Hey you! That’s not how it’s spelled is it? What am I talking about? You wonder.. What are Dropps? You ask !… Well, they are pre-measured, compact (6x concentrated) laundry detergent in these convenient, easy to use, dissolvable detergent packets that you throw into your Washer and go. Sweet right? Yeah, they sure are. There’s no mess, no heavy jug to LUG around, measuring and reading the back to get the amount just right (different detergents with different rules) plus they are Eco friendly, which in my opinion is the #1 reason why I even wanted to try them, well, not the only reason, but the fact that Dropps is greener for the planet, it’s formula has been approved by the EPA’s Design for Environment (DfE) program, it recognizes formulas with safer chemistry.

How can you use flip-flops in a new way? One company found the answer. It used about 20,000 old flip-flops to build playgrounds for kids! Those flip-flops would have otherwise ended up in the trash.

As a proactive way to help the environment and also raise money for charity, Saint Xavier University students are being highly encouraged to take part in the university’s terracycling efforts. Although the terracycling program has already had a strong presence at the university, one of the program’s main organizers— Mercy Students for Peace and Justice (MSPJ)—would like SXU students to become more informed on what exactly terracycling is. “It’s a program created to recycle things that normally aren’t recyclable,” said Rachael Dean, president of MSPJ, as she briefly summed up the main purpose ofterracycling. Besides mentioning the program’s main mission, Dean also further commented on what occurs to the items that are collected through theterracycling bins. “We collect all these items and we send them to the company. The company then sorts through it and they make things out of what we gave them,” said Dean. The terracycling program, as Dean said, creates different items from many of the things that have been put into its bins. Several of the items manufactured include pouches, backpacks, totes and even notebooks.

TerraCycle Brigade member Wanda Harwell was featured as the Awesome Woman of the Month in April's Ladies' Home Journal

Some plastics are easier to recycle than others. Municipalities that accept plastic for recycling generally accept numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4. This is because recyclers have an easier time of finding buyers for these. And like most businesses, supply and demand is what drives success or failure in the recycling industry.

By Rick LeBlanc, About.com Guide One of the challenges in striving to reach zero landfill is what to do with materials that are not readily recyclable. With sufficient volume, there is usually a demand for scrap paper or plastic, or standard 48x40 inch pallets, but what about for other materials? Increasingly, as we push towards diverting more materials from landfills, technologies and infrastructure are developing to address some of these items. The goal is to make more of these exotic materials mainstream recyclables instead. Let’s look at some of these.

Lester C. Noecker School, the Roseland Environmental Commission, the Roseland Green Team and Sustainable Roseland are collecting these and other personal care items in celebration of April as “Earth Month,” as well as Earth Day, which is Sunday, April 22. The school is participating in TerraCycle’s Personal Care and Beauty Brigade.  Each year millions of personal care products and beauty product packages are needlessly discarded and end up in landfills.  To divert them from landfills and to help create a second life for these items, each class will collect used personal care and beauty packages during the month of April.   A representative from the “Green Team” will pick up the items periodically and ship them directly to TerraCycle, where they will ultimately be recycled into fun and innovative products. The class that recycles the greatest number of items will win a certificate for each student and teacher to be used at the  Roseland Farmers’ Market, which opens in June and runs through November at the corner of Roseland and Harrison avenues.  The trip to the market will help teach students about accessing locally grown fresh food, and give them an opportunity to develop relationships with local growers and artisans who are raising awareness about the food system and promoting healthy eating habits.

Ishani rewattkemeet is the march community green award winner in Columbus, GA. Ishani is a seven year member of the girl scouts and started a project with TerraCycle by recycling products and packaging in her community.

Schools render plenty of waste products that’s carelessly gotten rid of when it can be recycled. An extraordinary recycling program known as TerraCycle has brought about a major change in the recycling routines of schools in the United States. This method takes the initiative to recover food packaging items that are difficult to recycle and in addition pays schools for their hard work. According to a MichigansThumb.com report, the plan awards points to schools based on the amount of recyclable goods provided to TerraCycle. The advent of single-serve food items has amplified the amount of disposable waste and added to an evergrowing pile of detrimental waste products in landfills.