Six Flags Recycling Event/Discount with Krafts Cheese:Kraft and Six Flags are offering discounts at parks across the country for visitors who bring in specially marked string cheese packaging for recycling. The packaging will be sent to my company, TerraCycle, and made into plastic products including plastic lumber and plastic pavers. Visitors who bring specially marked Kraft String Cheese packaging to Six Flags will receive $15 off general admission any day of the week. Polly-O packaging (only available on the East Coast) is good for $15 off general admission every day, or a free kids ticket with purchase of general admission on a weekday. Six Flags and Kraft have teamed up with TerraCycle to collect and recycle the cheese packaging. Normally, this packaging is not recyclable in most areas of the country , and this is the first time it will be recycled! TerraCycle will make the packaging into eco-friendly plastic products including trash cans, flower pots, plastic plywood, park benches, and picnic tables. Visitors can continue recycling packaging that is usually non-recyclable by signing up for TerraCycle’s Brigade program, through which these items are collected. For every piece of trash that a Brigade sends in, they will receive two points, which can be put towards a specific charity gift or converted to cash and donated to the participant’s charity of choice.

The economy has undoubtedly impacted every aspect of American life, including the way people spend their money. The shrinking retail sales may be a tell-all about a reduction in consumerism — whether by necessity or because it’s trendy — but there’s one other number that may indicate America’s love for “stuff” is changing. For the past few years, the amount of garbage generated nationwide has been decreasing: According to the Environmental Protection Agency, between 2007 and 2009 (the last year available), municipal solid waste (a.k.a. garbage) generation went from 255 million tons to 243 million. Still, considering that amount is double that of four or five decades ago, it’s easy to understand the efforts to promote and encourage recycling. Consumers, of course, are complying, recovering about 34 percent of materials nationwide (from less than 10 percent 30 years ago). But while paper recycling has become second nature (and 64 percent of it is diverted from the landfill), a growing number of people are looking for ways to recycle various other things that usually go into the trash, from candy wrappers and Ziplock bags to potato chip bags and Elmer’s glue sticks.

(ARA) - As a parent, you'd like your home, community, and children's schools to be greener. Unfortunately, daily life can get in the way of that. You have limited time and budget in which to make the world around you a more sustainable place. But fortunately, going green doesn't have to be difficult, time-consuming or expensive. In fact, a smart and savvy parent can go green and save green at the same time. Here are a few easy ways you can change the world for the better, and even have fun while you're at it: * Get trashy - As a parent you probably go through lots of food for your kids that comes in difficult- or impossible-to-recycle packaging, as far as you know. There's a company called TerraCycle that makes products like umbrellas to backpacks, gardening products to recycling bins from recycled trash. TerraCycle works directly with the public, enlisting their help in the form of "brigades," - self-organized groups of people, typically schools - that collect packaging. The newest collected product is Malt-O-Meal, the cereal company that long ago decided to "Bag the Box," skipping the paper box that is typical of cereals; that alone already reducing the packaging by 75 percent.

Fisher’s Creek — Jaynee Haygood’s short essay about the steps she’s taking to make this world greener for her children was chosen as the grand prize winner in the Protecting the Planet for Baby Contest, sponsored by TerraCycle and Sprout Organic Baby Food. In her essay, she mentions everything from recycling to vermicomposting and says she wants her growing babies “to see the simple changes that I make so they can teach their babies when they grow up.” For her efforts, she will receive a $100 cash prize for the green project of her choosing, a month’s supply of Sprout Organic Baby Food, and TerraCycle products. Because her kids are no longer babies, Haygood said she will donate the baby food to an area emergency-services provider to the homeless, Share. TerraCycle is a recycling and “upcycling” company that collects nonrecyclable and difficult-to-recycle waste, and uses it to make affordable, eco-friendly products.

Recycle Today For anyone having a barbeque today, there is now a new way to recycle Non-recyclable trash. Send it for free to TerraCycle to be recycled. TerraCycle collects difficult-to-recycle food packaging such as Frito-Lay chip bags, Kraft Singles cheese packaging, Scott paper towel and napkin wrapping, and Solo plastic cups. Anyone can send in their used products and packaging to be upcycled and recycled. or every piece of packaging that TerraCycle receives, participants are awarded with two points, which can be put toward buying a specific charity gift or converted to money and donated to a charity of the participant’s choice. There are Brigade teams in your area, including Plymouth River School. To sign up, visit, www.terracycle.net.

