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ELIMINATING THE IDEA OF WASTE®

Here's a way to feel less guilty about all the Halloween candy you've been consuming: Recycle the wrappers to benefit children needing school supplies.

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Schools and nature centers in Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties are salvaging mounds of the colorful wrappers as part of an environmental awareness campaign. The Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach will gather the wrappers and send them to TerraCycle, a company that collects hard-to-recycle items and finds ways to reuse them. Terracycle will convert the wrappers into school supplies such as notebooks and pencils, Loggerhead spokeswoman Lauren Eissey said. It's the fourth year the Loggerhead center has collected wrappers for the program, which is designed to show the need for improved packaging that is less wasteful. She said Palm Beach County schools collected 92,352 wrappers last year. Collectors can drop off their wrappers at these sites through Monday, Nov. 11: *Summit-Questa Montessori School, 5451 Davie Road, Davie. * NSU University School, 3375 SW 75th Ave., Davie. * West Miami Middle School, 7525 Coral Way, Miami. *Loggerhead Marinelife Center, 14200 U.S. 1, Juno Beach. *Manatee Lagoon, 6000 N. Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach. *FAU Pine Jog Environmental Education Center, 6301 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach. * Gumbo Limbo, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. * Sandoway Discover Center, 142 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach.