An item that Iroquois Middle School students packed in their lunches and properly disposed of last school year earned the school almost $2,000. Iroquois Middle School students earned money for their school by recycling Capri Sun drink pouches used at home or in the school cafeteria. TerraCycle, a Trenton, N.J.-based recycling company, recently announced that Iroquois students reached the second level of TerraCycle and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade Milestone Contest by collecting over 18,000 drink pouches. The students have earned approximately $2,000 for their school by recycling the Capri Sun drink pouches.

The schools are participating in the Drink Pouch Brigade, a free recycling program for individuals and groups sponsored by Capri Sun and TerraCycle, a Trenton-based manufacturer of products made from pre-consumer and post-consumer waste.

As of last September, the proceeds Terracycle has generated from collecting, creating such products, and selling them have raised $4 million for education; through the consumers' shipments of their used packaging, they can elect to direct some of Terracycle's resulting proceeds to educational organizations or the school of the their choice .

Ronnow Elementary, Wolff Elementary, Adams All-Stars Elementary, Tarr Elementary, Thompson Elementary and Stuckey Elementary schools in Las Vegas participated in a nationwide recycling effort that recycled 200 million Capri Sun drink pouches. The schools collected drink pouches through TerraCycle’s Drink Pouch Brigade to help the environment and earn money for their schools.

To celebrate Capri-Sun and TerraCycle’s milestone of recycling 200 million drink pouches and donating $4 million to charities since 2008, Bible Center School has joined a “drink pouch brigade” and will collect pouches from the lunchroom and classroom.

If anyone knows about scaling a green business, it’s Tom Szaky, founder of TerraCycle in Trenton, New Jersay. Szaky launched the company in 2001, with a plant fertilizer made entirely from waste.

By collecting drink pouches from the lunchroom or classroom, K.R. Hanchey students can win playgrounds, park benches and recycling bins for their school or community from Capri Sun, according to a release. The school is participating in the "Drink Pouch Brigade," a free recycling program for individuals or groups from Capri Sun and eco-pioneer TerraCycle.

The school participates in the Drink Pouch Brigade, a free recycling program for individuals or groups from Capri Sun and eco-pioneer TerraCycle. To mark the milestone of almost 200 million drink pouches collected and almost $4 million given to charity since the start of the program six years ago

The school participates in the Drink Pouch Brigade, a free recycling program for individuals or groups from Capri Sun and eco-pioneer TerraCycle. To mark the milestone of almost 200 million drink pouches collected and almost $4 million given to charity since the start of the program six years ago, Capri Sun is increasing the prizes and benefits of recycling through the program.

Long Neck Elementary School students are cleaning up the environment and earning money for their school. By simply collecting drink pouches from the lunchroom or classroom, Long Neck Elementary students can win playgrounds, park benches and recycling bins for their school or community.