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Iowa crayon recycling program shows cost of handling unique items

Dive Brief:
  • The Hurstville Interpretive Center in Maquoketa, IA, home to the Jackson County conservation department, has been attracting attention for its crayon recycling efforts in recent months, as reported by WQAD.
  • Students and residents have become engaged in the program, bringing in an estimated 200 pounds of crayons over the past six weeks. Though the cost of shipping these crayons to a company called Crazy Crayons (about $19 per box) is too high for them to continue. They plan to stop the program in June unless enough donations are received.
  • Colorado-based Crazy Crayons recycles the old writing utensils into new products for schools and nonprofits. The company estimates that more than 12 million crayons are manufactured each day, though minimal recycling options are available for them.
Dive Insight: Compared to the many, many tons of other refuse and recyclables that the industry deals with every year, crayons may seem like a minor element.

Hively Avenue Preschool competing for playground made of recycled toothpaste tubes, floss

ELKHART — Hively Avenue Preschool is competing to win a playground made from recycled oral care waste through the third annual Recycled Playground Challenge, courtesy of Colgate-Palmolive, Meijer and TerraCycle. Hively Avenue Preschool will earn one "Playground Credit" for each unit of oral care waste, such as empty toothpaste tubes and floss containers, sent to TerraCycle for recycling. A unit is defined as 0.02 pounds of used, post-consumer oral care products and packaging. An additional credit is earned for every online vote cast for the school at www.meijer.com/colgate by June 30. The grand prize is a playground made from recycled oral care waste collected through the Colgate Oral Care Recycling Program, a free national program operated by Colgate and TerraCycle

The power of recycling - St. Katharine Drexel Catholic School enters recycling contest for a new playground.

Who knew old toothpaste tubes and floss containers could bring joy to students? The innovative recycling company TerraCycle did. This year, in conjunction with Colgate and ShopRite, TerraCycle is hosting its fourth annual Recycled Playground Challenge, during which hundreds of schools compete to win a new playground. Right now, St. Katharine Drexel Catholic School in Southampton is in the lead. The school’s only playground was recently closed due to safety reasons and much-needed repairs, so this opportunity to get a new space couldn’t have come at a better time.  

TerraCycle With 4-H

LINCOLNTON, N.C. - Lincoln County 4-H is involved with a national recycling project and is asking you to help gather hard-to-recycle waste for our 2017 Terracycle Recycling Project. Waste items may include: drink pouches, salty snack bags, toothpaste, health and beauty bottles (no aerosol cans), any #6 cups (no Styrofoam), and cell phones. Your products will be recycled by Terracycle and restored into environmental friendly materials such as school supplies for students in need for upcoming school years.

Since You Can't Sell It, Here's What to Do With an Expired Car Seat

You can finally get rid of that expired car seat that's been chillin' in the garage forever

We overlook expiration dates on a lot of things, but a car seat is one expiration date that should definitely not be ignored.
There's an end date on all car seats for many reasons — most are made from plastic, and plastic tends to break down, for one — and it really is a safety measure to get rid of them when the manufacturer recommends. But since you can't re-sell or even donate your child's old car seat for another family to use, what the heck are you supposed to do with it? Well, you actually have some really great options.

Trash diverted into treasure at A.G. Baillie Memorial School

Noah Fievet and Sam Wagner, students at A.G. Baillie Memorial School, show the recyclables collected by the school that will be turned into new products, while also raising money for the school.
NEW GLASGOW – A.G. Baillie Memorial School is in the running to win a new garden and a picnic table, made from recycled materials collected by students.
The New Glasgow elementary school has been collecting Lunchmate containers and squeeze pouches for several years, with the materials being sent to recycling company TerraCycle.
That company takes packaging that’s typically not recycled and turns it into new products, diverting it from landfills and incinerators.
The waste collected is melted into plastic pellets that can be moulded into such things as pencil cases, Frisbees, benches, picnic tables and playgrounds.
For each piece of waste sent in, participants earn points that can be translated into cash donations to the school.

Paradise Knoll competing in playground challenge

OAK RIDGE — Paradise Knoll Green Team is competing to win a playground made from recycled oral care waste through the fourth annual Recycled Playground Challenge, courtesy of Colgate-Palmolive (“Colgate”), the global oral care leader; ShopRite, which has more than 260 stores in the Northeast; and recycling pioneer TerraCycle. Paradise Knoll Green Team will earn one (1) ‘Playground Credit’ for each unit ("unit" defined as 0.02 lbs of used, post-consumer oral care products and packaging) of oral care waste, such as empty toothpaste tubes and floss containers, sent to TerraCycle for recycling. An additional credit is earned for every online vote cast for the school at www.terracycle.com/colgateshopriteplayground2017 before June 30. The grand prize playground will be made from recycled oral care waste collected through the Colgate Oral Care Recycling Program, a free, national program operated by Colgate and TerraCycle.

Coast Cleanup Awareness Day

The Ocean Blue Project, whose main focus is to protect and conserve the environment through education and by providing service learning projects, has some exciting news. Founder Richard Arterbury and his team’s efforts gained the attention of Governor Kate Brown, who recently proclaimed April 23rd to be Annual Oregon Coast Cleanup Awareness Day. This was in direct response to plastic washing up on the Oregon Coast at an alarming rate and Ocean Blue’s work to create a zero-landfill solution for the Oregon Coast by working with partners to recycle collected plastic. Ocean Blue has been partnering with TerraCycle, an organization that works with conscientious individuals and companies to upcycle collected plastic into new consumer products. One such company is Head & Shoulders, which launched a project to use 25% of beach plastic for their shampoo bottles.

From butts to benches: Help bring cigarette recycling to Philly

If ripping butts were an arena sporting event, Philly would show up wheezing and take home the title belt every year. We have more cigarette smokers than any of the 10 largest U.S. cities, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the good news is there’s now a chance for our tar-lunged populace to do some good for the environment. Litter-prevention organization Keep Philadelphia Beautiful is accepting applications for $5,000 in microgrants that will allow community-organizations to turn discarded cig butts into useful things. Here’s a list of useful things to do with cigarette butts:

2017 be Waste Wise Pioneers List - Organizations

We are proud to announce the 2017 be Waste Wise Pioneers List which recognizes the 30 organizations that are effectively sharing solutions to waste management and stories about their work. We analyzed 900 social media accounts to find this year’s Pioneers, an increase from 750 in 2016. In its earlier versions, this was called the Waste Influencers List. We believe change and leadership can arise from every part of the society. Communication is a key aspect in fostering and facilitating such change and leadership. We are publishing this list to encourage an ongoing dialogue and enhance opportunities for collaboration.