To celebrate more than 200 million drink pouches kept out of landfills and almost $4 million donated to schools and charities, Capri Sun is now vastly increasing the prizes and benefits of recycling through the
Drink Pouch Brigade, operated by
TerraCycle.
Starting in September, the free recycling program - operated by eco-pioneer TerraCycle – will include tiered rewards that allow participants to earn prizes as they also earn money for their school or charity.
Picking kit includes gloves, bandana, flashlight, magnifying glass, note pad and pen, tshirt, Kid Pickers Book and the
TerraCycle Bag made from recycled Capri Sun pouches!
Twelve-year-old Mathis LeBlanc of Massena, New York started collecting for TerraCycle's Drink Pouch Brigade in January, placing a container in his elementary school's cafeteria where kids can drop off their empty Capri Sun pouches. To date, Mathis has helped collect more than 11,000 drink pouches that he can send to TerraCycle at no cost, generating "points" that he can use to raise money for charity or his elementary school.
A great place to look for fun and unique products is Terracycle.com.
At Terracylce they take old products like juice, chips, and candy bar wrappers, and upcycle them into fun new products.
Turn Kool-Aid or Capri Sun drink pouches into money for your school. Establish a drink pouch brigade . Earn up to 2 cents per donated pouch. Caprisun.com/terracycle
TerraCycle Triathlon of Trash Winner Gets Free UGA Semester Dedicated to the Late Jim McGown of Athens who passed away March 7 of this year. A Veteran of the U.S. Navy, and a tireless worker for the betterment of mankind whose labor and efforts were felt as far away as the Middle East!
There is No Waste...Only Wasted Resources!
Perhaps Earth Day Should be Every Day as we only have one Earth and without it we would be lost! St Gregory the Great Episcopal Church on the East Side has now earned almost $6,000 by keeping over 260,000 pieces of formally difficult to recycle trash out of the landfill. While Broward College near Ft. Lauderdale has now earned $15,000. Let's be honest how much sense does it make to bury unbiodegradable trash under ground from land we stole from Mother Nature?
This is Varsity Recycling: TerraCycle.com is now accepting what we would normally think of as difficult or impossible to recycle. Things like Any & All: Chip Bags, Candy Wrappers, Glue Sticks, Sunscreen and Lipstick Tubes, and now Any and All Cigarette Trash to include Stinky Cigarette Butts.
Here is the Deal: From right now until August 15th, 2013 collect everything you can from the list below placing and separating each category in its own container such as a Box, Bird Seed, or Pet Food Bag. Feel free to get as large as you want but make sure a single average person can move the container around fairly easy through average doorways with the assistance of a hand truck. Items can be damp but not soaked and should be shaken or squeezed free of most food and liquid.(No Need To Scrub or Rinse Anything Out) Boxes and Packages will be opened for inspection. The winner with the most by weight wins a free Semester(In-State Tuition estimated to be $3,800)! Participants will meet for a Showdown on August 16th, 2013 at a location To Be Determined.
For more information meet Captain PLaneT for a personal demonstration, description, and Q&A in the Odum School of Ecology Courtyard on Tuesday June 11th, 2013 at 4:00 pm! Or schedule me for a briefing at your location! If you are far away I can just email you all the UPS Shipping Labels for free shipping and TerraCycle will do the measuring. Just ask me for a label for specific brigades.
The List:
- Any & All Drink Pouches(Such as Capri-Sun, Kool-Aid to include the straws and straw wrappers)
- Any & All Coffee Pouches(Such as Maxwell House, Equal Exchange Organic, and Starbucks)
- Any & All Cookie and Cracker Wrappers(Such as Oreo and Keebler)
- Any & All Energy or Breakfast Bar and Energy Food Wrappers(Such as Granola Bars, Breakfast Bars, Cliff Bars, Oddwalla Bars, Nut Bags, Kashi Bars)
- Any & All Candy Wrappers(Such as M&Ms, Hershey, and Snickers) and Gum Wrappers(Such as Trident, Bubblicious, and Wrigley)
- Any & All Chip and Salty Snack Bags(Such as Frito Lay, Pepperidge Farm, potato chip, crackers, pretzel, cheeto, nacho, and any that look and feel similar)
- Any & All Lunch Kit Trays, Wrappers(such as Lunchables)
- Any & All Dairy Tub Containers(Such as Stonyfield Farms, Chobani, Dannon) Butter Type Spread Containers (Such as Country Crock, Promise, and yes even the little baby single serve sizes along with baby coffee creamers) Sour Cream and Cottage Cheese, etc.
