A couple of weeks ago Merici College’s Sustainability team, ‘SAM’, entered a competition organised by Officeworks and TerraCycle Australia (a sustainability/ recycling business) where we entered a photo showing how we reduce waste at our school. The competition raised awareness of the great work that our schools and universities are doing in Australia, and to reward local #ECOHEROES.  We are very excited to announce that Merici College, together with Sandgate District State High School, QLD and St Ignatius College, NSW have been named the winners of the challenge.

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Residents of the Parkes Shire can now dispose of items such as newspapers, magazines, glass jars, aerosol cans, paint tins, plastic garden pots, food and garden organic waste. They can now be recycled or turned into compost and mulch, thanks to Parkes Shire Council's new three bin waste collection system.

We also partner with Terracycle and participate in the following recycling brigades sponsored by Colgate, Garnier, Scotch Brand tape and Solo.  Bring us all of your used toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, shampoo/conditioner bottles, lotion bottles, makeup containers (lipstick, mascara, eyeshadow, #6 Solo cups, Go-Go squeezable yogurt pouches, scotch tape dispensers, cellphones, digital cameras, MP3 players and ink cartridges.

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Thank you to all the families who recycle items through the Terracycle box in the office – so far, we’ve recycled almost 2000 pieces, raising $80.60 in the process.

Lima et Danival, les deux marques pionnières de l’alimentation Bio, s’associent au programme Terracycle pour recycler les emballages plastiques « non-recyclables ». Menée au départ avec 50 magasins Bio, ce sont désormais 110 points de vente qui participent à cette initiative. Pour rappel, les consommateurs sont invités à ramener leurs emballages – toutes marques confondues - dans leur magasin habituel.