A lot of schools in Southwest Virginia are are teaching recycling but Huddleston Elementary is taking it to a whole new level. The Bedford County school is small with 220 students but those students are recycling and trying to save the planet on a much bigger scale. They're taking part in a nationwide program called TerraCycle Brigades. TerraCycle turns what they recycle, or "upcycle" into tote bags, lunch boxes or watering cans. And they don't just collect your typical water bottles or boxes. "We moved to chip bags and cookie wrappers and writing utensils and glue sticks because those are products that I thought we're going to have," said teacher Amy Mallow. "Our kids ever day at lunch have capri suns and chips and cookies, that's easy for us and as a school, glue products, the glue packaging and writing utensils." Part of what makes Huddleston Elementary so successful is this is really a community effort as well. They tell everyone they encounter. Teachers say they don't mind asking for or bringing trash in from events to recycle. Kids also take the message home so they can do more recycling. "At my house now we get to recycle those kinds of things when we're done with our stuff at our house I can bring it here and recycle it," said 5th grader Hannah Nichols. They've recycled more than 64,000 pieces of waste, according to TerraCycle. For all their effort, Huddleston Elementary earned almost $1300.