TerraCycle and Capri Sun have reached a major milestone in the Drink Pouch Brigade and an area school is being named America's Best Brigade for helping them do it.
They've just reached the 50 millionth pouch collected mark, which means that $1 million has been paid to schools adn non-profits across the country just for sending us this waste. TerraCycle uses this waste as raw material to make affordable, eco-friendly products.
Del Rey Elementary School in King City is among the Top 100 Collecting Schools out of about 30,000 nationwide that participate in TerraCycle's Drink Pouch Brigade, a free fundraising program that pays $.02 per unit of waste collected.
Kraft Foods has added cheese packaging to its TerraCycle collection programs. Called the Cheese Brigade, TerraCycle and Kraft Foods will pay postage and two cents per unit of packaging to a charity of the collector’s choice for any packaging from Kraft Naturals, Philadelphia, Philly, Athenos, Kraft Singles, macaroni and cheese, Easy Mac, Cracker Barrel, Polly-O, Breakstone, Velveeta and Knudsen.
TerraCycle finds new uses for the packaging, thereby keeping it out of landfills. Kraft Foods has had previous success with upcycling packaging with its Capri Sun, Nabisco and Lunchables products.
Members of the Norwell Cub Scouts 66 use to see a lot of Capri Sun drink pouches get thrown away. Once they signed up to recycle them through a company called TerraCycle, the school began earning 2 cents for every one of the pouches and became part of a nationwide effort that has just reached a milestone of keeping 50 million pouches out of landfills.
In addition, TerraCycle, which makes affordable, eco-friendly products from packaging waste, and Capri Sun have paid $1 million to schools and nonprofits in return for the recycled drink pouches.
10-11-18-- NorwellMariner
Capri Elementary is one of about 30,000 schools nationwide participating in TerraCycle's Drink Pouch Brigade program. By collecting, sorting and sending in used drink pouches, such as Capri Sun brand beverages, students across the country are cleaning up their campuses and earning money for their schools. TerraCycle, the eco-friendly company that launched Drink Pouch Brigade in 2007, pays 2 cents for every pouch delivered.
Capri Elementary is one of about 30,000 schools nationwide participating in TerraCycle's Drink Pouch Brigade program. By collecting, sorting and sending in used drink pouches, such as Capri Sun brand beverages, students across the country are cleaning up their campuses and earning money for their schools. TerraCycle, the eco-friendly company that launched Drink Pouch Brigade in 2007, pays 2 cents for every pouch delivered.
Students at Capri Elementary School in Campbell are learning some very valuable lessons about the environment, hard work and financial opportunity, and they are discovering it all through trash. Capri Elementary is one of about 30,000 schools nationwide participating in TerraCycle's Drink Pouch Brigade program. By collecting, sorting and sending in used drink pouches, such as Capri Sun brand beverages, students across the country are cleaning up their campuses and earning money for their schools.
All those Capri Sun juice drinks students at Walnut Heights Elementary have been drinking are making money for the school.
Walnut Heights is part of TerraCycle's "Drink Pouch Brigade," a free fundraising program that pays 2 cents per unit of waste collected. TerraCycle and Capri Sun have reached a major milestone in the brigade with 50 million pouches collected and a whopping $1 million paid to schools and nonprofits across the country -- just for the schools sending TerraCycle its waste.
All those Capri Sun juice drinks students at Walnut Heights Elementary have been drinking are making money for the school.
Walnut Heights is part of TerraCycle's "Drink Pouch Brigade," a free fundraising program that pays 2 cents per unit of waste collected. TerraCycle and Capri Sun have reached a major milestone in the brigade with 50 million pouches collected and a whopping $1 million paid to schools and nonprofits across the country -- just for the schools sending TerraCycle its waste.
All those Capri Sun juice drinks students at Walnut Heights Elementary have been drinking are making money for the school.
Walnut Heights is part of TerraCycle's "Drink Pouch Brigade," a free fundraising program that pays 2 cents per unit of waste collected. TerraCycle and Capri Sun have reached a major milestone in the brigade with 50 million pouches collected and a whopping $1 million paid to schools and nonprofits across the country -- just for the schools sending TerraCycle its waste.
TerraCycle names school one of top 100 America's Best Brigade in the Drink Pouch Brigade
A Woodland elementary school has earned $774.12 for collecting drink pouches and is in the top 100 collecting schools among more than 30,000 schools participating nationwide.
