Remind people that just 22 cents provides a nutritional meal, and that every time people do any of the following, then we can feed more children through FMSC!!!
1. Collect items for our TerraCycle campaign: plastic health and beauty containers, solo cups, cereal bags, cleaner pumps and caps.
D’Addario has teamed with the global recycling organization TerraCycle to create Playback, a safe and independent way to recycle and upcycle instrument strings. Currently, municipal recycling systems in the United States do not accept instrument strings because of the metals and alloys they are made from.
Canajoharie Elementary School will earn one 'Playground Credit' for each shipment of empty toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, and floss containers sent to TerraCycle by the students and teachers, and one credit for every online vote cast for the school at www.terracycle.com/colgateshopriteplayground before June 12.
The contest was sponsored by TerraCycle. Cedar Ridge Elementary School was the first-runner prize. They were the second organization to collect 200,000 pouches in the nationwide Capri Sun Milestone Program.
TerraCycle is an innovative company that not only pays charitable groups to collect nonrecyclables, but then upcycles these materials to make functional items like a gift setcontaining Circuit Board Coasters, a Clipboard and Picture Frame ($20) to help prevent more than 3-million tons of electronic waste from landfills.
04-20-16--Long Island Weekly(Print)
The business is also partnering with recycling company
TerraCycle, where clients can bring in products like makeup containers to recycle and raise money for charity.
To eliminate waste, workers use crystal nail files that can be disinfected instead of disposable emery boards.
The contest, sponsored by Colgate, ShopRite and TerraCycle, gives “credits” to participating schools that send in their recyclable oral waste, such as toothpaste tubes and mouthwash containers. Schools can also earn points with every vote they receive online.
The natural pet food brand has announced the expansion of their partnership with global recycling leader, TerraCycle. As part of the free program, pet parents nationally can recycle their Wellness Complete Health, Wellness CORE and Wellness TruFood dry packaging for dogs and cats, either at participating pet food retailers, or by shipping their empty pet food bags directly to TerraCycle in exchange for points that can be redeemed for a variety of charitable gifts.
The contest, sponsored by Colgate, ShopRite and TerraCycle, gives “credits” to participating schools that send in their recyclable oral waste, such as toothpaste tubes and mouthwash containers. Schools can also earn points with every vote they receive online.
Here’s a list of some common items and what to do with them to help you figure it all out:
Pens, Brita filters, and other Tough stuff
Turn to
TerraCycle, a recycling company that offers
recycling programs that are funded by brands but free to you. The company is “eliminating the idea of waste” by reusing, upcycling, and recycling materials that aren’t usually accepted by curbside recycling programs.