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Jersey City Charter School Wins New Playground By Recycling Oral Hygiene Products

Children at a New Jersey charter school are showing off the benefits of brushing and flossing their teeth– and it’s not just in their smiles. CBS2’s Elise Finch explains they won a recycling contest by saving old toothpaste tubes and dental floss containers. The Jersey City students of Beloved Community Charter School were all smiles as they raced around their brand new playground, complete with a side, monkey bars and mini climbing wall.

Mt. Carmel elementary tops state recycling contest

Mt. Carmel Elementary School and Nexus Energy Center were the top collectors in a recent statewide recycling contest. Mt. Carmel students and community residents participated in the Snack Bag Brigade, a free, national recycling program that Hain Celestial Group Inc. and TerraCycle originated. Collaborating with Nexus Energy Center, Mt. Carmel students retrieved 21,000 packaging bags for chips and other snacks.

Pionero programa de reciclaje en el sector de la impresión 3D

TerraCycle pone en marcha en España su primer programa Cajas Residuos Cero de la mano de Printed Dreams, una empresa que ofrece un servicio 360º de impresión 3D en el ámbito de la arquitectura, diseño e ingeniería. Por medio de esta colaboración se llevará a cabo el reciclado de los carretes donde viene enrollado el material utilizado en la impresión 3D.

Jersey City school unveils playground made of recycled oral hygiene products

On the surface, the new playground that was unveiled yesterday morning at the BelovED Community Charter School in Jersey City looks like any other in the city. It receives the same reaction from kids, who looked at the slide and the monkey bars with wide eyes and big smiles. The playground, which is the first for the school, was built using recycled toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes and floss containers. The school itself won the playground as part of the Recycled Playground Challenge, a competition that was set up by Colgate, ShopRite and the recycling company TerraCycle, which is based in Trenton.

Toothpaste tubes, floss containers make a playground for Jersey City charter school

On the surface, the new playground that was unveiled Tuesday morning at the BelovED Community Charter School looks like any other in the city. It definitely receives the same reaction from kids, who looked at the slide and the monkey bars with wide eyes, and wide smiles. The school playground, which is the first for the school, was built using recycled toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes and floss containers. The school itself won the playground as part of the Recycled Playground Challenge, a competition that was set up by Colgate, ShopRite, and the recycling company TerraCycle, which is based in Trenton.