*How great that the top 3 schools in VA that collected the most waste with this program are from the area!  What a great way to pay it forward :) Top 3 Schools in Virginia (based on amount collected this past school year): Cedar Forest Elementary School in Fredericksburg – 42,685 pieces of waste diverted and $853 earned Signal Hill Elementary School in Manassas – 37,566 pieces of waste diverted and $752 earned St. Leo the Great School in Fairfax – 25,581 pieces of waste diverted and $512 earned Terracycle <http://www.myatlantamommy.com/2009/12/terracycle.html>  is a fantastic organization which takes used wrappers and turns them into some super cool stuff! They are always coming up with fun and cool ways to recycle, but they also have come up with a way (actually 6 ways) Moms can go green, reduce waste at home, AND raise money for their kids school and/or favourite charity.

Aveeno Sun Care, a nationwide manufacturer of beauty products, is partnering with a New Jersey company that recycles discarded and used beauty products, and both are going to work in Sherwood from July 15-16 in an attempt to raise public awareness about skin care safety and to raise money to fight skin cancer. Sara Koncius, a spokeswoman for the recycling company TerraCycle Inc., Trenton, N.J., said her company is working with Aveeno to hold a educational workshop at Gander Mountain, 5450 Landers Road, Sherwood.

  St. Mary’s Episcopal School is collecting empty tubes of beauty products Friday at the Rite Aid on Union Avenue and Saturday at the Rite Aid in Cordova on Germantown Parkway. The recycling effort will help Saint Mary’s raise funds for its needs and also help The Skin Care Foundation. The event is done in partnership with Aveeno and TerraCycle.

The Aveeno Healthy Skin Tour will be in town and will be collecting empty tubes for the Aveeno Brigade.

Terracycle <http://www.terracycle.net/>   is always coming up with fun and cool ways to recycle, but they also  have come up with a way (actually 6 ways) Moms can go green, reduce  waste at home, AND raise money for their kids school and/or favorite  charity. Terracycle <http://www.terracycle.net/>  realizes Moms have enough things to think about  without wondering how to reduce the amount of waste leaving their home  and heading to the local landfill. So they have come up with six new  Brigades (read as free collection programs!) to make it easier than ever  for parents to eliminate waste from their home while raising money for a  school or charity of their choice. All they need to do is collect and  send in the packaging you discard every day, TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net/>  pays the postage  and contributes two cents per unit of waste returned. I keep mine in a  bag by the pantry next to the bag for Box Tops to make things easier.

Aveeno lotion tubes can now be upcycled through Terracycle and is launghing a Road to Healthy Skin Tour. I'm going share most of the press release in a minute with you but I wanted to note, that when my kids get dry skin (especially in wintertime) or have an allergic reaction, they usually go into the tub with the Aveeno soothing oatmeal bath.  I love that Aveeno is a huge brand looking to encourage and help people recycle- and upcycle!!  I know so many families who swear by Aveeno for babies, kids and adults (and dogs. I do have a friend who uses Aveeno baby wash on her dog because she loves the smell) and I think this partnership between Aveeno and Terracycle is going to make them all love it a little bit more.

A few days ago I did a post on Terracycle and their six new mom friendly Brigades <http://www.myatlantamommy.com/2010/06/terracyle-six-new-brigades-to-help-you.html> . I also promised I would put together some coupons for you to help you save in getting started on them. Well, that was a few days ago, so apologies for the delay, but here they are :-)

Aveeno lotion tubes can now be upcycled through Terracycle and is launghing a Road to Healthy Skin Tour. I'm going share most of the press release in a minute with you but I wanted to note, that when my kids get dry skin (especially in wintertime) or have an allergic reaction, they usually go into the tub with the Aveeno soothing oatmeal bath.  I love that Aveeno is a huge brand looking to encourage and help people recycle- and upcycle!!  I know so many families who swear by Aveeno for babies, kids and adults (and dogs. I do have a friend who uses Aveeno baby wash on her dog because she loves the smell) and I think this partnership between Aveeno and Terracycle is going to make them all love it a little bit more.

Terracycle <http://www.myatlantamommy.com/2009/12/terracycle.html>  is a fantastic organization which takes used wrappers and turns them into some super cool stuff! They are always coming up with fun and cool ways to recycle, but they also have come up with a way (actually 6 ways) Moms can go green, reduce waste at home, AND raise money for their kids school and/or favourite charity.

TerraCycle is a fantastic organization which takes used wrappers and turns them into some super cool stuff! They are always coming up with fun and cool ways to recycle, but they also have come up with a way (actually 6 ways) Moms can go green, reduce waste at home, AND raise money for their kids school and/or favorite charity.