B-N's TerraCycle Team Takes Recycling Beyond Cans And Newspapers
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When you think of what can be recycled, aluminum cans and newspapers probably come to mind first. But don’t forget about granola bar wrappers, plastic cups, and chip bags.
That garbage can find a second life too, thanks to a group of Bloomington-Normal volunteers who sort, box up, and ship hard-to-recycle items to TerraCycle. They’ve diverted around 100,000 items from the landfill over the past two years—a track record that recently earned those volunteers the Ecology Action Center’s 2019 McLean County Recycling and Waste Reduction Award.
“I found (the award) very surprising,” said TerraCycle volunteer Amie Keeton. “It was nice to have our efforts recognized. And it’s nice to have our name out there and what we’re doing a little bit more.”
You might be surprised at what Bloomington-Normal’s TerraCycle team can accept:
- Plastic hairspray bottles
- Burt’s Bee products
- Chip or snack bags
- Toothpaste tubes and caps
- Brita or PUR pitches and filters