TRENTON, N.J. (WPVI) --A recycling company in Trenton is collecting millions of discarded cigarettes in an effort to turn them into something reusable. Discarded cigarette butts: they seem to be everywhere, littering the streets.

Saint Andrew will earn one ‘Playground Credit’ for each shipment of empty toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, and floss containers sent to TerraCycle by the students and teachers as part of the Recycled Playground Challenge sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive, ShopRite and TerraCycle.

Since I became Publisher in 2006, you’ve come to know the Williamson Herald as a wholesome family newspaper. The kind of publication you can sit down to with your family, including your children, for worthwhile community news that provokes meaningful discussion together that won’t offend.

The school has just reached the third level of TerraCycle and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade milestone contest by collecting more than 40,000 drink pouches. Through their recycling efforts, students have earned nearly $3,000 for the school.

With summer fast approaching, millions of people are eagerly preparing themselves for marathons, endurance competitions, and similar “extreme sport” events across the world. From Tough Mudder to the Ironman Triathlon, these massive competitions test the stamina and agility of people around the world every year.

Students of Frank Elementary in Perrysburg are earning prizes and money for charity for protecting the environment. The students have reached the second level of TerraCycle and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade milestone contest by collecting and recycling drink pouches they use at school and home.

West Haverstraw Elementary School has just reached the first level of TerraCycle and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade milestone contest by collecting more than 10,000 drink pouches. The students have earned over $200 for their school by collecting the drink pouches.

West Ridge Elementary students earn money and prizes for their school by collecting and recycling the drink pouches used at home and in the lunchroom. West Ridge Elementary has just reached the second level of TerraCycle and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade^® milestone contest by collecting more than 18,000 drink pouches. The students have earned over $1,300 for their school by collecting the drink pouches.

As part of TerraCycle and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade, the students have been collecting their empty drink pouches in the lunchroom at school and at home. Since they began, the students have reached the first level of the milestone contest by collecting and recycling more than 10,000 drink pouches, earning Redeemer Lutheran School over $700.

It’s easy to take water for granted in a country like the United States. Save for regions currently being devastated by drought (e.g. California), we practically have universal access to clean and meticulously tested municipal water. However, even with access to perfectly safe drinking water in our homes, schools and offices, we consume bottled water like it’s going out of style (it isn’t).