'Turning trash into cash'
TerraCycle Kraft Cheese GoGo SqueeZ Expo (Sanford/Newell Rubbermaid) Capri Sun (Kraft) Frito Lay Include USA nabisco
Youngsters in Jayme Denis’ second-grade class at the Benton Harbor Charter School show off some of the items they are recycling for a profit. John Madill / H-P staff
Students learning to keep more waste out of landfills
BENTON HARBOR - Two Twin Cities-area schools are finding a little gold in going green with help from a New Jersey-based recycling business.
But perhaps more valuable are the lessons, say organizers.
"I think it's a worthwhile project for the students to learn that they can take care of the world they live in, and to promote a better way to treat the gifts that we have," said Principal Dave Snyder at Grace Lutheran School in Royalton Township.
Grace Lutheran and Benton Harbor Charter School are working with Trenton, N.J.,-based TerraCycle, which specializes in collecting difficult-to-recycle items and keeping them out of landfills.
The company contributes cash or gifts for the material school "bridgades" send in. The company pays for postage.