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ELIMINATING THE IDEA OF WASTE®

Volksschüler legen Wert auf Umweltschutz

TerraCycle Colgate Include Austria
Leere Zahnpastatuben und alte Zahnbürsten landen bei den Volksschülern und Kindergartenkindern nicht mehr im Müll, sondern werden, über ein von der Zahnpflegemarke Colgate und dem Umweltunternehmen TerraCycle ins Leben gerufene Programm, recycelt. Denn für jede Zahnbürste, die kostenlos an die Firma TerraCycle geschickt wird, erhält die Volksschule Maria Bild 2 Cent, die sie an die Kinder-Krebs- Hilfe spenden möchte.
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Colgate Joins Environmental Effort For Playgrounds

TerraCycle Oral Care Brigade Colgate Include USA ShopRite
Colgate announced that it would participate in a recycling effort with ShopRite stores in a recycling initiative launched by TerraCycle. The program, which is scheduled to last through June 30, targets eligible schools located throughout New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, and Maryland. If they join the Oral Care Brigade program, the schools compete for a new playground made completely of recycled material. The free recycling program allows schools to earn one “Playground Credit” for each shipment of empty toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, and floss containers sent to TerraCycle. The winning school with the most Playground Credits will be announced by July 18, and the playground will be installed at the beginning of the 2014–2015 school year. “At TerraCycle, collecting the oral care waste is only half of the story,” explained Tom Szaky, TerraCycle founder and CEO. “The real magic happens when our partners choose to reuse the waste in a way that has a lasting benefit for a community, like Colgate and ShopRite have done with these playgrounds.”
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Housing TerraCycle Program Benefits Area Organization

capri-sun TerraCycle Include USA
 
Story by Melissa Buckley  GUIDON staff melissa.k.buckley2.civ@mail.mil Most people know you can recycle things like plastic bottles and aluminum cans on post, but did you know your Family’s random trash, like makeup containers and juice pouches, could be benefiting the Armed Services YMCA — an organization that benefits Families connected to Fort Leonard Wood? “The TerraCycle program brings communities together to help build a sustainable future through — upcycling, recycling and donation efforts,” said Michelle Clemens, Balfour Beatty LifeWorks coordinator. “I organize all the items collected for the TerraCycle brigades to send in to the TerraCycle Company, so that we receive credit for our organization. Each brigade is valued on a point system that in turn creates a dollar amount to donate to the organization of our choice,” she added. TerraCycle is an international upcycling and  recycling company that collects difficult-to-recycle packaging and products and repurposes the material into affordable, innovative products. Balfour Beatty coordinates the program on post. TerraCycle calls each collection program a brigade. Clemens said anyone that wants to participate in the program can drop off collected items to any of the community centers on post — Stonegate Community Center at 235 Ellis Street, Woodlands Community Center at 140 Indiana Avenue or  Piney Hills Community Center at 100 Thayer Street. “This is a program intended to get the community involved so that we can reduce waste going to landfills as well as giving back to one of our amazing organizations (connected to) Fort Leonard Wood,” Clemens said. “It is very important we get the community involved so we have enough collections to send in. Each program has a certain weight limit or quantity restriction before we can send the items in and receive credit.” According to Clemens, they are always collecting. For more information contact at her at fclemens@bbcgrp.com, 573.329.1009 or visitwww.ftlwoodfamilyhousing.com.   
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Baby Food: Goodbye, Jar!

TerraCycle Ella's Kitchen Include USA Baby Food Pouch Brigade
Stephanie Burnette, Contributor 12:26 p.m. EDT May 7, 2014 The baby food market expanded 28 percent during the last five years. A good bit of the increase can be attributed to disposable food pouches. This month’s Take 5 looks at the ups, downs and in-betweens of this booming trend. •  The average baby food pouch holds about 100 calories of pureed food (typically a mixture of fruits, vegetables and grains). As of this month, they still cost 30 – 60 percent more than a jarred equivalent. The inner layer of the pouch is made of BPA-free polypropylene, the outer layer is printed foil and they are 10 times lighter than a classic glass jar. •  Pouches are amazing for on-the-go moments. In an airport? Baby gets fed in a sterile, efficient way. Need a snack? Toddlers can squeeze to self-feed. •  Spoon-feeding helps develop oral motor skills and a proper swallowing mechanism. Eating baby food from a pouch is more akin to drinking from a straw. •  TerraCycle and Ella’s Kitchen created the Baby Food Pouch Brigade, which recycles any brand of pouch or cap. Download a prepaid shipping label and mail them in for a reward-based program. Learn more at www.terracycle.com/en-US/brigades/ellaskitchen.html. •  Reusable options are flooding the market, such as Little Green Pouch and Squeeze’Ems. Prices range from $4 – 6 per pouch, but can be used indefinitely. You fill them and you clean them.
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