CAROL STREAM – Collecting and recycling drink pouches has become a phenomenon for Jay Stream Middle School students, so much so that students have earned money and prizes for their collections.
The students recently earned more than $2,600 for their school by collecting more than 18,000 drink pouches they use at home and in the lunchroom. Their hard work also put them at the second level in the TerraCycle and Capri Sun Drink Pouch Brigade.
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, according to a press release by TerraCycle.
The program began in September 2013 when Capri Sun added prizes for collecting certain amounts. Participants can now receive prizes in addition to the money they earn for each piece of waste collected, such as park benches, recycling bins and playgrounds, all of which would be made from recycled drink pouches.
Drink Pouch Brigade has thousands of other schools across the United States participating in its program. To learn more about the program or sign up, visit www.
terracycle.com
HAVERTOWN, Pa., July 9, 2014 – Haverford Township residents earn money and prizes for their library by collecting and recycling the drink pouches they used at home and in schools. The Friends of the Haverford Township Free Library has just reached the second level of TerraCycle and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade® milestone contest by collecting more than 18,000 drink pouches. The organization has earned more than $600 for the Haverford Township Free Library by collecting the drink pouches. The Friends of the Haverford Township Free Library is a non-profit organization devoted to helping the library enrich the lives of community residents. The money raised by the organization has helped fund special programs, including the Summer Reading Program, and purchased books, CDs, DVDs, computers, and more.
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. The Milestone Program began in September 2013 when Capri Sun added prizes for collecting certain amounts. Now, in addition to the money they earn for each piece of waste collected, participants can win prizes made from recycled drink pouches, such as park benches, recycling bins, a playground, and other fun rewards.
"The Milestone Program is meant to inspire individuals and organizations to collect more waste while receiving prizes for their achievements," said Tom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle. "It is rewarding to see the community get so involved in making this work. It’s an incredible achievement to have kept so many pouches out of the waste stream."
GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 9, 2014 – Flower Hill Elementary School students earn money and prizes for their school by collecting and recycling the drink pouches they use at home and in the lunchroom. Flower Hill Elementary students have just reached the second level of TerraCycle and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade® milestone contest by collecting more than 18,000 drink pouches. The students have earned nearly $400 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. The Milestone Program began in September 2013 when Capri Sun added prizes for collecting certain amounts. Now, in addition to the money they earn for each piece of waste collected, participants can win prizes made from recycled drink pouches, such as park benches, recycling bins, a playground, and other fun rewards.
"The Milestone Program is meant to inspire individuals and organizations to collect more waste while receiving prizes for their achievements," said Tom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle. "It is rewarding to see the students and administration get so involved in making this work. It’s an incredible achievement to have kept so many pouches out of the waste stream."
Thousands of other schools across the United States participate in the Drink Pouch Brigade. To learn more about the program or to sign up, visit
www.terracycle.com. The program is free to any interested organization or individual, and all shipping costs are paid. In addition, for each piece of waste received, participants earn money for a charity of their choice.
Students at the local San Tan Valley elementary school took something simple as recycling and turned it into a win for their school.
The Ellsworth Elementary students hit the second level in a campaign by Terra Cycle and Capri Sun that landed the school $1,000 in a contest that rewarded them for recycling drink pouches. Ellsworth students spent the 2013-14 school year collecting the pouches.
Ellsworth, which resides in the J.O. Combs Unified School District, earned their $1,000 reward by collecting more than 18,000 drink pouches and reaching Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade milestone contest and TerraCycle’s second level.
The program which Ellsworth students excelled at was started in 2013, and in addition to winning cash for their school, allows participants to win playgrounds, recycling bins, and park benches.
“It’s a really great program and the Ellsworth students did an amazing job at it,” Rachel Zuckerman, public relations intern for TerraCycle explained. “They can go even further to get more for their school.”
Ellsworth is not alone in the campaign to turn beautification and recycling into a school mission, Zuckerman explained that thousands of schools across the nation have decided to participate in the campaign to recycle rather than simply throwing their pouches away.
“The Milestone Program is meant to inspire individuals and organizations to collect more waste while receiving prizes for their achievements,” Tom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle said in a press release. “It’s rewarding to see the students and administration get so involved in making this work. It’s an incredible achievement to have kept so many pouches out of the waste stream.”
Ellsworth Elementary School is the newest school in the Combs District and quickly embraced the district’s drive to succeed and dedication to the school.
With a student population of over 900 at Ellsworth Elementary, the recycling program in which students from kindergarten-sixth grade participated in fit right into the mission of “looking to the future with the most advanced technology and conveniences of the 21st century.”
In addition to earning money and prizes for their schools, participating schools also earn money for a charity of their choice.
