"It smells. It's nasty," said Gwen Shindel, who teaches fourth and fifth grade at Prairie Winds Elementary School in Monument. But not one student has complained about the school's efforts to save normally unrecyclable food packaging from ending up in the garbage.

During the school year, the Westfield Area Y’s Preschool, Kids Club and Kindergarten staff organized and implemented a Recycling program through the TerraCycle recycling company.

During the school year, the Westfield Area Y's Preschool, Kids Club and Kindergarten staff organized and implemented a Recycling program through the TerraCycle recycling company.

WOOD RIDGE, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A New Jersey first-grader is on a mission to secure a new playground for her elementary school.

Entenmann’s is partnering with TerraCycle, an international leader in the collection and reuse of non-recyclable post-consumer waste, for the “Turn Trash to Cash” campaign that helps kids earn cash for their schools.

Students at Hayden R. Lawrence Upper Elementary have collected more than 17,600 snack bags to recycle, making them top collectors in a free national recycling program created by The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. and TerraCycle.

For the third year, St. Francis Xavier School students are working to recycle small electronics, ink cartridges, glue stick containers, crayons and other items to save them from the landfill and promote good stewardship of the Earth.

Bethany United Church of Christ is located at 1235 Broad Blvd. on the northeast corner of Broad and 13th Street. Bethany encourages visitors to join in worship with them on Sunday or to participate in one of the many activities offered during the week. The church is beginning a new recycle opportunity through TerraCycle, a free waste collection program for hard to recycle materials. The collected waste is turned into affordable green products. Bethany will begin collecting Entenmann's Little Bites pouches, will send them to TerraCycle and get money back. Look for the collection boxes at church. For more information, visit the website at www.bethanyucc.org or call the church office at 330-923-5277.

It's Hump Day!!  This means the week is halfway over, and that there are only 7 days left of students.  If you read my post from Monday then you know our school had a Green School Celebration that day.  I am totally taking this post to BRAG about how awesome our school is!! First, we are the FIRST and ONLY Green School in our county.  That includes the 17 elementary, 6 middle schools, and 5 high schools.  We were awarded this honor by theMaryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education and means that we use a "holistic, integrated approach to authentic learning that incorporates local environmental issue investigation and professional development with environmental best management practices and community stewardship".  We have been working ALL year to meet this goal, and I think we totally rocked it!!! Every grade level took on a different environmental project, everything from creating safe habitats for local animals to planting local plants, recycling and collecting rain water to use to water the landscaping.  Here's a run-down of what each grade level was responsible for: Kindergarten - Building and maintaining butterfly houses, participating in a TerraCycle Brigade to recycle Entenmann's Little Bite Pouches. 1st Grade - Building and maintaining bird houses, participating in a TerraCycle Brigade to recycle Elmer's glue sticks/bottles and Lunchables containers.