Less trash for you equals money for the Spencer-Van Etten School District. That is, once you drop off your old toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, chip bags, printer ink cartridges and a myriad of other items at any of the four convenient locations in SVE.
Locations include Vibe Hair Studio located at 133 Route 224 in Van Etten, the Van Etten Library located at 83 Main St., and at Shurfine located at 15 N. Main St. in Spencer and the Spencer Library located at 41 N. Main St.
And, as most of these items are not accepted for curbside pickup, you really will be lessening the amount of trash you’ll need to put out, as well as your contribution to humanity’s landfills.
Terracycling (
www.terracycle.com), something the SVE schools have been doing since the spring of 2008, has thus far netted $ 6,698 for anything related to students’ “Green Education”. Some of the programs and activities have included: guest speakers, Green Week programming each April, educational field trips and experiences, as well as supplemental classroom supplies and activities.
And now, with the expansion of the program to include community residents without children in school, more items can be collected, further reducing the waste stream while making more money available to the SVE School District for continuing education.
Consider saving and dropping off your items at any of the collection points noted. Waste items accepted for Terracycling include Brita Filters; chip bags – chips, tortillas, pretzels, pita, and bagel chips, soy crisps, and salty snack bags; cereal bags, plastic cereal bags from bagged cereal and liners; energy bar wrappers – foil-lined wrappers for energy, granola, meal replacement, protein, and diet bars; Cliff Products – SHOT, Twisted Fruit, Roks, Bloks and Gels wrappers; oral care items – toothpaste tubes and caps, tooth brushes, floss containers; personal care and beauty items – lipstick cases, mascara, eye shadow and liner cases, tubes, and pencils; shampoo and conditioner bottles, foundation packaging, body wash containers, soap tubes and dispensers, lotion dispensers, shaving foam tubes (no cans), powder cases, lotion bottles and tubes, chapstick tubes, face soap dispensers and tubes, face lotion bottles and jars, concealer tubes and sticks, lipliner pencils, hand lotion tubes, hair gel tubes. Not accepted are hairspray cans, nail polish bottles and nail polish remover bottles.
For more information, feel free to contact Brenda Anderson, the SVE District Sustainability coordinator, at 589-7120.