Kraft and Six Flags are offering discounts at parks across the country for visitors who bring in specially marked string cheese packaging for recycling. The packaging will be sent to my company, TerraCycle, and made into plastic products including plastic lumber and plastic pavers.

Six Flags Recycling Event/Discount with Krafts Cheese:Kraft and Six Flags are offering discounts at parks across the country for visitors who bring in specially marked string cheese packaging for recycling. The packaging will be sent to my company, TerraCycle, and made into plastic products including plastic lumber and plastic pavers. Visitors who bring specially marked Kraft String Cheese packaging to Six Flags will receive $15 off general admission any day of the week. Polly-O packaging (only available on the East Coast) is good for $15 off general admission every day, or a free kids ticket with purchase of general admission on a weekday. Six Flags and Kraft have teamed up with TerraCycle to collect and recycle the cheese packaging. Normally, this packaging is not recyclable in most areas of the country , and this is the first time it will be recycled! TerraCycle will make the packaging into eco-friendly plastic products including trash cans, flower pots, plastic plywood, park benches, and picnic tables. Visitors can continue recycling packaging that is usually non-recyclable by signing up for TerraCycle’s Brigade program, through which these items are collected. For every piece of trash that a Brigade sends in, they will receive two points, which can be put towards a specific charity gift or converted to cash and donated to the participant’s charity of choice.

… unique “green” start up company. TerraCycle’s purpose is to eliminate the idea of waste. Because… if you think about it.. in nature waste does not exist.  Those are humans who have created non-recyclable waste. Non-recyclable for nature but recyclable for TerraCycle! TerraCycle –hereafter TC. How does it work? Basically TC creates waste collection programs, “brigades,” for all kinds of typically non-recyclable waste and turn the collected waste into new products, ranging from recycled park benches or garbage bins to upcycled backpacks, pencil holders or jewelry. Recycled means the waste is reformed into new material but upcycled means that the waste material is reused.

While most places will close on Monday to celebrate and remember the birthday of our country, one program will not be taking the day to rest. Independence Day, which is a federally observed holiday, will fall on Monday. On this day, all state and local government offices, including courts, will be closed. In addition, banks and post offices will be closed, and regular mail will not be delivered. All NJ Transit trains, Light Rail trains, and bus routes, will follow a weekend schedule instead of the normal weekday schedule. The PATH train will operate on a Saturday schedule. Although much will be closed on Monday, one company will be working even harder on July 4. TerraCycle, an innovative upcycling and recycling company, will be helping West Orange to stay clean and have an environmentally friendly day of festivities. TerraCycle is based in Trenton, with the goal to eliminate waste. It collects non-recyclable materials and uses them to make eco friendly products from consumer waste such as bags, and purses. To collect, TerraCycle organizes brigades of recyclers in every state in the US, as well as in 14 different countries. These brigades can be made up of schools, organizations, or even households. TerraCycle then assists these schools and charities by donating two cents for each item received. "There has been a collection brigade in West Orange for a little while now," said David Smith, a public relations correspondent for TerraCycle. Although West Orange has already been collecting, July 4 is an extra opportunity to recycle, because more waste will be generated from parties and barbeques. "Schools and local organizations are making sure after the parties are over this Monday that the trash cans are not full of waste, but instead reused and recycled," said Smith. "It's an excellent opportunity for the groups to really rally the collection." People can join the existing West Orange brigade, or start their own, by signing up on TerraCycle’s website,www.TerraCycle.net. Sign-up is simple, and participation is free. TerraCycle provides boxes for waste and pays all shipping costs.

TerraCycle, a national organization, offers a way for people to “diminish their trace on the Earth” this summer by sending their non-recyclable trash to TerraCycle. For example, the organization “upcycles” some wrappers into tote bags. The company collects over 40 different kinds of waste, according to Stacey Cusack, public relations manager. People have to sign up for the program before they can send in their waste free of charge. A Logan area school is participating in the TerraCycle program.