HAVERTOWN, Pa., July 9, 2014 – Haverford Township residents earn money and prizes for their library by collecting and recycling the drink pouches they used at home and in schools. The Friends of the Haverford Township Free Library has just reached the second level of TerraCycle and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade® milestone contest by collecting more than 18,000 drink pouches. The organization has earned more than $600 for the Haverford Township Free Library by collecting the drink pouches. The Friends of the Haverford Township Free Library is a non-profit organization devoted to helping the library enrich the lives of community residents. The money raised by the organization has helped fund special programs, including the Summer Reading Program, and purchased books, CDs, DVDs, computers, and more.
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. The Milestone Program began in September 2013 when Capri Sun added prizes for collecting certain amounts. Now, in addition to the money they earn for each piece of waste collected, participants can win prizes made from recycled drink pouches, such as park benches, recycling bins, a playground, and other fun rewards.
"The Milestone Program is meant to inspire individuals and organizations to collect more waste while receiving prizes for their achievements," said Tom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle. "It is rewarding to see the community get so involved in making this work. It’s an incredible achievement to have kept so many pouches out of the waste stream."
With all the alarming news about the Philadelphia School District finances and whether the state legislature will or won't institute a cigarette tax to bolster funds, there's one lovely little ray of good news:
The kids at the Shawmont School have earned more than $2,000 by collecting drink pouches and sending them to
TerraCycle, the Trenton company that that takes difficult-to-recycle packaging and "upcycles" it into products.
Just how many did the kids collect? More than 18,000.
TerraCycle has an ingenious funding arrangement (school district may want to take note). Companies -- such as CapriSun -- fund all or part of the collection program. Schools or other groups in "brigades" collect the material, ship it to TerraCycle and then get "paid" a minimal amount for each item,
As you can see, it adds up.
Last fall, Capri Sun added prizes for collecting certain amounts, TerraCycle says. "Now, in addition to the money they earn for each piece of waste collected, participants can win prizes made from recycled drink pouches, such as park benches, recycling bins, a playground, and other fun rewards," the company said in a press release.
As of moments ago, according to a ticker on the company web site, nearly 28 million people are collecting trash for TerraCycle. More than 2.6 billion items have been collected. And $6.7 million has gone back to schools, charities and similar groups.
GILBERTS — Not only are Gilberts Elementary students saving the environment, they’re collecting money for their school as well.
The Community Unit District 300 school earns money and prizes for collecting and recycling the drink pouches students use at home and in the lunchroom through a partnership between upcyling/recycling company TerraCycle and Capri Sun, which is owned by Kraft Foods.
The two companies offer incentives through their Drink Pouch Brigade Mileage program to encourage kids to recycle the pouches and keep them out of the landfills.
For their efforts, the roughly 700 students from kindergarten through fifth grade collected more than 18,000 drink pouches and earned second-tier status as well as $3,800 for their school.
According to representatives from TerraCycle, the money the Gilberts students earned has been put toward iPads for use in the classrooms as well as events including movie nights and mother-daughter nights.
Some of the money was also put toward a bigger playground for the growing student body.
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. The Milestone Program began in September 2013 when Capri Sun added prizes for collecting certain amounts.
Now, in addition to the money they earn for each piece of waste collected, participants can win prizes made from recycled drink pouches, such as park benches, recycling bins, a playground, and other rewards.
“The Milestone Program is meant to inspire individuals and organizations to collect more waste while receiving prizes for their achievements,” said Tom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle. “It is rewarding to see the students and administration get so involved in making this work. It’s an incredible achievement to have kept so many pouches out of the waste stream.”
Thousands of other schools across the United States participate in the Drink Pouch Brigade.
The program is free to any interested organization or individual, and all shipping costs are paid.
After a group or individual collects at least 5 pounds (roughly 430 pouches), all the participant needs to do is download a free shipping label from the assigned TerraCycle account. Once the label is affixed to the box, the box of recyclables can be dropped off at any UPS location.
Freeland Elementary School students have been earning money and prizes for their school by collecting and recycling the drink pouches they use at home and in the lunchroom.
Collections are made in both the K-2 and 3-6 buildings of the school. Freeland elementary students have just reached the second level of TerraCycle and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade milestone contest by collecting more than 18,000 drink pouches. The students have earned more than $3,000 for their school by collecting the drink pouches. This money has been used to buy eight iPads and protective cases for the students and teachers to use in the classroom.
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. The Milestone Program began in September 2013 when Capri Sun added prizes for collecting certain amounts. Now, in addition to the money they earn for each piece of waste collected, participants can win prizes made from recycled drink pouches, such as park benches, recycling bins, a playground and other rewards.
“The Milestone Program is meant to inspire individuals and organizations to collect more waste while receiving prizes for their achievements,” said Tom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle. “It is rewarding to see the students and administration get so involved in making this work. It’s an incredible achievement to have kept so many pouches out of the waste stream.”
