The team is an after-school club that meets to collect hard-to-recycle items that are usually thrown away, such as candy bar wrappers, granola bar wrappers, juice pouches, and dry markers. The Green Team recycles through the company TerraCycle, which pays Highlands for the recycling.

For all you eco-computer geeks, this week we teamed up with Terracycle to give away a circuit board picture frame and coasters! Be a part of Terracycle's latest upcycle project: Bring old flip flops into any Old Navy before May 21. Terracycle will turn them into four public playgrounds across the country! One winner will receive the upcycled picture frame and coasters, valued at $26. To enter, click the image or send an email to contest@ecorazzi.com with the subject line "Short Circuit".  Entries will be accepted until 11:59 PM (EST) on Sunday, May 8, 2011.  One entry per email address. Complete rules on the website.

People are invited to bring their old flip flops to any Old Navy location for recycling. Colorful collection bins will be available inside Old Navy stores through May 21. The shoes then will be recycled by TerraCycle to make four new playgrounds that will be donated to communities around the country.

CORPUS CHRISTI - If some of your old flip flops have seen better days, you don't have to throw them away. Instead of flinging your filthy flip flops into the garbage, you can bring them to Old Navy to be recycled. From now until May 21, you can toss your old rubber flip flops in a bin, putting your old shoes to good use. Terracycle and Old Navy are working together to turn those flip flops into four playgrounds around the country. "That one flip flop is going to be a playground, it's going to be a swing, it's going to be some part of some other kid's life," said store manager Paul Carrion. Giving new life to shoes that may have ended up in a landfill.

CORPUS CHRISTI - If some of your old flip flops have seen better days, you don't have to throw them away. Instead of flinging your filthy flip flops into the garbage, you can bring them to Old Navy to be recycled. From now until May 21, you can toss your old rubber flip flops in a bin, putting your old shoes to good use. Terracycle and Old Navy are working together to turn those flip flops into four playgrounds around the country. "That one flip flop is going to be a playground, it's going to be a swing, it's going to be some part of some other kid's life," said store manager Paul Carrion. Giving new life to shoes that may have ended up in a landfill.

TerraCycle, an Upcycling company which produces useful household products from hard to recycle materials, is partnering with Mission foods and their charity partner Share Our Strength to recycle potato chip bags, tortilla wrappers and salsa/dip lids to save the environment, help end childhood hunger, and deliver delicious recipe ideas to celebrate the Mexican’s victory at the Battle of Puebla. If that isn’t a mouthful, then Mission’s menu website is sure to be. Their tortillas, wraps and snacks are perfect for the upcoming holiday entrees, featuring quick and easy recipes. This simple dip recipe will help add a little zip to keep you cool on these hot Kissimmee days, as well as keep you out of the kitchen and in the party.

La Universidad de Alcalá propone a la comunidad universitaria la entrega de material de escritura ya gastado para su reciclaje, tras incorporarse al proyecto “Terracycle”, que acaba de aterrizar en España. Bolígrafos, botes de tippex, reglas y otros materiales plásticos que habitualmente utilizamos pueden ser reciclados y fabricar después nuevos objetos. Por ello, la oficina Ecocampus ya ha dispuesto puestos de recogida en su sede y en las delegaciones de alumnos de los edificios del Campus Científico-Técnico, donde se ha puesto en marcha, inicialmente, como experiencia piloto.

Bolígrafos, botes de tippex, reglas y otros materiales plásticos que habitualmente utilizamos pueden ser reciclados y fabricar después nuevos objetos. Alcalá de Henares.- La Universidad de Alcalá se une al Proyecto Terracycle para recuperar y reciclar material de escritura ya gastado. La Universidad de Alcalá propone a la comunidad universitaria la entrega de material de escritura ya gastado, tras incorporarse al proyecto “Terracycle”, que acaba de aterrizar en España.

Having a great idea for a company is one thing. Getting the money to get it moving and growing is quite another — especially when you’ve got an unconventional product or business model that your average investor isn’t likely to recognize as an obvious winner. When we started TerraCycle as undergrads, my co-founder and I entered and won a number of business-plan competitions around America, effectively financing our business from the resulting prize money. The best thing about prize money is that it provides financing without diluting your ownership in the company; the challenge of relying on prize money is that it is relatively limited — $5,000 to $100,000, generally, and you can’t enter the same contest more than once, especially if you do well the first time.