This month, TerraCycle celebrates the important milestone of a decade Eliminating the Idea of Waste through free recycling programs and custom recycling solutions in Canada. Since opening in 2006, TerraCycle Canada has engaged two million people to recycle, diverting 150 million units of difficult-to-recycle waste from landfills and raising over $400,000 for charity.

Did you know you could recycle used pens, pencils and markers? Two Oshawa boys have set up Operation Eco-Pen with drop boxes set up across the region. Luke Nguyen, 10, says he and his brother Derek, 12, saw their mom collecting used pens and thought they’d get more people on board.

Using garbage, she's raised more than $1,800 for her favourite causes Diane Davis has raised more than $1,800 over the past few years for several charities of her choice by collecting items that would otherwise end up in the landfill. The local woman sends the materials to TerraCycle Canada, an independent recycling agency specializing in diverting from landfill products municipalities deem “non-recyclable.”

A Metro Vancouver mayor is pitching a B.C.-wide return-it deposit for cigarette butts — similar to the fees charged for pop cans and beer bottles — as a way to keep the litter from contaminating storm drains and local waterways.

THE REVIEW:  nom nom nom.  This is an easy lunch box, soccer practice or in the car snack.  The individual portions help control how much snack is eaten.  Overall, the double chocolate was the favourite (close second: oatmeal chocolate chip).  6% of the daily intake of iron per package along with 2g of fibre.  It is definately a treat - but a safe peanut free indulgence.  Added-Value:  Kraft Canada has partnered with http://www.terracycle.ca/ to "upcycle" the trash from these products.  Schools and groups can collect the packaging and send them to TerraCycle (they get paid about .2 cents per package) - then TerraCycle turns them into a recycled product (bag, pencil case, yoga mat holder, etc...) for re-sale.  = Less landfill waste!