TERRACYCLE NEWS

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Webster Hill PTO encourages residents to vote, help school receive playground equipment

The contest is being sponsored by TerraCycle, Colgate and ShopRite. Webster Hill School is in third place, behind schools in New York State and Southington. The school that earns the most playground credits by June 13 wins the playground equipment.Webster Hill Elementary School has long been a TerraCycle partner and continues to recycle juice pouches, plastic bottles and aluminum cans through the TerraCycle program. The school has a great track record for its recycling efforts, with a very active student Environment Global Group, which promotes environmental protection and conservation.

Rethinking Eco-Responsible Packaging

Wendy Caraballo explains. “One interesting thing we do is partner up with Tom’s of Maine to reuse all of their scrap material that accumulates during the tube printing process. They use a third party company called TerraCycle that takes the Tom’s of Maine printed scrap and turns it into colorful tote bags that are sold in specialty grocery stores.