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Arapahoe County Elementary School named top collector in recycling program

Students at Sandburg Elementary School are among the top collectors of snack bags in The Hain Celestial Group Snack Bag Brigade, a free, national recycling program created by The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. and TerraCycle. By collecting used snack bags from foods such as The Hain Celestial Group’s Garden of Eatin’ snacks, Terra chips or any other brand, the students have helped to divert 19185 units of snack bag waste from landfills, while also earning $2,876 for their school or charity of choice. After they sign up to join a recycling Brigade, schools and organizations earn points for every unit of waste they collect and send to TerraCycle.

Roosevelt School receives Eco-Schools Bronze certification

In addition to recycling all acceptable materials that are collected by the Melrose DPW on a weekly basis, the Roosevelt School has formed a partnership with TerraCycle, which collects and recycles items, such as drink pouches, juice boxes, ink cartridges and writing instruments, that are not picked up by the city. The school also recycles its Styrofoam trays through ReFoamIt and expired markers through Crayola.

Meet the boss: TerraCycle chief Anna Minns

It's fair to say that in most personal relationships the decision to move for one partner's career doesn't always pan out for the both parties. Luckily, that wasn't the case for Anna Minns. The former criminal lawyer had already switched to working on environmentally focused projects by the time her first child was born. Then, her focus was the Daily Lime website, a project Minns founded (and won awards for) to provide readers with green tips including from high profile contributors such as Kevin Rudd and Tim Flannery.