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Times Square btwn 46th and 47th Streets, New York, NY  10001 START: 10:00 AM April 11, 2011 END: 6:00 PM April 11, 2011 DESCRIPTION L’Oreal’s Garnier brand with upcycling pioneer TerraCycle are announcing the new biodegradable Pure Clean hair care line and kicking off a packaging recycling program called the Personal Care and Beauty Brigade. All beauty packaging is now recyclable! Stop by to score free samples, watch demonstrations and drop off empty or expired packaging to be recycled. Learn more at http://www.terracycle.net.

Everything’s coming up garbage.This April, garden center shoppers in select Walmart stores will see something other than the traditional black pots in which flowers are traditionally sold. Garden State Growers and TerraCycle will offer annuals in upcycled margarine tubs in Walmart stores throughout the Northeast—including stores in New Milford and Torrington. The upcycled pots are a more eco-friendly option as they eliminate the need to use virgin plastic and can be returned to TerraCycle to be used again. The plants will retail for approximately $5 each and be shipped April 17 to stores in New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont.

For those who like cheese, and recycling, and baseball, here´s one for you. TerraCycle Inc., the company known for transforming used consumer packaging into new products, is teaming up with Kraft Foods Inc. on a recycling program at most Minor League Baseball stadiums around the country. Kraft is offering a buy one, get one free ticket offer for those bringing a Kraft Singles package wrapper to the box office on Tuesday nights. Wrappers redeemed through the promotion will be "up-cycled" by Trenton, N.J.-based TerraCycle to make new products. A donation also will be made to charitable organizations for each wrapper collected, Kraft said.

According to KRAFT, the wrappers will be recycled through a partnership with eco-innovator TerraCycle®. TerraCycle works to turn donated wrappers into functional lifestyle products while furnishing a donation for each wrapper collected to charitable organizations.

Sanford Brands, Office Depot and TerraCycle Inc. are teaming up during Earth Month. Customers can bring their used writing instruments, regardless of the brand, to any Office Depot from April 17-23. In exchange for 10 pens, pencils or markers, customers will receive a coupon toward a new Sanford product. The collected instruments will be sent to TerraCycle, an upcycling and recycling company, to be turned into new office supplies ranging from trash cans to desk organizers. To further reduce waste, TerraCycle and Old Navy are partnering from April 22 to May 21 to collect used flip-flops and recycle them into four public playgrounds. Deposit used flip-flops in designated collection bins at your area Old Navy. For more information, visit terracycle.net.

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Blythe de Orive There are increasingly more companies adopting corporate social responsibility guidelines and becoming good citizens. There are also green living experts on Twitter that have been "banging the drum" of sustainability for years. From tips on saving energy to a "how-to" video on "greening" your wardrobe, these experts help you reduce, reuse and recycle in 140 characters or less. Living green is not as easy as it seems and having others who have forged ahead so you can learn from their trials and triumphs is priceless. Here are a few individuals who can help you through the maze of sustainable living: Tom Szaky started @Terracycle while a freshman at Princeton University. He notes, "that there is no 'waste' in nature".

TerraCycle takes the effort much further by accepting far more electronics than just cellphones. However, the most common collections for TerraCycle programs are for cellphones, laptops, digital cameras, mp3 players and any combination thereof. "Schools, churches and nonprofits get paid for every item sent in, and there is no shipping cost for participants, as TerraCycle covers this," George W. Chevalier III, spokesperson for TerraCycle, told TechNewsWorld. "Any items that can be refurbished are, and the rest are all disassembled and recycled, here on U.S. soil."

Dried out pens, highlighters and markers, candy wrappers, plastic containers, ink and toner cartridges, cell phones, laptops and more are being recycled at Broward College for educational scholarships. Since starting the program, Broward College has rescued more than 171,000 items from entering area landfills, which translates into and nearly $3,000 for scholarships. The Broward College Foundation awarded its first scholarship funded through recycling efforts and private donations during the spring semester. Jarrod Hersch leads the college’s Terracycle program committee and students sort and package the items. “I am pleased at the response, said Hersch. “Many faculty members have even incorporated Terracycle into their classes.” Hersch continued, “We have exceeded our collection goals and this year our goal is to keep 200,000 items out of the ‘waste stream.’ Additionally, if we collect the most used or broken cell phones, laptops, mp3 players or digital cameras by Earth Day on April 22, Terracycle will donate an additional $500. We are competing against other area collection teams which include schools, colleges, religious groups, non-profit and community organizations.”

At least two national retailers with stores in Cumberland County are participating in recycling programs that start in April, which is Earth Month. From April 22 through May 21, Old Navy shoppers can deposit their used flip-flops in collection bins found inside any Old Navy store.