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Garnier and Terracycle’s Personal Care and Beauty Brigade Bringing a Community Garden Refresh to New Orleans

After transforming more than 1,500 pounds of recycled personal care waste into a Garnier Green Garden in Harlem and overhauling a garden at a special needs school in the Bronx,TerraCycle and Garnier took their eco efforts on the road with the "Where Should Our Garden Grow?" campaign to award one recipient with a new community garden. After a public voting period, The ReFresh Project of New Orleans was named the winner. The campaign, which kicked off in April 2014 and ran through June 15, 2014, asked fans to vote for which deserving community should win its very own Green Garden. The ReFresh Project's ReFresh Community Farm is a new teaching farm located in Treme/Mid-City New Orleans. The new garden will be capable of yielding more than 2,000 pounds of vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowers. It will not only provide New Orleans residents with a safe space to connect and enjoy nature, but will also allow community members to grow their own fresh food locally. The groundbreaking is expected to take place in fall 2014. The plastic components of the garden, such as raised beds, picnic tables and trash receptacles, are made from recycled beauty waste collected through Garnier and Terracycle's Personal Care and Beauty Brigade. The Brigade is a free fundraising program that donates money to a charity of the collector's choice for every piece of beauty and personal care waste returned to TerraCycle for recycling. The collected beauty waste, which would otherwise be destined for landfills, consists of non-recyclable hair care, skin care and cosmetic packaging. "We are thrilled to announce The Refresh Project in New Orleans as the community where the next Garnier Green Garden will plant seeds and flourish," said David Greenberg, president of Maybelline New York, Garnier and Essie. "Keeping beauty packaging waste out of landfills is only part of the mission. It is equally important to make sure that we help communities across the country create sustainable gardens and playgrounds, and this is a perfect way to use the beauty waste we've been able to collect through our Brigade. We are excited to see this project come to life." Out of the hundreds of nominations received during the campaign entry phase, Garnier and TerraCycle narrowed the candidates down to five deserving organizations. The four runners-up are The Green Scheme in Washington, D.C., The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative in Detroit, Garfield Park in Chicago, and the Social Justice Learning Institute in Los Angeles. Each runner up will also receive a prize. "Each of the five finalists should be commended for its efforts to provide resources that better the community and residents' daily lives," said TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky. "As an expanding teaching farm, the ReFresh Community Farm is a deserving winner of the Garnier Green Garden grand prize."

Garnier, TerraCycle announce winner of the 2014 Garnier Green Garden

NEW YORK — After transforming more than 1,500 lbs. of recycled personal care waste into a Garnier Green Garden in Harlem and overhauling a garden at a special needs school in the Bronx, Garnier and TerraCycle took their eco efforts on the road with the "Where Should Our Garden Grow?" campaign to award one recipient with a new community garden. After a public voting period, The ReFresh Project of New Orleans has been named the winner The campaign, which kicked off in Earth Month and ran through June 15th, asked fans to vote for which community should win its own Green Garden. The ReFresh Project's ReFresh Community Farm is a new teaching farm located in Treme/Mid-City New Orleans. The new garden will be capable of yielding more than 2,000 pounds of vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers. Not only will it provide New Orleans residents with a space to connect and enjoy nature, but it also will allow community members to grow their own fresh food locally. Ground breaking is expected to take place this fall. The plastic components of the garden — such as raised beds, picnic tables and trash receptacles — are made from recycled beauty waste collected through Garnier's Personal Care and Beauty Brigade. The Brigade is a free fundraising program that donates money to a charity of the collector's choice for every piece of beauty and personal care waste returned to TerraCycle for recycling. The collected beauty waste, which would otherwise be destined for landfills, consists of non-recyclable hair care, skin care and cosmetic packaging. Out of the hundreds of nominations received during the campaign entry phase, Garnier and TerraCycle narrowed the candidates down to five organizations. The four runners-up are The Green Scheme in Washington, D.C., The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative in Detroit, Garfield Park in Chicago and the Social Justice Learning Institute in Los Angeles. Each runner up also will receive a prize.

