However, the option remains to gather the spent pods and ship them to TerraCycle, along with a processing fee to cover their shredding or their transport to one of the few Canadian outfits that can handle Keurig’s plastic. Also, they can be returned to Keurig for incineration.

D'Addario has teamed with the global recycling organization TerraCycle to create Playback, a safe and independent way to recycle and upcycle instrument strings.

Who: Magnolia residents What: Car seat collection program! Bring old car seats to be recycled instead of taking up room in your home or being thrown in a landfill. Exchanging an old car seat in exchange for a 20% off coupon for a new one! Where: Target store 2356 32858 FM 2978 Rd, Magnolia, TX 77354 When: April 17- May 7, 2016 Why: This program is aimed to reduce the number of car seats in landfills and to gain recycled materials that can be used to make new products. How: Target will send all the collected car seats to TerraCycle where they are recycled!

Bibby is a finalist in the Febreze Frenzy Contest, as one of the top collectors of traditionally non-recyclable air and home care packaging waste, such as trigger heads from spray bottles.  For information, see terracycle.ca/en-CA/pages/febreze-frenzy.

Did you know that April is Earth Month? It is a pretty important month seeing as we all have to live here as do our future generations. Earth Month is a reminder that we need to keep the planet healthy and clean. Tom’s of Maine is a company that believes basically everyday can be Earth Day. For over 45 years they have been inspired to make natural, effective products while still nurturting the environment. With the average family producing nearly 125 pounds of trash every week, Tom’s of Maine is encouraging families to keep as much waste out of landfills as possible.

On the cusp of a weekend that’s sure to offer an eclectic array of musical performances and shows, Lake Avenue based Russo Music is hosting a free guitar restring and recycling event. Starting at 5 p.m. Wednesday, guitarists can bring their acoustic and electric instruments into the Lake Avenue shop.

Many individuals are under the impression that some materials, products and forms of packaging are not recyclable by design or composition. While this is a commonly held belief among many people across the world, it is simply untrue. The real barrier preventing our most common waste streams from being recycled has to do with only one thing: economics.

Cigarette butts are not normally given top billing in discussions about tobacco-related problems. But they should be, according to environmental experts. The USDA estimates that about 360 billion cigarettes are consumed in the U.S. each year. Close to two-thirds of those butts — 234 billion — are tossed as litter, according to a study by the environmental group Keep America Beautiful.

Everyone’s talking about Juicero, a just-launched, cold-pressed juicer for home use that’s incredibly novel in its ability to liquify your veggies. The San Francisco start-up has raised a whopping $100 million from investors and is about to raise more. Given the serious financial heft behind this company and the healthy kitchen gadget’s $699 price tag, Juicero is being called everything from “revolutionary” and “the Keurig of juicers” for its single-serve style—to overpriced, and thus not capitalizing on the opportunity to get more people juicing.