If you haven't entered the giveaway for the Terra Cycle Tote bag CLICK HERE , it ends on October the 11th at NOON! This has been a really fun giveaway I have loved reading all your re-using tips and ideas and will share my favorites below. Terracycle sent me instructions on how to use 2 Capri Sun pouches and make a wallet, as you see Sophia is proudly holding. If you would like these instructions e-mail me at shanathesavyyshopper@gmail.com with WALLET INSTRUCTIONS and I will send that your way.

Of all the reusable bags I've amassed over the years - and not a duplicate among them - the one that seems to be the favorite of grocery store baggers is the TerraCycle sack made from Capri Sun drink pouches. It's my favorite, too. It's incredibly sturdy, ooze-proof and pretty snappy looking to boot. TerraCycle and Capri Sun recently announced that their Drink Pouch Brigade ? schools and organizations that participate in a free fundraiser that pays 2 cents for every drink pouch collected ? has broken the 50 million mark. TerraCycle and Capri Sun pay for every pouch collected, so that means $1 million has been returned to the groups just for stuff that would otherwise be garbage.

I was sent a TerraCycle lunch box and pencil case and they are too cute!  I think it's great that something practical and stylish can be made out of CapriSun juice pouches and help the environment as well. I'm giving them to my girls to take to school where everyone can see what cool stuff can be made out of recyclables! Just a reminder that the TerraCycle giveaway ends tomorrow, 10/8 at noon!  Enter here!

Apologies for not being able to post for a while, here's an update regarding the TerraCycle recycling program. Aside from the CapriSun/Drink Pouch Brigade, our team added new brigades to the program. We have added the following: Chip Bag Brigade, Writing Instruments Brigade, and Elmers Glue Clue Brigade.

A million dollars can go a long way in cash-strapped schools and nonprofits.  And, when all that's required is to save items from landfills, it almost sounds too good to be true.  True it is.  Schools and nonprofits across the country have now earned $1 million through the TerraCycle Drink Pouch Brigade program.

Tom Szaky has built an entire business around the notion  anything can be recycled. "There is no such thing as garbage," said  the 28-year-old Canadian founder and president of TerraCycle Inc.  "The only difference between a soda bottle and a yogourt cup is that  one has a collection and solution system on it already -- the soda  bottle has our Blue Box program -- while the yogourt cup doesn't."

Tom Szaky has built an entire business around the notion  anything can be recycled. "There is no such thing as garbage," said  the 28-year-old Canadian founder and president of TerraCycle Inc.  "The only difference between a soda bottle and a yogourt cup is that  one has a collection and solution system on it already -- the soda  bottle has our Blue Box program -- while the yogourt cup doesn't."

The 15 students of the high school's environmental club, SAVE, or Students Against Violation of the Earth, are participating in a recycling campaign sponsored by TerraCycle, a Trenton-based company that "upcycles" trash and turns it into reusable items that are sold at stores like Target, Walmart and Home Depot. The students are encouraging the whole district and even residents to participate in the campaign which started Friday and runs through Dec. 15. SAVE adviser Donna Pancari said the competition is open to all public schools in New Jersey and could net the district a hefty prize. A total of $125,000 will be awarded to the six schools that collect the most garbage with the first-place prize being $50,000. Winners will be announced in January.

Tom Szaky has built an entire business around the notion  anything can be recycled. "There is no such thing as garbage," said  the 28-year-old Canadian founder and president of TerraCycle Inc.  "The only difference between a soda bottle and a yogourt cup is that  one has a collection and solution system on it already -- the soda  bottle has our Blue Box program -- while the yogourt cup doesn't."

Tom Szaky has built an entire business around the notion  anything can be recycled. "There is no such thing as garbage," said  the 28-year-old Canadian founder and president of TerraCycle Inc.  "The only difference between a soda bottle and a yogourt cup is that  one has a collection and solution system on it already -- the soda  bottle has our Blue Box program -- while the yogourt cup doesn't."