TerraCycle Inc. reached $7 million donated to schools and charities across the country and around the world with help from Mary B. Neal Elementary School in Waldorf.

I had the pleasure of speaking with each of the Kindergarten through 6^th grade classes throughout the day.  They were amazing!  For only starting to recycle this year, they knew a tremendous amount about the environment.  We talked about why we recycle, what we can recycle and of course I showed them my TerraCycle bags.  Kids (and adults)  just love these!  They were all so fascinated by the fact that trash could be turned into such cool tote bags, lunch bags and more.

At J.M. Grasse Elementary School last week, however, physical education teacher Audrey Coll and classroom assistant James Conwell strutted down the impromptu gymnasium catwalk, decked out in recycled materials like Capri Sun juice packs, plastic caps and newspaper, to the delight of giggling students.

In recognition of April being "Earth Month," recycling pioneer TerraCycle is celebrating reaching $7 million donated to schools and charities across the country and around the world with help from groups in Rhode Island.

“We’ve done a whole bunch of recycling,” Muska said. “We collect used cell phones, batteries, crayons. We are with a company called Terracycle that we send chip bags and Capri Sun pouches. We get two cents for every pouch and two cents for every chip bag.

Tom Szaky, geboren in Budapest/Ungarn im Jahr 1982, studierte an der Universität von Princeton in New Jersey /USA. Im Jahr 2001 gründete er die Firma “TerraCycle” und  begeistert seither die Amerikaner für das Recycling.

For the month of April, Jane Ryan will be donating its juice pouch earnings to the children, staff and families of Sandy Hook Elementary School. They recently joined the Terra Cycle recycling program that was supported and encouraged by the school’s former principal. Recruit everyone you know to support this pouch collection.

Recycling: Ein Jungunternehmer macht aus Windeln Parkbänke. Tom Szaky, 31, ist so etwas wie der grüne Shooting-Star der USA. Als Pionier der Wiederverwertung hat er die Amerikaner als einer der ersten mit seinem 2001 gegründeten Startup Terracycle für das Recycling begeistert.

Tom Szaky, 31, ist so etwas wie der grüne Shooting-Star der USA. Als Pionier der Wiederverwertung hat er die Amerikaner als einer der ersten mit seinem 2001 gegründeten Startup Terracycle für das Recycling begeistert. Anfangs verfütterte er nur Küchenreste aus der Uni-Mensa an Würmer und verkaufte anschließend deren Exkremente als Dünger an Großhandelsketten wie Walmart. Auf die Idee gebracht hatten ihn Freunde, die mit dem Wurmmist ihre Marijuana-Pflanzen düngten. Dann erkannte Szaky, dass sich das Prinzip Kreislaufwirtschaft noch ausdehnen lässt.

KLAS-TV Las Vegas highlighted the recycling efforts of Henderson International School. Recycling has been integrated into the curriculum to raise money for important causes such as hunger, poverty, and clean water.