Children at Rainbow Cottage preschool in Whangamata are diverting non-recyclable yoghurt pouches and toothbrushes from landfill. Once the yoghurt pouch and oral care waste is collected, Rainbow Cottage packs and sends them to TerraCycle, who shreds, cleans and melts them down into raw materials to create garden beds, park benches and playgrounds.
The kids at Rainbow Cottage preschool in Whangamata are diverting non-recyclable yoghurt pouches from landfill on behalf of the community as part of a recycling programme operated by Fonterra. In doing so, the preschool has the chance to win a pack of lunch bags and pencil cases made from upcycled yoghurt pouches, in a national recycling competition called the Fonterra Snap, Recycle & Win competition.
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You're never too young to save the environment. That's a lesson the children at Wellington's Capital City Preschool are learning well, as they save kilograms of plastic yoghurt pouches from heading to the landfill as part of a national recycling programme.
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The children at New Brighton Playcentre are collecting their toothbrushes and yoghurt cartons for recycling. The efforts are part of TerraCycle's Oral Care Recycling programme, teaching minors the importance of recycling and limiting the rubbish that goes into the ocean. The reason for recycling toothbrushes in particular, is that they are a heavy dense floatable plastic.
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