The following day was Terracycle Tuesday, where CSS families were encouraged to turn in used and empty food storage bags, juice pouches, chip bags, Lunchable containers and Elmer’s glue sticks and bottles. A nonprofit organization, Terracycle repurposes these items by making new products with them and gives money to the school for its collection efforts. Tuesday also launched a new CSS campaign to recycle old crayons that will be melted down and turned into new crayons instead of ending up as tidbits of petroleum in the trash. The school also reminded families to turn in old cell phones and chargers, a continuing effort at CSS.

One of the activities that many of Michigan Green Schools participate in is the recycling of used packaging and products such as chip bags, candy wrappers and juice pouches. The waste is collected through TerraCycle's Brigade program (www.terracycle.net), which pays the schools and nonprofits for their efforts and then recycles the material into cool products.

The “trashy” folks over at TerraCycle are always looking for ways to keep waste out of the landfill by designing easy DIY projects that make reuse and recycling fun.

Old Navy sponsored Ellen’s 8th Annual Earth Day Show. Starting today, Old Navy is kicking off its Flip-Flop Replay Program, the first national program to recycle old flip-flops and turn them into eco-friendly playgrounds. Old Navy and Terracycle will select four deserving schools and give the playgrounds away for free. Click here to visit their website <http://oldnavy.com/> .

Today, April 22, is Earth Day! And if you’re wondering how you can contribute to our planet’s conservation, gather your junk and take it to Old Navy or Office Depot. Until tomorrow, people can take their unwanted pens, markers and mechanical pencils of any brand to Office Depot. TerraCycle, a recycling company, will then use them to make office supplies like organizers and trash cans. Meanwhile, until May 21, people can take their unwanted flip-flops to Old Navy. TerraCycle will mix, melt and extrude the footwear into plastic boards. The boards then will be used as structural pieces in playgrounds which will be donated to communities across the country. DAILY DEAL: Get A Free Starbucks Coffee On Earth Day How To Recycle Anything

Today is Earth Day and the theme this year is A Billion Acts of Green. Today TerraCylce and Old Navy launched Flip Flop Replay, a campaign to recycle flip flops. Founded in 2001 by a Princeton University freshman, TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/>  has grown into one of the fastest growing green companies in the world.

Starting April 22, Old Navy will be hosting a month long drive to collect used flip-flops for TerraCycle, a waste-reduction company that will recycle them into four playgrounds across the country. Start Earth Day off on the right foot—drop those flops at an Old Navy store near you.

Today, April 22, is Earth Day! And if you’re wondering how you can contribute to our planet’s conservation, gather your junk and take it to Old Navy or Office Depot. Until tomorrow, people can take their unwanted pens, markers and mechanical pencils of any brand to Office Depot. TerraCycle, a recycling company, will then use them to make office supplies like organizers and trash cans.

Vanaf mei start het Amerikaanse TerraCycle in Nederland. In 2010 haalde het bedrijf een omzet van 13,5 miljoen dollar door uit afval nieuwe producten te ontwikkelen. Dat schrijft Management Team in de editie van 22 april. Tijdens zijn studie aan Princeton richtte de 29-jarige CEO Tom Szaky het bedrijf TerraCycle op. Hij voerde afval aan wormen en de wormpoep die zo onstond, verkocht hij als groene kunstmest in gebruikte sodaflessen. Vandaag de dag heeft TerraCycle 260 verschillende producten ontwikkeld uit allerlei afvalstromen en werken er meer dan 100 mensen wereldwijd Vanaf mei start het Amerikaanse TerraCycle in Nederland. In 2010 haalde het bedrijf een omzet van 13,5 miljoen dollar door uit afval nieuwe producten te ontwikkelen. Dat schrijft Management Team in de editie van 22 april. Tijdens zijn studie aan Princeton richtte de 29-jarige CEO Tom Szaky het bedrijf TerraCycle op. Hij voerde afval aan wormen en de wormpoep die zo onstond, verkocht hij als groene kunstmest in gebruikte sodaflessen. Vandaag de dag heeft TerraCycle 260 verschillende producten ontwikkeld uit allerlei afvalstromen en werken er meer dan 100 mensen wereldwijd.

TerraCycle transforms trash into everyday products. Worm poop. Those two words mark the beginning of Tom Szaky’s ten-year-and-running quest to found and champion TerraCycle, a company that uses upcycling techniques to turn garbage that is usually difficult to recycle, such as packaging, into other, functional items. It all started after high school graduation, right before he entered Princeton University. “My friends started growing pot in their basement at the end of senior year,” said Szaky. “When I went to Princeton, they went to Canada and started using worm poop in compost to grow the marijuana, and they got amazing results.” Szaky was sold. He drew up a business plan and six months later dropped out of Princeton and dedicated himself to running his new business full time. ‘We spent the first few months just shoveling organic waste,” said Szaky. “Before we knew it, the company just got bigger and bigger.”