Earth Patrol Ambassadors recycling along side the company, TerraCycle.

Revolution in der Abfallwirtschaft: als schwer recycelbar geltender Abfall wird kurzerhand in neue Gebrauchsgegenstände verwandelt. Für die von Tom Szaky in den vereinigten Staaten gegründete Firma TerraCycle ist zunächst einmal jedes Produkt ein potentieller Rohstoff.

CashForPurses.com is partnering with TerraCycle, Inc. as part of the TerraCycle Brigade program to help consumers find a new life for unwanted designer handbags instead of throwing them out.TerraCycle is an international upcycling and recycling company that takes difficult-to-recycle packaging and turns it into affordable, innovative products. There is value in gently used designer handbags and this free program allows consumers to repurpose their unwanted purses through the Designer Handbag Brigade instead of throwing them away. It's a win-win for the consumer and the environment," says Trent Silver, founder of CashForPurses.com It's free! Participating in this TerraCycle Brigade is totally free. There are no signup or participation fees, and the shipping is covered by the program. In return for each acceptable, authentic handbag sent in, participants will receive 7,500 TerraCycle points. TerraCycle points can be redeemed for a variety of charitable gifts, or for a payment of $0.01 per point to a non-profit organization or school of choice. TerraCycle points are awarded upon completion of the Handbag Compliance Form and a determination of authenticity by the appraisal team. The Designer Handbag Brigade specifies a list of acceptable designers, including Alexander McQueen, Burberry, Chanel, Dior, Fendi, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Michael Kors, Prada and many more. More information, plus a complete, printable and downloadable designer list is available on the website About TerraCycle TerraCycle, Inc. is an international upcycling and recycling company that takes difficult-to recycle-packaging and turns it into affordable, innovative products. Founded in 2001, TerraCycle is the world’s leader in the collection and reuse of non-recyclable post-consumer waste, working with more than 40 major brands globally to collect used packaging and products that would otherwise be destined for landfills  TerraCycle repurposes that waste into new, innovative materials and products that are available online and through major retailers. The waste is collected through TerraCycle’s Brigade programs, which are free fundraisers that pay for every piece of waste collected and returned. About CashForPurses.com CashForPurses.com, the purse exchange site, is a Silver Visibility brand, developed and launched under the Silver Visibility PINC label, or "Personal Incubator."

The Frank K. Hehnly Elementary School Recycling Crusaders consist of 35 fifth grade students. The Crusader advisors are second grade teacher, AnnMarie Estevez, and computer teacher, Diane Rizzo. The students encourage the entire school to use the recycling bins outside of the classrooms. They meet twice a week to go through the bins to clean, box up, and mail various items for recycling: drink pouches, recycled cell phones and ink cartridges are sent to Terracycle; bottle caps are sent to Aveda; soda tabs are sent to the Ronald McDonald House. The students also have a recycling question of the week. The whole school is involved and has a chance to answer the question. On Friday three students are picked and win a prize. The fifth graders have enjoyed working all year with the recycling program and making a difference in taking care of the Earth.  

At Humke Elementary School, there are several such volunteers, and Patti Ebbe is just one of them. Ebbe is president of the school’s Humke Involved Parent Organization, or HIPO, and she also helps out with day-to-day operations. “We raise money to help with monetary and other needs that the teachers or students may need,” Ebbe said. “At the beginning of last school year, we were able to purchase oscillating stand fans for all the classrooms. We purchased four iPads with accessories for the teachers to use in the classroom. We were able to pay for some of the reading materials that were used, just to name a few things.” “Last year we collected 13,333 juice pouches for a company called TerraCycle,” Ebbe said. “You don’t have to wash them out or even take out the straws. You just collect them, send them in using their free shipping, redeem your points and they send you a check. Our ‘Drink Pouch Brigade’ earned Humke Elementary $399.99, or three cents apiece — for basically garbage! We are getting paid to collect garbage that would have gone into a landfill. And the juice pouches are being recycled into new products.” “It doesn’t take a lot of time!” she said. “You don’t have to come to every meeting. Maybe you just come to the classroom to say ‘hello.’ You can spend 15 to 20 minutes at an event and make a difference. It’s important because kids like to see their parents get involved … especially at the elementary school age. They like to show off their parents and grandparents.”

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Desde el colegio fomentamos el cuidado del Medio ambiente y colaboramos con varias empresas dedicadas a ello. Una de estas empresas es TERRACYCLE, que recoge instrumentos de escritura y los convierte en nuevos productos o materiales.

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