Old Navy has teamed up with TerraCycle to recycle old flip flops! The
Flip Flop Replay program started on Earth Day and will run through May 21. In each Old Navy location, you will find a Flip Flop Replay collection box like this:
TerraCycle will then recycle your flip flops into playgrounds. Yes, playgrounds. And at the end of the campaign, four deserving schools will be given these recycled playgrounds. How amazing! My junk will make for play time for kids for years to come!
On May 5, we will celebrate Cinco de Mayo and … recycling! How could the two meet in green happiness? TerraCycle, has partnered with Mission Foods to collect the usually non-recyclable wrappers from tortillas, chips, and other food products and recycle them.
TerraCycle publicist Megan Yarnall explained, “After feasting on Chicken Fajitas, the packaging can be sent to TerraCycle, a company which upcycles and recycles food wrappers and other waste into bright backpacks, plant grow kits, and even mini speakers. With Mission and TerraCycle, New Hampshire children and parents alike can indulge in healthy food while taking care of their environment. Schools and community groups in Manchester and the surrounding areas can continue recycling even after Cinco de Mayo by forming a TerraCycle Brigade which collects packaging and sends it to TerraCycle to receive two cents per item for their charity of choice.“
Flip-flops are a staple of casual summer fashion, and at prices as low as $2 per pair, they're hard to resist.
But when it comes time to stock up on new pairs, what do you do with last year's worn out ones? Take them to the store with you.
Old Navy stores nationwide, including locations in Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, are collecting used flip-flops through May 21. The shoes will be recycled into playground equipment by TerraCycle, an international company that recycles products that are typically thrown away.
The flip-flops will be shredded, melted down and made into small plastic pellets, said Megan Yarnall of TerraCycle. The pellets make plastic boards used as structural pieces for playgrounds.
Consumers can deposit flip-flops in cardboard collection boxes located inside the store, said Jeni Alexander, Old Navy district manager.
TerraCycle, Inc. and Old Navy are partnering in a month-long drive to collect used flip flops and recycle them into four public playgrounds around the country. Everyone with unwanted used flip flops is encouraged to participate by stopping by an Old Navy store to deposit used drop those thongs into designated collection bins. This is the first time a nationwide retailer has initiated a large-scale effort to collect and recycle flip flops.
TerraCycle, Inc. and Old Navy are partnering in a month-long drive to collect used flip flops and recycle them into four public playgrounds around the country. Everyone with unwanted used flip flops is encouraged to participate by stopping by an Old Navy store to deposit used drop those thongs into designated collection bins. This is the first time a nationwide retailer has initiated a large-scale effort to collect and recycle flip flops.
You know we have all seen the little garden starter kits. They have been around for years.
Northrup King use to have one when I was a kid for tomato plants. Poke holes in a plastic tray, water, sit in a sunny window sill and you have a little green house of tomato plants. Well,
Terra Cycle, on of my favorite companies, takes it to a new level, The sell growing kits for kids made from up-cycled Stony Fields yogurt containers, with a growing medium made from compost and their famous worm poop. They sell them in a
Vegetable kit,
Herb Kit and a
Flower Kit
