Highland Rim School has just reached the first level of TerraCycle and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade® milestone contest by collecting more than 10,000 drink pouches. The students have earned over $1,500 for their school by collecting the drink pouches. The Drink Pouch Brigade® is a free recycling program that rewards people for collecting and sending their waste to TerraCycle® to be recycled or upcycled. Since 2007, Drink Pouch Brigade participants have kept almost 235 million drink pouches out of landfills and raised more than $4.5 million for charity.
A local elementary school is again being heralded for its commitment to the green scene.
Students at Sanford Elementary School in Newport News have reached the first level of TerraCycle and Capri Sun's Drink Pouch Brigade recycling program by collecting more than 10,000 drink pouches, according to a statement from TerraCycle, which is a company that collects and repurposes items that are hard to recycle.
Drink pouches, those shiny silver bags filled with juice that you drink through a straw, are a lunch and snack-time staple among the elementary school crowd.
The University School of Jackson students earn money and prizes for their school by collecting and recycling drink pouches used in the lunchroom and at home. The University School of Jackson has just reached the third level of TerraCycle and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade® milestone contest by collecting more than 40,000 drink pouches.
Hewitt Elementary School students have earned $300 so far for their school by collecting and recycling drink pouches used in the lunchroom and at home.
Deibler Elementary students earn money and prizes for their school by collecting and recycling the drink pouches used in the lunchroom and at home. Deibler Elementary School has just reached the first level of TerraCycle and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade®milestone contest by collecting more than 10,000 drink pouches.
BRASHER FALLS – St. Lawrence Central Elementary School students earned over $700 for their school by collecting and recycling the drink pouches they use at home and in the school lunchroom
RIVERSIDE – Liberty Elementary School students have reached the second level of a TerraCycle and Capri Sun recycling program by collecting 18,000 drink pouches, earning the school nearly $500.
Christ Church School students earn money and prizes for their school by collecting and recycling the drink pouches used in the lunchroom and at home.