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Cleaner Greener Tour at the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo

Garnier’s Cleaner Greener Tour will be parked at the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo on the banks of Bayou Saint John in New Orleans from Friday-Sunday. Garnier is kicking off a packaging collection and recycling program w/TerraCycle called the Personal Care and Beauty Brigade and announcing Pure Clean, a biodegradable hair care line. Boogaloo attendees can bring any and all hair care, skin care and cosmetic packaging to the tour vehicle to be recycled by TerraCycle and score free Pure Clean samples. For more information, visit Event Website

Flip-flops recycled for playground equipment

Old Navy stores and an international recycling company are teaming up to recycle old flip-flops into playground equipment. Flip-flops can be dropped off at Old Navy, 830 Grand Central Ave., until 9 p.m. Saturday as part of a collaborative recycling effort between the retailer and Terracycle Inc., an international company that turns hard-to-recycle items into eco-friendly products.

Mais de 130 mil embalagens coletadas Nestlé e TerraCycle

A parceria entre a unidade de Chocolates da Nestlé com a TerraCycle, líder global na coleta e reuso de resíduos pós-consumo, acaba de registrar um expressivo resultado: o programa - que teve início em outubro de 2010 e visa recolher e transformar embalagens de chocolate em sacolas, bolsas e estojos - superou a marca de 130 mil embalagens de chocolates coletadas.

Sammelaktion leerer Stifte für den guten Zweck

Das Unternehmen TerraCycle recycelt und upcycelt verschiedenste Verpackungen und Produkte, die ansonsten schwer wiederzuverwerten sind – angefangen von Weinfässern über MP3-Playern bis hin zu Zahnpastatuben. Das Besondere: Das Unternehmen kooperiert mit bedeutenden Konsumgütermarken, fördert das aktive Engagement von VerbraucherInnen und unterstützt gemeinnützige Projekte.