Office Depot together with TerraCycle, Inc. will be offering customers a unique recycling opportunity during Earth Month.

However, when they are worn out and broken beyond repair, PLEASE don't throw them in the trash!  Thanks to an initiative by Terracycle <http://www.terracycle.net/> , these useless-to-us flip flops can be turned into Playground Materials!

  Office Depot (NYSE: ODP), celebrating 25 years as a leading global provider of office supplies and services, together with TerraCycle, Inc. will be offering customers a unique recycling opportunity during Earth Month. Beginning Sunday, April 17 and running through Saturday, April 23, customers can trade in their used writing instruments, regardless of brand, to any Office Depot retail store location nationwide. In exchange for ten pens, pencils or markers, customers will receive a coupon toward a new product from Newell Rubbermaid Office Products, maker of Sharpie(R), EXPO(R), Paper Mate(R) and more. The collected instruments will be sent to TerraCycle, the pioneering upcycling and recycling company, to be turned into new office supply products ranging from trash cans to desk organizers.

Office Depot (NYSE: ODP), celebrating 25 years as a leading global provider of office supplies and services, together with TerraCycle, Inc. will be offering customers a unique recycling opportunity during Earth Month. Beginning Sunday, April 17 and running through Saturday, April 23, customers can trade in their used writing instruments, regardless of brand, to any Office Depot retail store location nationwide. In exchange for ten pens, pencils or markers, customers will receive a coupon toward a new product from Newell Rubbermaid Office Products, maker of Sharpie®, EXPO®, Paper Mate® and more. The collected instruments will be sent to TerraCycle, the pioneering upcycling and recycling company, to be turned into new office supply products ranging from trash cans to desk organizers. “One pen or marker might not seem like a significant addition to a landfill, but considering there are an estimated $5 billion worth of writing instruments sold in the U.S. each year, this is an opportunity to make a big difference,” said Ed Cooper, Vice President of Sales for Newell Rubbermaid Office Products. In 2010, Newell Rubbermaid Office Products became the first pen company in the world to fund the collection and repurpose of used writing instruments, and with this program, Office Depot will become the first national office supply retailer to collect used writing instruments in-store.

  Office Depot (NYSE:ODP - News), celebrating 25 years as a leading global provider of office supplies and services, together with TerraCycle, Inc. will be offering customers a unique recycling opportunity during Earth Month. Beginning Sunday, April 17 and running through Saturday, April 23, customers can trade in their used writing instruments, regardless of brand, to any Office Depot retail store location nationwide. In exchange for ten pens, pencils or markers, customers will receive a coupon toward a new product from Newell Rubbermaid Office Products, maker of Sharpie®, EXPO®, Paper Mate® and more. The collected instruments will be sent to TerraCycle, the pioneering upcycling and recycling company, to be turned into new office supply products ranging from trash cans to desk organizers.

  Office Depot (NYSE: ODP), celebrating 25 years as a leading global provider of office supplies and services, together with TerraCycle, Inc. will be offering customers a unique recycling opportunity during Earth Month. Beginning Sunday, April 17 and running through Saturday, April 23, customers can trade in their used writing instruments, regardless of brand, to any Office Depot retail store location nationwide. In exchange for ten pens, pencils or markers, customers will receive a coupon toward a new product from Newell Rubbermaid Office Products, maker of Sharpie®, EXPO®, Paper Mate® and more. The collected instruments will be sent to TerraCycle, the pioneering upcycling and recycling company, to be turned into new office supply products ranging from trash cans to desk organizers.

As part of the Keep America Beautiful- Great America Clean Up event today in New York City's Times Square, Solo announced it is joining forces with TerraCycle to create the 'Solo Cup Brigade' - individuals, schools and non-profits that will collect used Solo Squared plastic cups and return them to TerraCycle for recycling. The recycled material will be used to make other items such as equipment for playgrounds, park benches and outdoor furniture. The Solo Cup Brigade establishes a unique recycling opportunity for plastic cups where one did not exist before, diverting them from landfills, giving them new life and converting them into a material for use in other products.

As part of the Keep America Beautiful- Great America Clean Up event today in New York City's Times Square, Solo announced it is joining forces with TerraCycle to create the 'Solo Cup Brigade' - individuals, schools and non-profits that will collect used Solo Squared plastic cups and return them to TerraCycle for recycling. The recycled material will be used to make other items such as equipment for playgrounds, park benches and outdoor furniture. The Solo Cup Brigade establishes a unique recycling opportunity for plastic cups where one did not exist before, diverting them from landfills, giving them new life and converting them into a material for use in other products.

Your Solo party cups can have a second life under a new national recycling initiative launched today by Solo Cup Company. As part of the Keep America Beautiful- Great America Clean Up event today in New York City’s Times Square, Solo announced it is joining forces with TerraCycle to create the ‘Solo Cup Brigade’ – individuals, schools and non-profits that will collect used Solo Squared plastic cups and return them to TerraCycle for recycling. The recycled material will be used to make other items such as equipment for playgrounds, park benches and outdoor furniture. The Solo Cup Brigade establishes a unique recycling opportunity for plastic cups where one did not exist before, diverting them from landfills, giving them new life and converting them into a material for use in other products.

Old Navy and TerraCycle Inc. <http://www.terracycle.net>  have teamed up and will be launching a new campaign next week- just in time for Earth Day – called the Flip Flop Replay. When you drop your or your children’s used flip flops at any Old Navy store in the U.S. between April 22 through May 21, TerraCycle will recycle them into four public playgrounds across the country. This will mark the first large-scale effort to recycle and collect flip flops!