Boon Elementary Students Earn $3K For School

Boon Elementary's Environmental Club earns money and prizes for its school by collecting and recycling the drink pouches used at home and in the lunchroom. Boon Elementary's Environmental Club has just reached the second level of TerraCycle and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade milestone contest by collecting more than 18,000 drink pouches. The students have earned more than $3,000 for their school by collecting the drink pouches. The Drink Pouch Brigade is a free recycling program that rewards people for collecting and sending their waste to TerraCycle to be recycled or upcycled. The Milestone Program began in September 2013 when Capri Sun added prizes for collecting certain amounts. Now, in addition to the money they earn for each piece of waste collected, participants can win prizes made from recycled drink pouches, such as park benches, recycling bins, a playground and other rewards. "The Milestone Program is meant to inspire individuals and organizations to collect more waste while receiving prizes for their achievements," said Tom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle. "It is rewarding to see the students and administration get so involved in making this work. It’s an incredible achievement to have kept so many pouches out of the waste stream."
Thousands of other schools across the United States participate in the Drink Pouch Brigade. To learn more about the program or to sign up, visit www.terracycle.com. The program is free to any interested organization or individual, and all shipping costs are paid. In addition, for each piece of waste received, participants earn money for a charity of their choice.

Garnier and Terracycle's Community Garden Winner

Garnier and Terracycle have announced the recipient of this year’s community garden, which will be made from recycled beauty packaging – and the winner is The ReFresh Project of New Orleans. The campaign, "Where Should Our Garden Grow?” kicked off in Earth Month and ran through June 15th, and fans voted to choose the winning community. The ReFresh Project's ReFresh Community Farm is a new teaching farm located in Treme/Mid-City New Orleans. The new garden will be capable of yielding more than 2,000 pounds of vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowers. It will not only provide New Orleans residents with a safe space to connect and enjoy nature, but will also allow community members to grow their own fresh food locally. Ground-breaking is expected to take place this fall.
The plastic components of the garden, such as raised beds, picnic tables and trash receptacles are made from recycled beauty waste collected through Garnier's Personal Care and Beauty Brigade. The collected beauty waste, which would otherwise be destined for landfills, consists of non-recyclable hair care, skin care and cosmetic packaging. David Greenberg, President of Maybelline New York-Garnier-essie, commented: "We are thrilled to announce The Refresh Project in New Orleans as the community where the next Garnier Green Garden will plant seeds and flourish. Keeping beauty packaging waste out of landfills is only part of the mission. It is equally important to make sure that we help communities across the country create sustainable gardens and playgrounds, and this is a perfect way to use the beauty waste we've been able to collect through our Brigade. We are excited to see this project come to life." The four runners-up - The Green Scheme in Washington, D.C.; The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative in Detroit; Garfield Park in Chicago; and the Social Justice Learning Institute in Los Angeles - will also receive a prize.

Mission Possible: What's All The Howling About?

