beauty waste. The teams are excited, and spend the afternoon placing their collection boxes around campus and spreading the word about the competition. Back at Terracycle HQ, Tom alleviates some of the Staff's negativity towards the new policies, explaining that the changes are a signal of company growth. A few days later, the sorority and the fraternity do the final weigh-in of the waste collected during the competition. The results are close, but it's the sorority that comes away victorious. The girls are thrilled to win the competition and all that comes with it: charity points from the waste collected that translates to a monetary donation and the "sweet" Adirondack chairs.

In order to seal a deal with a client, Rhandi and Stephen must collaborate to find a solution for an exciting new waste stream.

Tiffany organizes an "experience booth" at a local race in order to to help promote a new partnership collecting used sports energy packets; and Tom forms a TerraCycle running team to compete in the race.

The pressure's on when Stephanie and Stephen are sent to London to study TerraCycle UK's public collection program for coffee capsules. Back in Trenton, the team looks to Albe for a solution when the wifi goes out.

Tom is challenged to come up with a creative way to highlight an oral care brand brigade for Earth Day. He suggests that they create a playground out of oral care waste and give it to the local school that can collect the most oral care waste. However, TerraCycle has a difficult challenge ahead: they'll need to determine whether they can make the playground in time for the fast approaching Earth Day.Tom assigns Andrew as Project Manager since they are up against a tough deadline and limited budget. The pressure is on Stephan to find enough oral care waste material, and on Rick to find a formulation for the waste that's durable enough for a playground.When Karina brings her daughter Olivia to work, Tom, who's expecting his first child, sees a learning opportunity and convinces Karina to let him watch Olivia for the day. While Olivia spends time in Tom's office, Andrew stops by to give Tom an update on the playground. Tom tells Andrew (along with encouragement from young Olivia) that they need to double the size of the playground. Nervous about the new request, Andrew quickly tells Rick and Stephen about Tom's new directive and demands positive results. Fortunately, Stephan is able to hunt down more oral care waste, and Rick finds the perfect formulation. But Andrew continues to be anxious about the limited time and insists Rick and Stephan call the manufacturer. Much to Andrew's delight, the manufacturer confirms that they will be done processing the material soon and the playground will be built on time. It's finally Earth Day, and Tom, Andrew, Rick, and Stephen head to Beloved Charter School to see the completed playground for the first time. Tom is happy with the result and the hard work of his staff; the team proudly presents the playground to a group of excited children.

Stephanie gets creative when she's put in charge of overseeing the marketing campaign to promote collections of used pet food packaging for TerraCycle. Elsewhere, tensions are high as Dan, Diandra and Dean compete for the best parking.

Darshan's patience is tested when he's charged with managing TerraCycle's quirky new Artist-in-Residence, who has one month to create three pieces of art constructed from waste. The TerraCycle staff is upset about a new "no dogs allowed" policy.

To meet Tom's request to secure partnerships with feminine hygiene brands, Tony must successfully sell the idea of used tampon recycling to women. While Dara is on maternity leave, Dean seeks out new lunch companions.

In the second season premiere, Dan and Rhandi are successfully selling Zero Waste boxes to large businesses, but the real challenge comes as they expand the program to medium-sized business.