Earth Shepherd Environmental Group of Absegami High School conducted its first fundraiser over the fall, collecting over 100 flip-flops to be recycled, according to Earth Shepherd President Jamie Infanti.   The group teamed up with the Smithville and Reeds Road elementary schools in the collection effort. According to Infanti, the flip-flops will be recycled by TerraCycle Inc. into items such as trash bins, flooring and park benches.   TerraCycle is a national recycling group that specializes in recycling previously non-recyclable material or material that is hard to recycle. It was founded in 2001 by Pirnceton University freshman Tom Szaky.   “I saw a sign for the TerraCycle flip-flop recycling program at an Old Navy store and thought it would be a fun and different way to recycle and to encourage other people to do the same,” said Infanti, a 16-year-old sophomore at Absegami who started the Earth Shepherd group this year. “(The flip flop drive) seemed like something that would be easy for people to do and something that people would respond to.”