Some plastics are easier to recycle than others. Municipalities that accept plastic for recycling generally accept numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4. This is because recyclers have an easier time of finding buyers for these. And like most businesses, supply and demand is what drives success or failure in the recycling industry.
Looking for a recycled craft to do this week during Spring Break? Malt-O-Meal cereals and TerraCycle have a fun – and environmentally-friendly – DIY project the kids will love. All you need are food wrappers, scissors, and a few other items to make your very own Easter basket to fill with sweets.
The project is easy to make with an adult's supervision. For complete project details,
click here.
Easter baskets not your thing? How about a Lunchables Woven Bracelet, or a Yogurt Cup Herb Garden? You can find these and other great project ideas over on the
Terracycle Do-It-Yourself Projects page.
Speaking of Terracycle, to keep those candy wrappers in your Easter baskets out of a landfill, TerraCycle and the M&M’s Candy Wrapper Brigade offers an easy alternative. Simply collect those empty candy wrappers from the Easter baskets and send them to TerraCycle. You'll receive two points per item collected that can be used for charity gifts or converted to cash and donated to any school or charity. TerraCycle even covers the shipping cost! TerraCycle also collects Malt-O-Meal bags through its Cereal Bag Brigade, if you choose not to turn them into Easter baskets, as well as many other wrappers and packaging you normally think wouldn't be recyclable! Visit
www.terracycle.com to sign up for the Brigade programs and view the full list of items TerraCycle accepts.
By Rick LeBlanc, About.com Guide
One of the challenges in striving to reach zero landfill is what to do with materials that are not readily recyclable. With sufficient volume, there is usually a demand for scrap paper or plastic, or standard 48x40 inch pallets, but what about for other materials?
Increasingly, as we push towards diverting more materials from landfills, technologies and infrastructure are developing to address some of these items. The goal is to make more of these exotic materials mainstream recyclables instead.
Let’s look at some of these.
Wij willen u graag inlichten over onze nieuwe inzamelactie. Vanaf april verzamelen we
allerlei soorten schrijfmateriaal zoals: balpennen, viltstiften, markeerders,… (geen potloden).
Het is toch zonde dat al die gebruikte, lege pennen in de prullenbak belanden en vervolgens in
de verbrandingsoven terecht komen. Bovendien krijgt onze school voor elke pen die wordt
gerecycleerd een kleine vergoeding.
Het ingezamelde schrijfgerief wordt omgevormd tot nieuwe grondstoffen en duurzame
producten waaronder: stoeptegels, tuinmeubelen….
Daarom nemen we met de school deel aan de ‘TerraCycle schrijfwarenbrigade’. Terracycle
organiseert deze inzameling in samenwerking met pennenfabrikant BIC.
Er zal een doos gezet worden naast de doos met gerecycleerde inktpatronen (waar we ook nog
mee doorgaan) . We houden jullie op de hoogte i.v.m. de opbrengst van deze inzamelactie.
Weet jij al hoe jij jouw pennen, stiften en markers ook zo'n 2de leven kan geven? Check de
website:
http://terracycle.be/brigades/schrijfwaren-brigade.html?locale=be
Of kijk op: http://youtu.be/Ilm2_gdZ0Q8
ROSELAND - Wanted: used shampoo, bath and soap packaging.
Lester C. Noecker School, the Roseland Environmental Commission, the Roseland Green Team and Sustainable Roseland are collecting these and other personal care items in celebration of April as “Earth Month,” as well as Earth Day, which is Sunday, April 22.
The school is participating in TerraCycle’s Personal Care and Beauty Brigade. Each year millions of personal care products and beauty product packages are needlessly discarded and end up in landfills. To divert them from landfills and to help create a second life for these items, each class will collect used personal care and beauty packages during the month of April. A representative from the “Green Team” will pick up the items periodically and ship them directly to TerraCycle, where they will ultimately be recycled into fun and innovative products.
The class that recycles the greatest number of items will win a certificate for each student and teacher to be used at the Roseland Farmers’ Market, which opens in June and runs through November at the corner of Roseland and Harrison avenues. The trip to the market will help teach students about accessing locally grown fresh food, and give them an opportunity to develop relationships with local growers and artisans who are raising awareness about the food system and promoting healthy eating habits.
Ishani rewattkemeet is the march community green award winner in Columbus, GA. Ishani is a seven year member of the girl scouts and started a project with TerraCycle by recycling products and packaging in her community.
Schools render plenty of waste products that’s carelessly gotten rid of when it can be recycled. An extraordinary recycling program known as TerraCycle has brought about a major change in the recycling routines of schools in the United States. This method takes the initiative to recover food packaging items that are difficult to recycle and in addition pays schools for their hard work. According to a MichigansThumb.com report, the plan awards points to schools based on the amount of recyclable goods provided to TerraCycle. The advent of single-serve food items has amplified the amount of disposable waste and added to an evergrowing pile of detrimental waste products in landfills.
En 2012, más que en años anteriores, mientras que algunas empresas y marcas estarán al borde del abismo, a otras les irá muy bien. El informe de
Trendwatching de este año nos indica las tendencias para las marcas más creativas y para los empresarios que de verdad cambien según las necesidades de los clientes. Por eso se nos antoja indispensable echar un vistazo a las
12 tendencias de consumo para tener éxito durante los próximos 12 meses.
La crisis es una oportunidad. Una oportunidad para cambiar a una economía sostenible. Es el mejor momento. Los nuevos negocios tiene que pensar en el medio ambiente. En este sentido, hay una nueva tendencia con mucho futuro: lo llaman Eco-cycology.
Eco-cycology es un movimiento que tiene como objetivo ayudar a los consumidores a reciclar, recuperando artículos viejos de otros clientes, para hacer algo de provecho con ellos, para darles un nuevo uso. Tiendas de reciclaje y reutilización. Los ciudadanos, como consumidores, cada vez están más preocupados por el medio ambiente y adquieren productos y no sólo piensan en el dinero que cuestan, sino, sobre todo, valoran su valor ecológico y material.
