Lester C. Noecker School, the Roseland Environmental Commission, the Roseland Green Team and Sustainable Roseland are collecting these and other personal care items in celebration of April as “Earth Month,” as well as Earth Day, which is Sunday, April 22. The school is participating in TerraCycle’s Personal Care and Beauty Brigade.  Each year millions of personal care products and beauty product packages are needlessly discarded and end up in landfills.  To divert them from landfills and to help create a second life for these items, each class will collect used personal care and beauty packages during the month of April.   A representative from the “Green Team” will pick up the items periodically and ship them directly to TerraCycle, where they will ultimately be recycled into fun and innovative products. The class that recycles the greatest number of items will win a certificate for each student and teacher to be used at the  Roseland Farmers’ Market, which opens in June and runs through November at the corner of Roseland and Harrison avenues.  The trip to the market will help teach students about accessing locally grown fresh food, and give them an opportunity to develop relationships with local growers and artisans who are raising awareness about the food system and promoting healthy eating habits.