The district provides between $150 and $200 a year for Eagle Valley Elementary to buy balls and physical education equipment for students. P.E. teacher Joel Huebner was looking to expand that budget through donations, when three years ago, he bought Capri Sun drink pouches for his child's soccer team and saw an ad on the package about schools being paid to recycle drink pouches and chip bags through a company called TerraCycle.
TerraCycle was created in 2001 when then-20-year-old Princeton University freshman Tom Szaky began packaging liquid worm fertilizer in used soda bottles. Today, TerraCycle has grown into one of the fastest-growing green companies in the world, according to its website. The company makes dozens of products from the recycled trash, including a lunch box made of Capri Sun packages and CD jewel cases made of Cheetos packages.
Not only was the school able to buy new balls, but also equipment for lawn bowling, badminton and indoor bocce ball for winter.
Terracycle has recycled 2.5 billion pieces of trash gathered by volunteers since 2001, paying out $5.5 million to charities, according to the company website.
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Se trata de una iniciativa que permite darle a los residuos una solución sostenible que no sea agresiva con el medio ambiente.
Agenda 21ekin lotuta, ez dabilen idazteko tresnak biltzen ditugu Terracycle enpresan birziklatzeko.
Das Parlament hat letztes Jahr entschieden, dass Wegwerf-Plastiksäcke von
den Supermarktkassen verschwinden sollen. Auch leere Shampooflaschen, Folien
von Gemüseverpackungen sowie herkömmliche Plastiksäcke könnten rezykliert
und die Granulatstücke wieder für neue Produkte verwendet werden. Der
Bund möchte die Detailhändler verpflichten, gewisse Plastikabfälle und Getränkekartons
zurückzunehmen und dafür ein geeignetes Entsorgungssystem
aufzubauen.
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Nu lancerer Arla
Harmonie og TerraCycle Danmark
et nyt indsamlingsprogram,
som skal undgå at plastiklågene
på danskernes mælke- og
yoghurtprodukter ender
A student of the University of Maine, Jediah Scott, was recognized for his achievements after a semester of assisting with a series of community initiatives. Scott was acknowledge for his participation with TerraCycle, a non profit organization located in Trenton, New Jersey.
Scott worked with the TerraCycle Recycling Program to develop a digital portfolio of information for the initiative, which expands recycling opportunities for local businesses and institutions.
After concluding a semester-long internship with the UMF Partnership for Civic Advancement program, he received a UMF-Bangor Savings Bank Intern Award.
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