Drink up: What can you do with all of those empty juice drink pouches after the kids have sucked them dry? You can recycle them for big bucks for charity or fundraising. That's what students at Kammann school in Salinas did recently.

Millington Crisis Center is a top state collector of hair care, skin care, and cosmetic product packaging for the Personal Care and Beauty Brigade®, a free, national recycling program created by Garnier® and TerraCycle®. By collecting used personal care and beauty packaging, the crisis center has helped to divert over 5,300 units of waste from landfills.

There is a solution out there for plastic and other items that cannot be recycled locally. Businesses and some residents in Citrus County are turning to a company called TerraCycle to take items local recycling centers don’t want, according to the Citrus County Chronicle. The company’s goal is to eliminate waste from landfills, and to be able to reduce and recycle everything.

Several tons of ear plugs, beard nets, hair nets, gloves, safety glasses and other typically “unrecyclable” safety and protective gear have found a useful afterlife in TerraCycle’s Zero Waste Box program. Northstar Recycling was one of the first companies to start offering this Safety Equipment and Protective Gear Zero Waste Box to its North American customers when the solution was rolled out two years ago.

Pellston students are being nationally recognized for their hard work and dedication in collecting recyclable plastics. According to a press release from TerraCycle, Pellston Public School is a top state collector of hair care, skin care and cosmetic product packaging for the Personal Care and Beauty Brigade.

Como parte da programação, a Coleta Saúde Bucal vai recolher materiais  para o descarte correto dos resíduos utilizados na higiene bucal, como tubos de pasta de dentes, escovas de dentes, embalagens plásticas ou de papel de pasta e escova...