The Flip Flop Replay program facilitates the recycling of old flip flops to build community playgrounds. It’s all part of a national recycling program.  Now through May 21, Old Navy shoppers can participate in Flip Flop Replay by depositing used flip flops in collection bins at local Old Navy stores.  TerraCycle, an international upcycling and recycling company that encourages consumers to rethink waste, will recycle the flip-flops and used them to construct playgrounds to be donated to communities around the United States. It’s the first time a national retailer has initiated this kind of effort to collect and recycle flip flops.

Nothing says summer more than flip flops.  The squishy sandals help you beat the heat and they can help build a new playground too.  The Old Navy stores in Spokane Valley and Moscow, Idaho are collecting used flip flops.  Collection boxes sit near the front door. . "When a customer comes in they just need to bring their old flip flops and pop them in the box.  It's Simple, " said Spokane Valley store manager Bridget Brooks.  The old sandals are mailed to TerraCycle http://www.terracycle.net in New Jersey and recycled into plastic equipment for new playgrounds.  TerraCycle also recycles used potato chip bags, candy wrappers and children's juice drink pouches.

Old Navy stores and an international recycling company are teaming up to recycle old flip-flops into playground equipment. Flip-flops can be dropped off at Old Navy, 830 Grand Central Ave., until 9 p.m. Saturday as part of a collaborative recycling effort between the retailer and Terracycle Inc., an international company that turns hard-to-recycle items into eco-friendly products.

  The Flip Flop Replay is a partnership between TerraCycle and Old Navy. By depositing your used flip flops in these eye-catching colorful collection bins found inside any Old Navy store now through Saturday, May 21st, you will be diverting them from ending up in the landfill.  TerraCycle will then recycle the flip-flops into playgrounds, which will be donated to communities around the country.  TerraCycle, which was started in 2001 by Tom Szaky, a 20-year-old Princeton University freshman (think Face Book genre) because he identified a niche need: getting rid of stuff that seemingly didn’t have anywhere to go. TerraCycle’s mission is to eliminate waste, period. Zero waste. It can be done, but there is a lot of groundwork that has to be done first, enter you the consumer.

The Old Navy stores in Annapolis, Severna Park and Hanover will be collecting used flip flops through May 21 as part of TerraCycle's Flip Flop Replay program. TerraCycle, a New Jersey-based recycling company, will then take the flip flops and recycle them into playground equipment. Each Old Navy store has a box near the entrance where shoppers can drop off their flip flops.

  Through May 21 (next Friday) your Examiner readers can participate in The Flip Flop Replay by depositing their used flip flops in colorful collection bins found inside any Old Navy store. TerraCycle will then recycle the flip-flops into playgrounds which will be donated to communities around the country. This is the first time a nationwide retailer has initiated a large-scale effort to collect and recycle flip flops. There are several Old Navy stores in Miami and the surrounding area.

A company named Terracycle collects various and sundry kinds of waste to divert it from the landfill,  to use it in new ways, and to try and make a buck.

Old Navy and TerraCycle, an international company known for turning hard-to-recycle packaging into eco-friendly products, have partnered up and came up with a great nationwide program. The outcome of their collaboration is a month long drive to collect flip-flops and recycle them into playgrounds that will be donated to four communities around the country.

Shoppers at the Old Navy store in Davenport can participate in a nationwide recycling program by bringing in used flip-flops. From now through Saturday, used flip-flops may be placed in collection bins found in the store. TerraCycle, an international upcycling and recycling company, will recycle them into playground equipment, which will be donated to communities around the country. More information is available at www.terracycle.net.

Nothing says "summer" more than those ubiquitous, squishy rubber summer casual sandals. I haven't worn flip-flops in years, but I remember buying a new pair every season. Sometimes two, depending on how long they lasted. A few weeks ago, I received an email from a faithful Farmington-Farmington Hills Patch reader who forwarded a note about a flip-flop recycling program at Old Navy. I had no idea a person could recycle flip-flops, so I paid a visit to the Farmington Hills store, which is located in Hunters Square shopping center at 14 Mile and Orchard Lake Roads.