After you have enjoyed your fajitas, please visit TerraCycle <http://terracycle.net/> and join in their mission to outsmart waste. TerraCycle has partnered with Mission Foods <http://www.missionfoods.com/> to collect the usually non-recyclable wrappers from tortillas, chips, and other food products and, indeed, recycle them. These food wrappers can be turned into backpacks, plant grow kits and mini speakers (anda whole lot more!). School and community groups can join the "Brigade" and earn 2 cents per item for the charity of their choice!

Location: Old Navy, 47196 Michigan Ave., west of Canton Center Road, Canton Details: If you get new flip flops to start the summer season, don't throw those old ones in the trash. In an effort to reduce waste, TerraCycle Inc. and Old Navy are partnering in a drive to collect used flip flops and recycle them into four public playgrounds around the country. Just stop by an Old Navy store through May 21 to deposit used flip flops in designated collection bins.

  Through May 21, Old Navy shoppers can deposit their used flip-flops into specially marked collection bins. TerraCycle will then recycle the flip-flops into playgrounds to be donated to communities around the country. TerraCycle is an international upcycling and recycling company that encourages consumers to rethink waste and makes it easy to have a positive impact on the environment. Several county schools participate in TerraCycle’s upcycling programs, including Salem Church Elementary, Woolridge Elementary, Bettie Weaver Elementary and James River High.

A company named TerraCycle <http://cut.ms/bf7Y>  has partnered with Mission Foods <http://cut.ms/bf7Z>  to collect usually non-recyclable wrappers from tortilla packages, chips, and other products.  Organizations in your area can contribute to the recycling project by collecting packaging, send to TerraCycle <http://cut.ms/bf7Y>  and in return, get 2 cents per item for the charity of choice (chosen by you or the organization).

Go green this Cinco de Mayo with recipes from Mission Foods <http://www.missionfoods.com>  and TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net> . This does not mean that food itself is green; instead, the wrappers from the food products are surprisingly recyclable.

Go green this Cinco de Mayo with recipes from Mission Foods <http://www.missionfoods.com>  and TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net> . This does not mean that food itself is green; instead, the wrappers from the food products are surprisingly recyclable.

The following recipes and photos were all supplied by Mission Foods  <http://www.missionfoods.com/> and TerraCycle <http://http://www.terracycle.net/> . All recipes and photos are used by permission. Mission Foods makes those delicious tortillas and chips that can be found at Reasor’s <http://www.brokenarrowok.gov/index.aspx?page=796>  and other area stores. These wonderful products are delicious, but did you know that they’re good for the environment too? Mission has partnered with TerraCycle, a recycling company that will recycle those used Misson Food wrappers. If you’d like more information on recycling or how to get involved, visit TerraCycle’s website.

TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net./> , a company that up-cycles and recycles food wrappers and other waste into bright backpacks, plant-grow kits, even mini-speakers, has partnered with Mission Foods <http://www.missionmenus.com/Default.aspx>  to collect the usually non-recyclable wrappers from tortillas, chips, and other food products and recycle them.

It's Cinco de Mayo, a Mexican holday that is celebrated throughout the globe, and this Cinco de Mayo this cooking mama is going green. Thats right folks we are talking about recycling and going green in our kitchens. We are familiar with the normal recyclables, but what happens to the products that are considered non-recyclable? It is sent to a landfill and sits and can release toxic gases into the air, and poison our water supply. I had the oppertunity to speak with Megan Yarnell from Terracycle, one of the fastest growing green companies in the world. Terracycle has created a nationwide recycling programs for those items that were previously non-recyclable. They upcycle or recycle products like Lay's potato chip bags, Capri Sun drink pouches, and Mission Foods tortilla bags, they turn them into plastic pelets, or re-purpose them.

Cinco de Mayo is almost here. This year, you and your family can cook, celebrate and recycle by making recipes with Mission Foods products, saving the packaging and sending it to TerraCycle. TerraCycle is an environmentally-friendly and rapidly expanding company that recycles and “upcycles” waste, such as food packaging and small electronics. Then, using these waste products, the company manufactures a wide variety of consumer goods, including picture frames, CD cases and even fences. According to the company’s official website, “TerraCycle’s purpose is to eliminate the idea of waste. We do this by creating national recycling systems for the previously non-recyclable. The process starts by offering collection programs (many of them free) to collect your waste and then convert the collected waste into a wide range of products and materials.”