UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Center for the Performing Arts has taken candy wrapper collecting to a new level. As part of a “green” initiative aimed at diverting waste from landfills while providing clean drinking water to people in developing countries, employees of the performing arts center hoped to collect 600 wrappers during the 2011-12 season, but the center has greatly exceeded its goal, collecting 6,420 wrappers.   A TerraCycle program called the Candy Wrapper Brigade awards points for each wrapper collected. The points can then be redeemed for various charitable causes. The original goal would have provided clean water for one year to four people. Collecting more than 6,000 wrappers, however, means that clean water will be made available to 43 people.   “The Center for the Performing Arts Green Team is happy to have so greatly exceeded our original goal,” said Shannon Bishop, a member of the committee that organized the collection. “In doing so, we have not only diverted thousands of wrappers from ending up in our local landfill, but we have also provided clean water to families in developing countries where access to a clean water supply is extremely limited.”