Haycock Elementary School in Falls Church is working with TerraCycle, a recycling company, to collect empty applesauce pouches for recycling in the GoGo squeeZ Brigade, according to a press release from TerraCycle. The school is among the top GoGo squeeZ collectors of 2015, having collected 2,250 this year. Since signing up for the program, Haycock students have saved a total of 2,796 pouches from ending up in local landfills.
Miljøbevidste danskere har siden april 2013 indsamlet 10 mio. plastiklåg fra yoghurtlåg- og mælkekartoner. Det betyder, at Arla giver en halv million kroner til velgørende formål, mens de indsamlede låg bliver genbrugt til mælkekasser. Lågene er indsamlet af alle - lige fra familier, børnehaver, dagplejer, skoler til virksomheder og spejder- og sports-grupper.
I april 2013 indledte Arla Harmonie et samarbejde, der blandt andet indebærer ”Brug Låget”, med miljøvirksomheden TerraCycle med henblik på at gøre alt Arlas emballage genanvendeligt i 2020 og for at tilbyde forbrugerne en grønnere løsning i deres daglige forbrug.
Diane Davis, of Val Caron, is the TOP collector nation-wide of used lunch kits, which she sends to TerraCycle through their Lunchmate Brigade. The folks at Lunchmate have decided to TRIPLE her points until the end of the year, so she can raise as much money as possible for SickKids Hospital and the Starlight Foundation, charities that really helped her son Joel, who sadly passed away from a heart condition at just 18 years old. To help Diane, simply bring all of your used lunch kit packaging (any brand, such as Lunchmate, Lunchables or other tray-based lunch packaging) to École Jean Paul II, anytime Monday to Friday during school hours. To learn more about TerraCycle, visit their website.
Coyote Howling has been identified as an official New Mexico Donation Station for the cereal bags Brigade© sponsored by Malt-o-Meal Brands™. The designation shows on the national map for TerraCycle to alert those wanting to support TerraCycle recycling. Coyote Howling is the only station in New Mexico.
State College Area High School senior Kara Eckert teamed up with New Jersey-based waste management company
TerraCycle in 2012 to collect recyclable items. Her mission was to accumulate granola bar wrappers, cereal bags and oral care products though the company’s Wrapper Brigade program. “I grew up in a family that always recycled,” Eckert said.
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Finally, for both recycled gift ideas and for recycling waste that you can’t avoid over the holidays, consider People & Planet winner
TerraCycle. TerraCycle develops and runs innovative, free consumer recycling programs for hard-to-recycle waste like baby-food pouches, CLIF Bar wrappers, toothbrushes, make-up containers, e-waste, and more. Under the “Send Your Waste” tab on the TerraCycle website, visitors can order a “Zero Waste Box” that will facilitate the recycling all categories of waste, including any holiday garbage like wrapping paper.
The drink pouches, aluminum wrappers and food pouches will help earn money for the school through Terracycle, which provides free waste collection programs for hard-to-recycle materials. Those materials are then turned into affordable green products. “The profitability will depend on the amount of waste recycled,” Camp points out.
Stony Point Elementary School, for example, recycles plastic water bottles plus Capri Sun and Honest Kids juice pouches. Plastic bottles are picked up by a local beverage store, and the juice pouches are sent to
TerraCycle, a New Jersey-based company that repurposes them into products such as backpacks and pencil cases.
Students of Highlands Elementary School are earning money for TerraCycling their food packaging. TerraCycle, a company which recycles odd plastic items, such as a “GoGo squeeZ” applesauce container, is using the items recycled by students and turning them into other plastic products. Highlands Elementary is one of the top collectors of GoGo squeeZ containers in 2015, collecting 2,018 this year.
Upcycled Tent Dopp Kit - TerraCycle is at it again. This company recycles materials and turns into new products for consumers and this Upcycled Tent Dopp Kit is a great idea. Made from reclaimed fabric discarded in the manufacture of tents, it shares characteristics with its wilder peers - it's durable, lightweight, and water and stain resistant. Even the clips and zippers are wilderness ready.
