What do cooking, recycling and Cinco de Mayo have in common? A recent partnership between TerraCycle and Mission Foods. TerraCycle, one of the fastest growing green companies in the world today, recycles and “upcycles” waste, including empty soda bottles, cell phones, Elmers glue sticks and bottles, cosmetic packaging and food wrappers. This company, created by Tom Szaky in 2001, started out by packaging and selling organic fertilizer in used soda bottles. Today, they “upcycle” waste into a variety of products such as brightly colored backpacks, garden supplies, toys and mini speakers. TerraCycle is constantly seeking new waste and new ways to help the environment. Their recent agreement with Mission Foods is just in time for Cinco de Mayo. If you use Mission Foods products to create tasty Mexican dishes, save the ordinarily non-recyclable plastic packaging to send to TerraCycle for free. Simply go to the TerraCycle website at www.terracycle.net and join the Tortilla and Tostada bag brigade in order to print out your free shipping label. For every wrapper that you send to the company, TerraCycle will reward you with two points redeemable towards special gifts or cash donations to the charity of your choice.