Are you looking for creative ways to frow an interest in the environment with your kids? Or a way to help their school in these budget constrained times? Or perhaps a way to clean up your community? The answer to all these may just be sitting right near you: the packaging left over from their Ella's Kitchen food, or over on their desk, the Berol pen that's out of ink.

We are TerraCycle and we make new eco-friendly products like baby bigs, tote bags and plant pots out of what you'd normally have no option but toss it in the bin. Our goal is to change the way peple think about waste and the possibilities it has.

Phoenix Public Library and the city of Phoenix Public Works Department kick off Recycle Write on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. Visit any one of 16 library locations or nine OfficeMax retail stores in Phoenix to deposit used pens, pencils and markers of all types in designated collection containers. The collected writing instruments will be shipped to TerraCycle, a company specializing in making consumer products from post-consumer materials. Proceeds from the program benefit the Friends of the Phoenix Public Library. Founded in 1977, the Friends support library programs such as the children’s summer reading game, GED classes and other services.

So what's behind this new project? Albe says that it more than just another fundraiser, its goal is to address, head on, the issue of landfill proliferation and environmental education, through a simple, beneficial means that involves teachers and students.

Phoenix Public Library and the city of Phoenix Public Works Department kick off Recycle Write on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. Visit any one of 16 library locations or nine OfficeMax retail stores in Phoenix to deposit used pens, pencils and markers of all types in designated collection containers. The collected writing instruments will be shipped to TerraCycle, a company specializing in making consumer products from post-consumer materials.

Eco-firm TerraCycle has launched a scheme to recycle used school writing instruments. It will pay schools 2p for every pen, pencil or marker collected. To sign up for the scheme, go to www.terracycle.co.uk

Terracycle have started a new programme for schools where all money raised through it goes to the school. It also teaches children about social responsibility and encourages them to think about their own impact on the environment.

The programme is beneficial in many ways. Students are educated about recycling, reusing and resource conservation while also be inspired by knowing that making a difference can be fun and easy! Meanwhile schools can earn much needed funding, while running a programme that is already educational!