Are you ready for your kids to head back to school? Make this back to school teacher’s gift basket with practical items, such as Tom’s of Maine® Long Lasting Deodorant and Tom’s of Maine® Rapid Relief Sensitive Toothpaste, that teachers will enjoy.
We have a little over a month before we head back to school. As much as I love the long, lazy days of summer, part of me craves the routine of the school year. Something tells me that teachers feel the same way. This year, I want to help make back to school even more enjoyable for the special teachers in our lives by making a cute teacher gift basket that contains useful items they will enjoy.
Department of Planning and Natural Resources announced on Monday the unveiling of a beach plastic recycling program in the U.S. Virgin Islands, whose aim is to collect and recycle plastics from territorial coastal cleanup efforts.
The Division of Coastal Zone Management worked with TerraCycle Inc., the world’s leader in the collection and repurposing of hard-to-recycle post-consumer waste, to bring the program to the USVI.
Sea Scout Ship 5, out of Gloucester, recently partnered with the Gloucester Harbormaster in cleaning boat launches around Gloucester. To date, the Sea Scouts have removed trash from Lanes Cove, Stone Pier, Cripple Cove, Fresh Water Cove and, most recently, County Landing.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced that Terracycle, Inc. is a finalist for its annual Dream Big Small Business of the Year Award.
Terracycle, based in Trenton, works with local schools, offices, businesses and facilities with their recycling programs, providing incentives and even playground equipment.
For example, Hawthorne Park Elementary School in Willingboro won the 2016 Terracycle Recycled Playground Challenge, gaining a playground worth about $50,000.
Working with local businesses, Terracycle offered coupons for OfficeMax and Office Depot when students recycled their old binders.
The Community Excellence Award recognizes a small business that has demonstrated an exemplary level of leadership and community engagement to positively impact the quality of life in its community.
January may mark the first month of the Western calendar, but for many (including myself), the August and September months truly punctuate the New Year.
Students, parents of students, and anyone who was ever either or both of these can relate: Back-to-school season is a time for new beginnings, and this too often means new “stuff.” Now is a prime time to reevaluate your habits, schedule, and routine as they relate to your mission to live your best life with minimal impact on the environment.
A more sustainable routine is something to strive for year-round, but in the spirit of fresh starts, here are four simple ways parents and students alike can go green for back to school:
Click to listen to part 1 of What Goes Around, featuring Tom Szaky, CEO and founder of Terracycle, who proposes eliminating all waste and recycling literally everything.
It’s not just tin cans and newspapers. One man says that, from a technical standpoint, everything can be recycled – cigarette butts, yoga mats, dirty diapers. Even radioactive waste. You name it, we can recycle it. But we choose not to. Find out why we don’t, and how we could do more.
TerraCycle Inc., the Trenton-based recycler of nontraditional waste products, has been named a finalist in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s “Dream Big Small Business of the Year Award” competition, the chamber announced recently.
TerraCycle is one of 17 finalists chosen from around the country, recognized for their achievements and contributions to American economic growth. Winners will be announced at a Sept. 12 ceremony in Washington, D.C., that is part of the 2017 Small Business Summit. In addition, finalists are entered in an online vote for the Community Excellence Award, aimed at acknowledging companies that use leadership and engagement to positively impact the quality of life in their community.
"We are honored to be listed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as a finalist for their Small Business of the Year award," company spokesperson Lauren Taylor told NJBIZ in a statement. "We love what we do, so it is a thrill to be recognized for the work we do every day."
Desde 2016, os alunos da Emeb participam do projeto “Aprendendo a Reciclar”, que visa coletar materiais recicláveis e dar a destinação correta, evitando o descarte irregular nas ruas do bairro.