- Sprout Brand Baby Food as well as Any & All Crushed Fruit Bags and Containers and Wrappers(GoGo Squeeze, Plum Organics, Gerber, Chiquita, Ella's Kitchen, etc)
- Any & All Cereal Bags(Such as Malt-O-Meal, Rice Crispies, and Honey Nut Cheerios)
- Bear Naked Brand Granola and Cereal Product Wrappers
- Any & All Corks Real and Fake Plastic from wine and other liquor bottles
- Any & All Disposable Household Tape Dispensers (Such as Scotch Tape)
- Any & All Home Storage Bags and Containers (such as Zip Lock Type Bags, sandwich bags, and temporary tupperware plastic containers)
- Any & All Paper Towel and similar Paper Product Wrappers (Such as Scotts Paper Towels, Tissue Paper, Paper Napkins etc)
- Any & All Tooth Paste Tubes, Dental Floss Devices, and used Toothbrushes (Such as Colgate, Crest, etc)
- Any & All Glue Containers and Glue Sticks (Such as Elmer's)
- Any & All Human Writing Instruments except Chalk and Crayons (Such as Used Up or Broken Pens, Sharpies, Markers, Highlighters, Magic Markers, and Mechanical Pencils, Wooden Pencils)
- Any & All Beauty and Skin Care Product Tubes and Containers (Such as Aveeno and Aveda Skin Product Tubes, Neosporin Medicine Containers, Lip Stick Tubes, Cosmetic Cases, Chap Stick Tubes, Shampoo Bottles, Deodorant Sticks and Sun Screen Tubes and Bottles)
- Any & All Diaper Wrappers (such as Huggies, Pampers, g-Diaper and any sort of Baby Sanitation Wipe as well as Incontinence Pad Wrappers)
- Any & All Cell Phones, MP3 players, Digital Cameras, GPS Systems, Calculators, Printer and Toner Cartridges, and Laptop Computers including all cords and chargers
- Any & All Cheese Wrappers (such as Kraft, Kroger, Sargento)
- Any & All Tortilla, Tostada & Bread Wrappers (such as Mission Tortillas)
- Any and All Home Cleaning Containers and Items (such as Method Packs, Windex, Pledge, Ajax, and Toilet Brushes, Tubes, Pistol Squeezers)
- Any and All #5 & #6 disposable plastic drinking cup (Solo Cups)
- Any and All Laundry and Dish Wash Detergent Briquette Bags (Dropps, Tide, Cascade)
- Any and All Wine Pouches
- Any and All Hummus Products (like Athenos Hummus)
- Any and All Shoes
- Any and All Cigarette & Cigar Waste including all the ashes, unburnt tobacco, filter stubs, plastic outer wrap, aluminum paper inner wrap. (Please place in an airtight plastic bag inside the outer package)
If you are looking for a great gift for your green-minded friends or family members, or even for someone who just loves unique and innovative items, look no further than TerraCycle! This worldwide leader of recycling and upcycling previously non-recyclable or difficult to recycle waste has created an incredibly interesting collection of unique and affordable products. Items such as school supplies, office supplies, home décor, toys, bags and products for the pets and garden are made from post-consumer waste items such as drink pouches, candy wrappers, pens, tape dispensers, diaper and make up packaging and so much more! I had the opportunity to review some of these incredibly neat items! TerraCycle generously sent me a Capri Sun Drink Pouch Medium Pencil Case, a Capri Sun Binder and a set of M&M Eco Speakers. I wasn’t really sure of what to expect as far as quality and durability, but I was pleasantly surprised!
