I walked into the ShurFine recently and was surprised (and pleased) to see a new box labeled TerraCycle sitting on the end of the first checkout counter.

I walked into the ShurFine recently and was surprised (and pleased) to see a new box labeled TerraCycle sitting on the end of the first checkout counter.

Everyone needs to eat, and kids love a treat. Pulling something out to snack on during little moments in their day and suddenly they’ll start talking. My favorite little moments are right after school, during homework time, driving in the car, and when all the other kids are in bed. The kids especially love having some little moments with just Mom when normally they should be asleep.

From TerraCycle and Entenmann’s Little Bites: Through a free, national recycling program partnership with TerraCycle, sponsored by Entenmann’s Little Bites®, Hawthorn Elementary School South has helped the nationwide collection reach the milestone of 2.5 million snack pouches diverted from the waste stream. Along with keeping the pouches out of landfills, collectors earn points that can be redeemed for cash donations to the non-profit or school of the collector’s choice. Through the efforts of collectors like Hawthorn’s student body, donations have just passed $40,000.

Millard Elementary School in Fremont is kicking off the new year with good habits and keeping snack pouches out of landfills. Through a free, national recycling program in partnership with TerraCycle, sponsored by Entenmann's Little Bites¨, Millard Elementary School has helped the nationwide collection reach the milestone of 2 million snack pouches diverted from the waste stream. Along with keeping the pouches out of landfills, collectors earn points that can be redeemed for cash donations to the non-profit or school of the collector's choice. Through the efforts of collectors like Millard Elementary School, donations have just passed $35,000.   "The TerraCycle recycling program was started by Mrs. Ellen Ng at Millard, who single handedly supervised and recycled items through TerraCycle creating awareness and trying to educate the children about the importance of recycling," said Millard resident Subin Varghese. "When my older child was in kindergarten, I became interested in the program and myself and two other moms (Kyoko Ehling and Fumiko Moon) joined forces with Ellen."   TerraCycle is an international recycling company that finds innovative solutions for materials not typically accepted at municipal recycling facilities. Through free recycling programs, participants collect waste and ship using a pre-paid shipping label to TerraCycle for processing. TerraCycle recycles the waste into plastic that can be used for products such as park benches, recycling bins and playgrounds.   Varghese continued, "The TerraCycle program was successful because we had the support of our principal and we sent reminders to our school community on what to collect via our school newsletter. It definitely was a messy job, and time consuming. However, we are happy to do it because we are educating our kids about recycling and taking care of the environment."   The Entenmann's Little Bites Pouch Recycling Program is open to any individual, school or organization interested in reducing local landfill waste. To learn more about TerraCycle, please visit www.terracycle.com or www.littlebites.com.

Have you heard the news? Terracycle®, an international recycling company that turns waste into plastics that can be used for products such as park benches, recycling bins, a playgrounds has teamed up with Entenmann’s® Little Bites® to help eliminate waste and give you an opportunity to earn money for your school or favorite charity. My kids love Entenmann’s® Little Bites® so I can honestly say that we tend to always have an abundance of pouches laying around our house. Instead of throwing them in the trash, we’ve decided to gather them all up and send them in using a pre-paid shipping label from TerraCycle®. I always encourage recycling in our home, so why not take the extra step to mail in our Entenmann’s® Little Bites® pouches? The great thing about this recycling program is that it’s open to any individual, school or organization interested in reducing local landfill waste.

The Westfield Area Y announce that their preschool programs were recognized by the TerraCycle Recycling Company for all their efforts during the school year. Led by Mrs. Wolski, the Westfield Area Y Preschool, Kids Club and Kindergarten children and their families saved wrappers from snack time and brought some from home. The collecting of these recyclable items translated to points which can be used to provide meals for homeless people, school supplies, planting trees, clean water and farm animals in a third world country. TerraCycle offers national waste collection programs (Brigades) to collect previously non-recyclable or hard to recycle waste. The collected waste is then converted into new products, ranging from recycled park benches to up cycled backpacks. Visit http://www.terracycle.com/en-US to learn more about the organization and their national programs.

RIGHTON — Brighton resident Tiffany LoSasso recently placed in the top five in the Entenmann’s Little Bites Regional All-Stars recycling contest, sponsored by Entenmann’s and TerraCycle. LoSasso will receive $25 to donate to the charity of her choice.

Glenwood Middle School started a new club for students to help make the Earth a better place. In its first year, the Helping Our Planet Earth, or HOPE, Club focused on projects aimed at reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills.

This school year, Glenwood Middle School started a new club for students, HOPE. HOPE (Helping Our Planet Earth) club focuses on helping make the Earth a better place to live.