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Jersey City school unveils playground made of recycled oral hygiene products

On the surface, the new playground that was unveiled yesterday morning at the BelovED Community Charter School in Jersey City looks like any other in the city. It receives the same reaction from kids, who looked at the slide and the monkey bars with wide eyes and big smiles. The playground, which is the first for the school, was built using recycled toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes and floss containers. The school itself won the playground as part of the Recycled Playground Challenge, a competition that was set up by Colgate, ShopRite and the recycling company TerraCycle, which is based in Trenton.

Toothpaste tubes, floss containers make a playground for Jersey City charter school

On the surface, the new playground that was unveiled Tuesday morning at the BelovED Community Charter School looks like any other in the city. It definitely receives the same reaction from kids, who looked at the slide and the monkey bars with wide eyes, and wide smiles. The school playground, which is the first for the school, was built using recycled toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes and floss containers. The school itself won the playground as part of the Recycled Playground Challenge, a competition that was set up by Colgate, ShopRite, and the recycling company TerraCycle, which is based in Trenton.

Über 100.000 Zahnpflegeprodukte fürs Recycling gesammelt

Durch die seit 2013 bestehende Kooperation zwischen dem Recyclingexperten TerraCycle und dem Zahnpasta-Hersteller Colgate-Palmolive können erstmals Zahnpflegeprodukte nachhaltig entsorgt werden. Durch die Aktion werden vor allem Schulen, Zahnärzte und Büros angesprochen, die entsprechenden Abfallprodukte zu sammeln und an TerraCycle weiterzuleiten. Dort wird das gesammelte Material zu 100 Prozent zu neuen Produkten weiterverarbeitet. Für jede Abfalleinheit erhalten die Teilnehmer sogenannte TerraCycle-Punkte, die für einen gemeinnützigen Zweck der Wahl gespendet werden können.

Liz Swafford: Seven unexpected things to recycle

If you’ve been recycling through the city of Dalton curbside recycling program or at one of the four convenience centers in Whitfield County you know that our community recycles the basics: plastic bottles and jugs, paper, aluminum cans, bi-metal cans, glass bottles and jars. With a full recycling bin every week you may be wondering if there’s anything else you could be recycling to take your environmentally friendly habit to the next level. Here are some items that you may not be currently be recycling but are available either locally or through a mail in program.