People are encouraged to become "recycling hubs" as part of this year's Earth Day and Month celebrations. International recycling company TerraCycle is calling for Kiwis to serve as public drop-off points for recyclable materials. TerraCycle runs free recycling programmes in New Zealand dealing with waste such as coffee capsules and yogurt pouches. People involved with its programmes normally collect recycling in their home, office or school, bit it also has a network of public drop-off points where anyone can leave appropriate items to be recycled. Earth Day is marked on April 22 while Earth Month runs throughout April. Go to terracycle.co.nz and search for the free recycling programmes for more information and to become a public drop-off point. Manukau Courier_Apr 10 (1)