Along comes TerraCycle to provide me with just one more project to consume time and mind. However, this one is good for the planet and contributes to charity as well. So it can't be all bad to be obsessed, right?
TerraCycle makes eco-friendly products from lots of different non-recyclable waste materials and these products are quite affordable. Sure, you can take your plastic, glass and aluminum containers to your local station or leave on your curb to go to the recycler... but what about those potato chip bags, cookie wrappers, tape dispensers? Now you have a much more attractive alternative to dropping them at the local landfill. Not only does this help the planet but TerraCycle will "Pay" you for your work by contributing to your charity of choice. And on top of that, you can purchase these way-cool products from TerraCycle.
Teachers at McCormick Elementary School used to see a lot of used drink pouches get thrown away. Now the school earns two cents for every pouch collected and sent to a company called TerraCycle—makers of affordable, ecofriendly products from recycled packaging. The school uses the program not only as a fundraising opportunity, but as a way to educate and inspire the students to be environmentally responsible.
The night before, when we were setting up, I noticed that volunteers were putting cookies in small snack sized Zip-Loc bags.
Of course, my "trash-radar" went up and since I could not avoid the baggies, I could gather them and send them to Terracycle. So, I prepared a box with a sign asking for the empty baggies to be put in the box.
While I still had to raid the trashcans, there were many baggies put in the box! (mind you I had to take baggies out of the 'plastics' recycling can and cardboard boxes out of the 'plastics' recycling can!)
Teachers at McCormick Elementary School used to see a lot of used drink pouches get thrown away. Now the school earns two cents for every pouch collected and sent to a company called TerraCycle—makers of affordable, ecofriendly products from recycled packaging. The school uses the program notonly as a fundraising opportunity, but as a
way to educate and inspire the students to
be environmentally responsible.
TerraCycle offers fun, free DIY craft ideas for kids to do that has them use would-be-waste items (like potato chip bags and cookie wrappers). Here is one of the craft ideas for anyone who wants to upcycle on their own at home!
Capri Sun drink pouches being thrown away at Assumption Elementary School in Atco is soon to be a thing of the past.
The school now earns two cents for every one of those pouches they collect and return to a company called TerraCycle, which makes affordable, eco-friendly products from packaging waste.
The company has created a fundraising opportunity for the school.
“[We] are glad to have the opportunity to clean our little part of the world in such an easy, convenient but effective way,” said parent and organizer of the program at school, Gabrielle Purvis.
The school has formed a “Brigade,” which is part of a free nationwide program that pays schools and non-profits to collect non-recyclable waste that would otherwise go to landfill.
A group of students from Floral Street School gathered recently at 487 Grafton St. to show off their trash. Over the past few months, the students have collected six large bags of trash (primarily juice pouches and snack bags) that can be recycled. They were helped in this effort by a company called The Dumpster Divers. The trash will be sent to the recycling company Terracycle, which paid the students 2 cents for each piece of trash collected (about $50 total). The money will be used to benefit the school.
The Road to Healthy Skin tour gives consumers the opportunity to receive full-body skin cancer screenings conducted by local dermatologists, who are volunteering their time and expertise.
The tour is sponsored by Aveeno and TerraCycle, which pays schools, families, and communities to collect non-recyclable waste, which is then upcycled or repurposed to make fun, eco-friendly products like backpacks, picture frames, and notebooks.
Unfortunately, just like in most towns, there’s a limit on what sort of materials they accept. Which is why when
TerraCycle emailed about their program I was so excited! TerraCycle is a small (but growing!) company that takes normally non-recyclable products and turns them into cool and useful stuff.
