The contest is being sponsored by TerraCycle, Colgate and ShopRite. Webster Hill School is in third place, behind schools in New York State and Southington. The school that earns the most playground credits by June 13 wins the playground equipment.Webster Hill Elementary School has long been a TerraCycle partner and continues to recycle juice pouches, plastic bottles and aluminum cans through the TerraCycle program. The school has a great track record for its recycling efforts, with a very active student Environment Global Group, which promotes environmental protection and conservation.

Wendy Caraballo explains. “One interesting thing we do is partner up with Tom’s of Maine to reuse all of their scrap material that accumulates during the tube printing process. They use a third party company called TerraCycle that takes the Tom’s of Maine printed scrap and turns it into colorful tote bags that are sold in specialty grocery stores.

This challenge also resulted in the Green Mountain HQ in Austin gaining an additional onsite recycling option! Next to the batteries, plastic bag and electronics recycling station, we now have a box for toothpaste and shampoo containers and other related materials for recycling through the Tom’s of Main Terracycle program.

As far as up-cycling is concerned, Rocky Mountain Reuse Center is a place one can drop off used construction materials and purchase some for your house. Doors, cabinets, sinks, faucets, lumber and hardware can all be found there. The Resource is also a Terracycle drop off location and they take paired, reusable shoes, Colgate containers, and aluminum cans for the schools (please inform them it is for the school program).

Graduating senior Chelsea Lear-Ward from Levant will give the student address. With a major in community health education and a minor in environmental studies, she is interested in helping to promote health through sustainability. She came to UMF as a Mitchell Scholar and has been active on campus interning with the TerraCycle recycling program, coordinating events for the Farmington Farmers Market and helping to raise awareness of domestic violence. After graduation, she will be moving to Washington State to work in the wellness field.

She came to UMF as a Mitchell Scholar and has been active on campus interning with the TerraCycle recycling program, coordinating events for the Farmington Farmers Market and helping to raise awareness of domestic violence.

TerraCycle was born in 2001, with a pretty simple idea – worm poop and compost. It’s now a global company, and as such, it would be fairly easy for them to have gone all out remodeling their headquarters in Trenton, New Jersey.That’s not the case, though, and everything about their offices embraces who and what they are – in an incredibly awesome way. The company’s corporate image is evident the moment you walk in the door; the main entryway is decorated with graffiti, but it’s recycled graffiti, rescued from walls outside and remounted on the walls inside.

Global Pet Expo (GPE) always provides a chance to see, in person, the products and trends that are driving the pet marketplace—new items and brands taking flight, what leaders in the industry are talking about and developments that may shape future offerings. In addition, some manufacturers have partnered with recycling innovator TerraCycle to make pet food packaging green.

TerraCycle was born in 2001, with a pretty simple idea – worm poop and compost. It’s now a global company, and as such, it would be fairly easy for them to have gone all out remodeling their headquarters in Trenton, New Jersey.

Canadian import Open Farm dog food continues to up the ante; its plastic packaging is now nationally recyclable in the U.S. through TerraCycle, a Trenton, N.J.-based recycler and manufacturer of consumer goods from traditionally non recyclable waste.