Mesa's Johnson Elementary School, 3807 E. Pueblo Ave., is collecting non-recyclable packaging (like Capri Sun Drink Pouches and used beauty product packaging) as part of a national Beauty Brigade program by Terracycle.
The company will pay schools, families and communities to collect the waste, which is then repurposed to make eco-friendly products. Johnson students are also collecting candy wrappers, glue bottles and more, close to 750 pieces of trash so far.
Teachers at Lounsberry Hollow Middle School used to see a lot of used Capri Sun drink pouches get thrown away. Now the school 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 schools use the program not only as a fundraising opportunity but as a way to educate and inspire their students.
Students at Faith Lutheran School in Antioch are finding are finding a good turn for the environment is doubly advantageous.
I haven't written about it much lately, but I still make an effort daily to think how I can become more green. I'm never going to be perfect, but I aim to move in that direction on the spectrum.
Some things I've gotten better at:
- Making green friends. My pal Megan (also known as my knitting sensei), a fairly new and very green mama to Maeve, and I are often found talking about our green growth and struggles. She introduced me to TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/> , and we've spread our efforts to school a bit with two collection brigades. Still so much more to do.
Teachers at McCormick Elementary School used to see a lot of used drink pouches get thrown away. Now the school earns two cents for every pouch collected and sent to a company called TerraCycle—makers of affordable, ecofriendly products from recycled packaging. The school uses the program not only as a fundraising opportunity, but as a way to educate and inspire the students to be environmentally responsible.
The night before, when we were setting up, I noticed that volunteers were putting cookies in small snack sized Zip-Loc bags.
Of course, my "trash-radar" went up and since I could not avoid the baggies, I could gather them and send them to Terracycle. So, I prepared a box with a sign asking for the empty baggies to be put in the box.
While I still had to raid the trashcans, there were many baggies put in the box! (mind you I had to take baggies out of the 'plastics' recycling can and cardboard boxes out of the 'plastics' recycling can!)
Teachers at McCormick Elementary School used to see a lot of used drink pouches get thrown away. Now the school earns two cents for every pouch collected and sent to a company called TerraCycle—makers of affordable, ecofriendly products from recycled packaging. The school uses the program notonly as a fundraising opportunity, but as a
way to educate and inspire the students to
be environmentally responsible.
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.
A group of students from Floral Street School gathered recently at 487 Grafton St. to show off their trash. Over the past few months, the students have collected six large bags of trash (primarily juice pouches and snack bags) that can be recycled. They were helped in this effort by a company called The Dumpster Divers. The trash will be sent to the recycling company Terracycle, which paid the students 2 cents for each piece of trash collected (about $50 total). The money will be used to benefit the school.
The Road to Healthy Skin tour gives consumers the opportunity to receive full-body skin cancer screenings conducted by local dermatologists, who are volunteering their time and expertise.
The tour is sponsored by Aveeno and TerraCycle, which pays schools, families, and communities to collect non-recyclable waste, which is then upcycled or repurposed to make fun, eco-friendly products like backpacks, picture frames, and notebooks.
