Sunset School helped divert 3,964 units of lunch-kit waste from landfills this past school year, making it the second-highest collector of such waste in the state. The school has been involved with the Lunch Kit Brigade since October 2012. The Lunch Kit Brigade is one of the programs that TerraCycle, an upcycling and recycling company, offers.
Whether at a tailgate or a party, red plastic cups are ubiquitous around UCF. Now they can be reused to help other Florida creatures have a good time. Starting Sept. 1, Volunteer UCF's Animal Awareness and Environmental programs will be accepting No. 6 plastic rigid cups in an effort to help sea turtles. For every cup that is brought to the Volunteer UCF cubicle, TerraCycle will donate 2 cents to the Sea Turtle Conservancy.
Voor de één compleet herkenbaar, voor de ander volledig onbekend; Red Solo Party Cups . Nederlanders kennen de bekers meestal van Amerikaanse televisieseries. Is er in Amerika een feestje? Grote kans dat de cups bovenaan het boodschappenlijstje staan. Mooi, want de bekers zijn duurzamer dan de gemiddelde plastic beker. Door de stevigheid gaan er minder cups op een avond doorheen en dit betekent minder milieubelasting.
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Staat er een drankspel in de planning? De Red Solo Party Cups zijn hier ideaal voor. In de cups zijn namelijk rillen aangebracht, deze geven de drankniveaus aan. Duidelijker kan eigenlijk niet; de onderste ril is voor shotjes, de volgende is voor wijn, ga je voor de bovenste ril? Gooi ‘m dan maar vol met bier
Samen sterk
Om het milieu te ontlasten is Only Solo Cup Company samen met TerraCycle een actie begonnen om de Solo Cups uit de natuur te houden. Enthousiastelingen kunnen zich aanmelden bij een zekere ‘Solo Cup Brigade’. De bedoeling is simpel; verzamel zoveel mogelijk gebruikte cups en stuur deze op naar TerraCycle. Op deze manier gaat er geld naar het favoriete goede doel van de persoon in kwestie. Tot nu toe tikt het flink aan:
Dat de Solo Cup een groot succes is blijkt wel uit de klantnamen die er aan verbonden zijn, denk o.a. aan Starbucks, Dairy Queen, Wal-Mart, Whole Foods, en Einstein Bros. Bagels. Ben jij de Solo Cups al eens tegengekomen?
The Solo Cup Brigade challenged participants to collect more than 1,000 cups between May and September. For each piece of waste collected through this free program, participants earn TerraCycle points that can be put toward charity gifts or converted to cash and paid to any school or charity.
Balfour Beatty Communities partnered with TerraCycle, a program that brings communities together to help build a sustainable future through: upcycling, recycling and donation efforts. Tyndall provides recycling for 1 and 2 plastics, newspaper, cardboard, aluminum, etc. Consumers can help eliminate overflowing landfills by collecting normally hard-to-recycle products and packaging.
In a general culinary news article I wrote late in 2012 entitled Kitchen News November 2012 , I highlighted that the Canadian kitchen and housewares company Trudeau Corp had announced the launch of its version of the iconic Solo red party cup. Just recently I became aware of a direct competitor to Trudeau called Red Cup Living ; it appears that the battle to win your ecological partying heart is becoming red hot.
Summer is coming to a close this weekend with Labor Day. For my family, we have one final summer party as we kick football season into full swing. Granted we just love spending time with family and great friends. To help reduce the time we spend setting up and cleaning up, we use disposable dinnerware--plates, bowl utensils, napkins, cups, etc. and the brand I depend on is
Solo Cup Company.
When I get Solo Brand products, I know I am going to get a sturdy product that I can depend on--I know that they are going to hold all that heavy food and drinks for adults and not collapse in little hands. The other thing I love about Solo Cup Company products (besides the song, advertising them that is constantly going through my head whenever I see one of their products) is that they are eco-friendly!
The unique term "Eco-Forward®" expresses Solo’s ongoing commitment to developing greener alternatives that contribute to a more environmentally sustainable future. Many of their products and compostable, recyclable, created with post-consumer recycled content and renewable resource materials. They also have created a line of products called Bare by Solo which takes disposable dinnerware to another level of green! The Bare by Solo includes renewable plates, compostable plates & bowls, recyclable cups and compostable cups. I can attest to how sturdy they are, so you are definitely not giving up quality while your are protecting the earth.
