Mrs. Poremba’s 5th graders at Mt. Pilchuck, who helped collect, store and count the pouches. Hayden Ploeger gathered Capri Sun pouches to help students in Africa. Hayden Ploeger, a 5th grader at Mt. Pilchuck Elementary was searching the web one day and came up with a great idea. Ploeger found out that a company called TerraCycle will take CapriSun pouches and turn them into usable items such as purses, pencil cases and tote bags. To do this, they offer two cents per pouch to anyone who wants to send them to the company. Ploeger’s brain started to move and realized that by collecting these pouches he could not only help keep them out of landfills, but he could use the money to help other students in need.

Students at Faith Lutheran School in Antioch are finding are finding a good turn for the environment is doubly advantageous.

Teachers at McCormick Elementary School used to see a lot of used drink pouches get thrown away. Now the school earns two cents for every pouch collected and sent to a company called TerraCycle—makers of affordable, ecofriendly products from recycled packaging. The school uses the program not only as a fundraising opportunity, but as a way to educate and inspire the students to be environmentally responsible.

way to educate and inspire the students to be environmentally responsible.

Capri Sun drink pouches being thrown away at Assumption Elementary School in Atco is soon to be a thing of the past.  The school now earns two cents for every one of those pouches they collect and return to a company called TerraCycle, which makes affordable, eco-friendly products from packaging waste.  The company has created a fundraising opportunity for the school.  “[We] are glad to have the opportunity to clean our little part of the world in such an easy, convenient but effective way,” said parent and organizer of the program at school, Gabrielle Purvis. The school has formed a “Brigade,” which is part of a free nationwide program that pays schools and non-profits to collect non-recyclable waste that would otherwise go to landfill.

A group of students from Floral Street School gathered recently at 487 Grafton St. to show off their trash. Over the past few months, the students have collected six large bags of trash (primarily juice pouches and snack bags) that can be recycled. They were helped in this effort by a company called The Dumpster Divers. The trash will be sent to the recycling company Terracycle, which paid the students 2 cents for each piece of trash collected (about $50 total). The money will be used to benefit the school.

Unfortunately, just like in most towns, there’s a limit on what sort of materials they accept. Which is why whenTerraCycle emailed about their program I was so excited! TerraCycle is a small (but growing!) company that takes normally non-recyclable products and turns them into cool and useful stuff.

ANTIOCH – Students at Faith Lutheran School in Antioch are finding a good turn for the environment is doubly advantageous. Last year, students at the school began collecting their non-recyclable Capri Sun drink pouches that previously had ended up in trash bags with the rest of the waste from their lunch periods.  The program they collected the pouches for is run by New Jersey-based TerraCycle, which collects non-recyclable items from schools and community groups across...

Teachers at Lounsberry Hollow Middle School used to see a lot of used Capri Sun drink pouches get thrown away. Now the school earns 2 cents for every one of those pouches they collect and return to a company called TerraCycle, which makes affordable, eco-friendly products from packaging waste. The schools use the program not only as a fundraising opportunity but as a way to educate and inspire their students. Teacher and program organizer Barbara Mons-chauer said, “Anytime we can teach children to help the environment and make them aware of impact I feel we should take advantage of that situation. The two cents back is a bonus.”