Emmorton Elementary students earn money and prizes for their school by collecting and recycling the drink pouches used at home and in the lunchroom. Emmorton Elementary has just reached the third level of TerraCycle and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade® milestone contest by collecting more than 40,000 drink pouches.
The Terra Stone Plant Caddy is the perfect gift for the eco-conscious gardener. Crafted from recycled juice pouches through TerraCycle's Drink Pouch Brigade, the caddy utilizes empty drink pouches that would otherwise be thrown out. TerraCycle diverts tons of waste juice pouches annually and donates 2 cents to a charity or non-profit for each pouch collected.
While fundraising is an essential for nonprofits, charities and local schools across the country, it can be particularly challenging to raise funds in today’s environment—but there are ways around the problem. It doesn’t help that Americans are donating 8 percent less today than they were in 2007, before the recession, and many schools faced with budget cuts are feeling the brunt of the decline.
The Drink Pouch Brigade—offered by Capri Sun and TerraCycle—rewards participants and their schools with points and cash donations for collecting drink pouches. Hazelwood Elementary School in Washington did just that, using money generated through collecting drink pouches to help counteract school-wide funding cuts.
Fifth-graders at Hayes Cooper are learning about recycling in a semester long project called Recycling: Lighting the Fire.The class is a member of Terracycle, a company in New Jersey that creatively up-cycles trash into useful products.
Terracycle to the rescue again!
They have a Go-Go Squeeze Brigade!
Can you imagine if nursery schools and preschools and lunch rooms would collect empty pouches and mail them in??
Many eco-fundraising programs pay participants to collect and recycle such things as chip bags, beauty care waste and drink pouches. The Drink Pouch Brigade—offered by Capri Sun and TerraCycle—rewards participants and their schools with points and cash donations for collecting drink pouches. Hazelwood Elementary School in Washington did just that, using money generated through collecting drink pouches to help counteract school-wide funding cuts.
She had participated with her students in TerraCycle’s “Drink Pouch Brigade” recycling and fundraising program, which rewards groups who collect and send in used Honest Kids and Capri Sun juice pouches.
Last school year, Madison Simis Elementary Green Team students earned money and prizes for their school by collecting and recycling the drink pouches they use at home and in the lunchroom. Madison Simis Elementary students reached the third level of TerraCycle (
www.terracycle.com) and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade milestone contest by collecting more than 40,000 drink pouches. For their accomplishment, the school earned 50 TerraCycle wristbands and a vinyl banner announcing their achievement.
Deer Crossing Elementary School students earned more than $700 for their school by reaching the second level in a recycling contest sponsored by TerraCycle and Capri Sun, according to an Aug. 11 news release. Students collected more than 18,000 drink pouches in the free Drink Pouch Brigade program, which rewards people for collecting and sending waste to TerraCycle for recycling or upcycling (taking something no longer needed or wanted and turning it into an item of higher value, like salvaged wood becoming a table).
