Ronnow Elementary, Wolff Elementary, Adams All-Stars Elementary, Tarr Elementary, Thompson Elementary and Stuckey Elementary schools in Las Vegas participated in a nationwide recycling effort that recycled 200 million Capri Sun drink pouches. The schools collected drink pouches through TerraCycle’s Drink Pouch Brigade to help the environment and earn money for their schools.
Teacher Lorien Gilbert started the recycling program last year after learning about TerraCycle, a company that transforms glue sticks, pens and other materials not usually considered recyclable into new products.
Go Postal! TerraCycle has a number of great upcycled products: from totes to iPad cases to pouches, these upcycled mail bags look great. Stitched together from decommissioned USPS cotton-canvas mail sacks.
To celebrate Capri-Sun and TerraCycle’s milestone of recycling 200 million drink pouches and donating $4 million to charities since 2008, Bible Center School has joined a “drink pouch brigade” and will collect pouches from the lunchroom and classroom.
TerraCycle, an upcycling and recycling company that collects and repurposes difficult-to-recycle items, picks up the school’s recycled items.
In addition to composting, over the last seven years, students have recycled more than 120,000 bottles and cans and recently expanded to include TerraCycle products like Solo cups and granola bar wrappers.
In honor of Earth Day, we felt obliged to do a little trash talking with TerraCycle’s Founder and CEO, Tom Szaky. Overflowing with knowledge, Tom schooled us on some of the top waste management misconceptions plaguing the United States and beyond.
This is the first year we have done anything like this. Items will be sent to Terracycle, a recycling company that is collecting hair care, skin care and cosmetic product packaging for their free Personal Care and Beauty Brigade program.
After kids snack on their favorite Entenmann’s Little Bites muffins and brownies, including the newest flavor Strawberry Yogurt, they send the empty pouches to TerraCycle to be turned into new products
The Entenmann’s Little Bites “Recycle… Reuse… Replenish” Fully Recyclable Lunch Earth Day campaign teaches kids the importance of reducing waste while earning money for their schools by redeeming Little Bites pouches for cash and points with recycling partner TerraCycle® through the Entenmann’s Little Bites Pouch Brigade®.
