Starting in September, the free recycling program - operated by eco-pioneer TerraCycle – will include tiered rewards that allow participants to earn prizes as they also earn money for their school or charity.
Through a TerraCycle program called the Candy Wrapper Brigade, which awards points for each wrapper collected, the Center for the Performing Arts aims to provide 100 homeless, runaway or at-risk children with a year’s worth of school supplies to pursue their studies.
First grade teacher, Karri Stephenson, initiated the drive after finding the contest online earlier in September. If JLE students collect 200,000 aluminum foil juice pouches before August 2014, the school can win a new playground made of recycled materials from TerraCycle
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And for everything else,
TerraCycle collects
junk of all kinds, from empty Scotch tape dispensers to used highlighters. The company offers free shipping for most items they collect, and awards you a monetary credit for each item received, which they will donate to the cause of your choice. Check out their website to see what they're collecting now
Sur La Table stores nationwide have recycling receptacles for both brands, while Williams-Sonoma accepts Nespresso at select locations. All capsules are sent to recycling pioneer TerraCycle where the leftover coffee inside the capsules will be sent to an industrial composting facility while the actual packaging from the capsule will be recycled into a variety of new products.
Sur La Table stores nationwide have recycling receptacles for both brands, while Williams-Sonoma accepts Nespresso at select locations. All capsules are sent to recycling pioneer TerraCycle where the leftover coffee inside the capsules will be sent to an industrial composting facility while the actual packaging from the capsule will be recycled into a variety of new products.
Sur La Table stores nationwide have recycling receptacles for both brands, while Williams-Sonoma accepts Nespresso at select locations. All capsules are sent to recycling pioneer TerraCycle where the leftover coffee inside the capsules will be sent to an industrial composting facility while the actual packaging from the capsule will be recycled into a variety of new products.
I was inspired to look into TerraCycle's program for my organizations goals when I learned about Capri Sun's partnership with them. If you're not familiar with TerraCycle, they take products that can be hard to recycle and make them into green products that are affordable.
Through the end of October, a joint promotion between TerraCycle and the MOM Brands Cereal Bag Brigade will let you turn empty cereal bags and liners into a cool gift.
Rewards Are in the Bag for Cereal Lovers - Earth911.com
However, Urbana H.S. Family & Consumer Science will collect those and send them into TerraCycle who can turn them into other products. If you would put these items in an envelope, bag or box and send them through the district mail and send them to me, we would gladly take care of them.
