From now through May 21, people can drop off their used flip flops at Old Navy to have them recycled into a playground. In an effort to further reduce waste, Old Navy is partnering with TerraCycle Inc. to collect the used summer footwear to build four public playgrounds around the county.

TerraCycle® is proud to announce that we have partnered with Old Navy to collect used flip-flops at Old Navy stores through the Flip Flop Brigade!  The Brigade begins on Earth Day Friday, April 22nd and runs until the bins are full or Saturday, May 21st (whichever comes first) in all continental US Old Navy stores.

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From April 22 to May 21, simply take your used flip flops to an Old Navy store near you and look for a collection bin that looks like the one above. Called Flip Flop Replay, this month-long recycling event comes thanks to a partnership between trash-to-treasure eco company TerraCycle and Old Navy.

While catching up on my DVR’d Ellen shows (my favorite show ever!) this week I saw the awesome program Old Navy & Terrycle has put together right now in honor of Earth month called Flip Flop Brigade.  They are asking for you to donate all old flip flops so they can turn them into playgrounds.  Every year millions of used flip-flops are needlessly discarded and end up in landfills. TerraCycle® is proud to partner with Old Navy® to create a second life for used flip-flops.

Here middle and elementary students are each deciding how to spend a small portion of $50,000 grant money the school won this year from Walmart by collecting wrappers for reuse by the company TerraCycle. Sixth- through eighth-graders vote on one of three ways to spend $2,500: buy customized flash drives for each student; buy tables, chairs and umbrellas for lunchtime al fresco dining in a school courtyard; or bring in a mini-game show assembly.

If you’re a flip flop fanatic (and why shouldn't you be), chances are you’ve got a spare pair or two that are due for retirement. Instead of donating them to your neighborhood thrift store (although that’s good too), consider dropping them off at your local Old Navy outlet. From now until May 21, the nationwide retailer is teaming up with trash-to-treasure eco-company TerraCycle to collect old flip flops and turn them into four public playgrounds in communities across the U.S. How cool is that?

Highlands even goes so far as to recycle the un-recyclable. Through an innovative company called TerraCycle, Highlands helps turn things that would otherwise be filling up landfills–like potato chip bags and juice boxes–into new items like fences, benches and recycling bins. Clever, huh? Some dedicated Highlands students even volunteer their recess time to collect accepted materials for TerraCycle from other classrooms.    Inside of the school, motion detectors for lights have been installed to reduce wasted energy.

Until May 21, Old Navy shoppers can participate in the Flip Flop Replay by depositing their used flip flops in collection bins found inside any Old Navy store. TerraCycle will then recycle the flip-flops into playgrounds which will be donated to communities around the country. By bringing in these hard-to-recycle products to their local stores, consumers help keep waste out of their community landfills.

In an effort to further reduce waste, TerraCycle Inc. and Old Navy are partnering in a month-long drive to collect used flip flops and recycle them into materials for four public playgrounds around the country. The community is encouraged to participate by stopping by an Old Navy store to deposit used flip flops in designated collection bins. The program will run through May 21. The Dubuque Old Navy store is at Asbury Plaza, 2465 Northwest Arterial.