Beautiful recycling by the Girl Scouts

The Girl Scouts' Tioga Service Unit in Merced is teaming up with Terracycle and Garnier for a Personal Care and Beauty Brigade recycling event Saturday. Accepted waste includes lipstick cases, mascara tubes, eye shadow cases and tubes, shampoo bottles, conditioner bottles, bronzer cases, foundation packaging, body wash containers, soap tubes, soap dispensers, lotion dispensers, shaving foam tubes, powder cases, lotion bottles, lip-balm tubes, lotion tubes, face soap dispensers, face soap tubes, face lotion bottles and jars, eyeliner cases and pencils, concealer tubes and sticks, lip-liner pencils, hand lotion tubes, hair gel tubes and hair paste jars. Hair spray cans, nail polish bottles and nail polish remover bottles cannot be accepted. The Scouts also need boxes for shipping — used, please, as they are trying to minimize waste. Items may be given to any Girl Scout or dropped off at the recycling event, which is 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at United Methodist Church, 899 Yosemite Parkway, Merced. Items made from the recycled products include paving stones, tote bags, coin purses, notebooks and pencil cases. They can be found at terracycle.com.