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Atco students recycling efforts having national impact

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Capri Sun drink pouches being thrown away at Assumption Elementary School in Atco is soon to be a thing of the past.  The school now earns two cents for every one of those pouches they collect and return to a company called TerraCycle, which makes affordable, eco-friendly products from packaging waste.  The company has created a fundraising opportunity for the school.  “[We] are glad to have the opportunity to clean our little part of the world in such an easy, convenient but effective way,” said parent and organizer of the program at school, Gabrielle Purvis. The school has formed a “Brigade,” which is part of a free nationwide program that pays schools and non-profits to collect non-recyclable waste that would otherwise go to landfill.