In the past week, many more bags have been carried into Coyote Howling Shop for a Cause than have been carried out! Bags of clothing have already filled several pickup loads with jeans, dress suits, dresses, skirts, sweaters, gloves, hats, winter wear, jackets, boots, sandals, hiking shoes, lingerie, socks, shirts, scarves, and vests. The goal: 20,000 pounds. The reason: Feed My Starving Children (FMSC). As a for-profit, socially conscious, mission-focused gift shop, Coyote Howling co-founders allied with FMSC from the opening of their shop in Ruidoso on 11/11/11. For the first two years of Coyote Howling, 10-100 percent of each purchase was donated to FMSC. With the success of two FMSC MobilePacks in the community (2-3 May 2014 and 27-28 September 2013), the co-founders determined to give at least 5 percent of each item's purchase price since the shop now carries between 300 to 400 items that are 100 percent direct donation. Other items are in the 25%-50% donation range. As Coyote expands to another Earth-friendly campaign dedicated to providing meals through FMSC, we believe it remains important to maintain a high level of transparency. People ask all the time what we do with the throw-aways they deposit at Coyote Howling. TerraCycle guarantees zero waste once they receive the items we ship to them, and every particle is re-used. TerraCycle sends the rebate checks directly to FMSC. Now, once we do our job of sorting clean, wearable, non-moldy textiles, the clothing and footwear is sent to MidWest Textiles. A minimum of 20,000 pounds is needed for each shipment. The benefit is, again, FMSC. The third MobilePack for our community is scheduled for 27-28 February 2015 at The Foot of the Cross at Mountain Annie's in Ruidoso. Mission: 500 volunteers to pack 14 pallets of nutritional meals to feed 108,864 children in dire straits. Cost: $23,950. If you will volunteer, donate, TerraCycle, recycle your clothing and footwear, and purchase with purpose at Coyote Howling Shop for a Cause, then the mission is possible! Our over-arching vision is focused on Matthew 25:34-36. "I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me." For updates and to check out what throw-aways TerraCycle can take, review the details at the TerraCycle link under Recycling. The Textile link under Recycling also features updates at www.CoyoteHowlingShopForaCause.com, or visit Coyote Howling and learn how to take your throw-aways back from the landfills and fund meals for children. For more information on Feed My Starving Children visit www.FMSC.org/mobilepack/events New Mexico. Tonya Huber, PhD, is founder and owner of Coyote Howling Shop for a Cause Contact her at CoyoteHowlingNM@gmail.com 575-808-8320.

Garnier And TerraCycle Announce Winner Of Local Community Garden Made From Recycled Beauty Packaging

After transforming over 1,500 pounds of recycled personal care waste into a one-of-a-kind Garnier Green Garden in Harlem and overhauling a garden at a special needs school in the Bronx, Garnier and TerraCycle took their eco efforts on the road with the "Where Should Our Garden Grow?" campaign to award one recipient with a new community garden. After a public voting period, The ReFresh Project of New Orleans has been named the winner. The campaign, which kicked off in Earth Month and ran through June 15th, asked fans to vote for which deserving community should win its very own Green Garden. The ReFresh Project's ReFresh Community Farm is a new teaching farm located in Treme/Mid-City New Orleans.  The new garden will be capable of yielding more than 2,000 pounds of vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowers. It will not only provide New Orleans residents with a safe space to connect and enjoy nature, but will also allow community members to grow their own fresh food locally. Ground-breaking is expected to take place this fall. The plastic components of the garden, such as raised beds, picnic tables and trash receptacles are made from recycled beauty waste collected through Garnier's Personal Care and Beauty Brigade. The Brigade is a free fundraising program that donates money to a charity of the collector's choice for every piece of beauty and personal care waste returned to TerraCycle for recycling. The collected beauty waste, which would otherwise be destined for landfills, consists of non-recyclable hair care, skin care and cosmetic packaging. "We are thrilled to announce The Refresh Project in New Orleans as the community where the next Garnier Green Garden will plant seeds and flourish," said David Greenberg, President of Maybelline New York-Garnier-essie. "Keeping beauty packaging waste out of landfills is only part of the mission. It is equally important to make sure that we help communities across the country create sustainable gardens and playgrounds, and this is a perfect way to use the beauty waste we've been able to collect through our Brigade. We are excited to see this project come to life." Out of the hundreds of nominations received during the campaign entry phase, Garnier and TerraCycle narrowed the candidates down to five deserving organizations. The four runners-up are The Green Scheme in Washington, DC, The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative in Detroit, Garfield Park in Chicago, and the Social Justice Learning Institute in Los Angeles. Each runner up will also receive a prize. "Each of the five finalists should be commended for its efforts to provide resources that better the community and residents' daily lives," said TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky. "As an expanding teaching farm, the ReFresh Community Farm is a deserving winner of the Garnier Green Garden grand prize." The Personal Care and Beauty Brigade is open to any interested individual, school, office or community organization that wants to protect the planet and make a difference. More information is available at terracycle.com.