« Tri sélectif : les gourdes de compote.» Vous êtes nombreux à avoir adopté ces petites gourdes de ompote et à les glisser dans les sacs de vos enfants. Autant d’emballages usagés pour les quels il n’existait pas encore de solutions de recyclage en France. Materne et TerraCycle ont donc décidé de s’associer pour lancer un programme national de collecte des gourdes de compote vides pour leur donner une deuxième vie.

Vous pouvez participer au programme :

A partir d’aujourd’hui, pour chaque gourde de compote consommée (ou gourde de crème dessert),adoptez le réflexe TerraCycle et incitez les enfants à déposer leurs gourdes dans la boîte de collecte de l’école pour qu’elles soient envoyées puis recyclées en nouveaux produits recyclables. Dans la brigade des gourdes de compote, vous pouvez collecter : les gourdes de compote Materne ainsi que les gourdes de compote de toutes les autres marques. Et ensuite ? L’école recevra des points en envoyant des colis de 20kg et plus. Chaque gourde de compote vide reçue correspond à un point TerraCycle (1 point = 1 centime d’euro). Notre objectif : Ces points seront convertis en cadeau solidaire à l’association Elevages sans Frontières. Plus d’informations auprès de : http://www.terracycle.fr/fr

http://www.elevagessansfrontieres.org/

Les enfants recevront une information dans les classes dans le cadre du programme Eco-Ecole. Opération soutenue par le club CPN Le Coin des Ecureuils.  

Four years ago, Miller implemented the TerraCycle program at Woodrow Wilson in Westminster. TerraCycle is an international upcycling and recycling company that takes difficult-to-recycle packaging and turns it into affordable, innovative products.

TerraCycle, a upcycling and recycling company, makes eco-friendly products from trash items that are normally non-recyclable, including Capri Sun juice pouches, Frito-Lay chip bags, and Mars candy wrappers. Many of the products could make great holiday gifts for crafty types who are also eco-minded.

Harley Hood, Lauryn Dunlap and Keitron Fountain take a break from sorting recyclable items to be sent to TerraCycle. Students and teachers at Mount Vernon Intermediate School (MVIS) are among the top collectors of lunch kits in the Lunch Kit Brigade®, a free, national recycling program.

TerraCycle, Keurig team up for coffee pod recycling pilot

*Editor’s Note: TerraCycle is profiled in the cover story of the August/ September 2014 edition of Solid Waste and Recycling magazine. OfficeMax Grand & Toy has teamed with TerraCycle for a coffee pod recycling pilot project in southern Ontario. The pilot project focuses on Keurig’s K-Cup Packs, small plastic pods filled with ground coffee that enable the convenience of making one quick cup of coffee. Until now, the coffee pods have not been recyclable through retailers in Canada, but if the pilot program is successful it is expected to roll out nationally. “We launched this program based on the stakeholder feedback that we received from our associates, suppliers and customers who have identified waste and recycling as our most important sustainability issue,” said Serguei Tchertok, sustainability manager for OfficeMax Grand & Toy. The coffee pod recycling system will come in three different sizes: small, medium and large. The cost of the boxes will be $52.99, $96.99, and $136.99, respectively. The price of the box includes the cost of recycling via TerraCycle and the prepaid shipping label. When the box is full, customers can ship the box directly to TerraCycle for processing. “TerraCycle is thrilled that OfficeMax Grand & Toy has partnered to launch Canada’s first K-Cup Packs retailer recycling program,” said Nina Purewal general manager of TerraCycle Canada. Their leadership in helping us eliminate waste speaks to their commitment to sustainability. We are excited to be able to offer a recycling solution to this waste steam to consumers.” For more information, or to purchase the recycling sy

Students and teachers at Greenwood Christian School are the top collectors of lunch kits in the Lunch Kit Brigade, a free, national recycling program created by Lunchables Lunch Combinations and TerraCycle. By collecting used lunch kits, the school has helped to divert 23,940 units of lunch kit waste from landfills.

According to the experts at TerraCycle, food packaging can be more than just a container. For example, you can clean and save packaging to be recycled for creative DIY projects. MOM Brands cereal has developed a series of engaging ways to recycle your packaging that can keep the family busy until lunch.

Deer Crossing Elementary School students earned more than $700 for their school by reaching the second level in a recycling contest sponsored by TerraCycle and Capri Sun, according to an Aug. 11 news release. Students collected more than 18,000 drink pouches in the free Drink Pouch Brigade program, which rewards people for collecting and sending waste to TerraCycle for recycling or upcycling (taking something no longer needed or wanted and turning it into an item of higher value, like salvaged wood becoming a table).

Fairview High School students and teachers have been recognized for keeping more than 2,000 cereal bags out of landfills. The school recently was named the top state collector in the MOM Brands Cereal Bag Brigade. A partnership between MOM Brands and TerraCycle, the recycling program gives schools points for each unit collected and sent to TerraCycle.

With school starting, kids will be packing their lunches, gobbling individual snack and drinks. Ziploc sandwich bags, Capri Sun juice pouches, chip bags and the plastic wrap that protects a homemade cookie will all be thrown away after every lunch, destined to release carbon emissions in a landfill.