עמדתם פעם מול פח האשפה והתלבטתם אם ניתן לשלוח למחזור את שקית הצ'יפס או מיכל היוגורט? כנראה שגם טום סזאקי

You may have already heard in the news today that there is a new recycling scheme for cigarettes butt what does that have to do with water? In short, a lot! Cigarette’s are by far the most common form of litter in Australia, making up for 11% of the rubbish that was picked up during Clean Up Australia Day in 2013. In the ACT alone, the amount of cigarette butts collected was 13% more than the previous year. This is a growing problem!

SMOKERS can now send dirty ashtray contents through the mail in a recycling deal struck with Australia Post. Households, restaurants, other businesses and community groups are being urged to stash butts, ash, inner foils and outer packaging in secured plastic bags or containers before dispatching sealed boxes to a recycling specialist free of charge.

TerraCycle is a New Jersey-based upcycling firm that collects “difficult-to-recycle packaging and products” from organizations like schools and repurposes the waste into new sellable products, according to its website. The Georgetown University Student Association Senate passed a bill establishing a Georgetown TerraCycle collection program.

Sign up for cash back programs – Sign up your school for the TerraCycle program – if it’s not already registered – and have your children recycle their Little Bites pouches each lunch hour. Visit www.terracycle.com/en-US/brigades.html to find a listing of other lunch items TerraCycle collects.

One such program is The Recycle...Reuse...Replenish Earth Day Campaign which encourages school children to recycle their Entenmann’s Little Bites Pouches with TerraCycle, resulting in cash back to the school.

This year, as Earth Day approaches April 22, schools can organize aluminum can drives and participate in cash-for-schools programs based on recycling lunch packaging. One such program is The Recycle...Reuse...Replenish Earth Day Campaign which encourages school children to recycle their Entenmann’s Little Bites Pouches with TerraCycle, resulting in cash back to the school.

One thing that I really like about the brand is that they care about the environment and found a unique way to recycle and repurpose the pouches. Pouches can be sent to a company called TerraCycle who turns the pouches into useful products like lunch totes and bags.

http://www.ely-news.co.uk/News/Busy-Fingers-Pre-school-signs-up-to-TerraCycle-scheme-20140227094525.htm#ixzz2uW2iEIhB