Lillian and Pearl Lassen are chipping in to make their corner of the world a greener place — one potato chip bag at a time.   The mother/daughter duo last year started a grassroots effort in Sandpoint to recycle certain products that are not accepted as part of the curbside blue bin recycling programs seen in towns across the country.   “This is not your traditional recycling program,” Lillian says.   Those who participate in the program can drop certain materials at Winter Ridge Market, 703 Lake Street.   Lillian and her daughter Pearl, 7, made boxes listing the items that are to be placed in the designated containers. They used biodegradable tape and recycled paper to decorate the boxes which are marked for Late July brand potato chips, as well as personal hygiene products made by Toms of Main and Burt’s Bees.   When the boxes are full, the Lassens ship them to TerraCycle, a New Jersey-based firm that collects non-recyclable consumer waste, and then partners with corporate donors or municipalities to turn it into raw material to be used in new products.   TerraCycle recycles virtually anything, from cigarette butts, to used chewing gum to certain plastics that cannot be put in the blue recycling bins, Lassen said.   “I wanted to share activities with her daughter to help benefit others in need and the environment,” she said. “Pearl wanted to cut back on buying products in bags that could not be recycled. The idea is to reduce, recycle and reuse.”   The environmentally conscious duo aims to reduce waste that is thrown out.   “There is just so much was waste in packaging,” Lassen said. “This is an effort to take baby steps to increase awareness and create memories with my daughter.”   Lassen said the program has been a success and she plans to eventually expand the materials that are accepted at Winter Ridge Market.   “The boxes in the store have done really well,” she said. “People are really thankful for the opportunity to recycle (materials) that would otherwise end up in the dump.”

Brittney LaGesse, the owner of Refill Revolution, has sought to offer customers an alternative to tossing hard-to-recycle items, such as toothbrushes and makeup containers, by participating in Zero Waste Box program. The boxes are created by New Jersey-based TerraCycle, a waste management company that breaks down the refuse materials to be used to create new products.

Brittney LaGesse, the owner of Refill Revolution, has sought to offer customers an alternative to tossing hard-to-recycle items, such as toothbrushes and makeup containers, by participating in Zero Waste Box program. The boxes are created by New Jersey-based TerraCycle, a waste management company that breaks down the refuse materials to be used to create new products.

Brittney LaGesse, the owner of Refill Revolution, has sought to offer customers an alternative to tossing hard-to-recycle items, such as toothbrushes and makeup containers, by participating in Zero Waste Box program. The boxes are created by New Jersey-based TerraCycle, a waste management company that breaks down the refuse materials to be used to create new products.

Have you heard of TerraCycle? TerraCycle is a global business that has some free programs to recycle packing and products that we normally throw in the trash, and turns it into raw materials to be used in new products. Things like Gillette razors, Burt’s Bees containers, Cliff Bar wrappers, Van’s shoes, and many more recycling programs for these products are free. Visit TerraCycle.com

Have you heard of TerraCycle? TerraCycle is a global business that has some free programs to recycle packing and products that we normally throw in the trash, and turns it into raw materials to be used in new products. Things like Gillette razors, Burt’s Bees containers, Cliff Bar wrappers, Van’s shoes, and many more recycling programs for these products are free. Visit TerraCycle.com

Have you heard of TerraCycle? TerraCycle is a global business that has some free programs to recycle packing and products that we normally throw in the trash, and turns it into raw materials to be used in new products. Things like Gillette razors, Burt’s Bees containers, Cliff Bar wrappers, Van’s shoes, and many more recycling programs for these products are free. Visit TerraCycle.com

Which is what makes the TerraCycle system so intriguing—it takes recycling and makes it more convenient and, hopefully, more effective.

Late July Snacks has expanded their partnership with international recycling company TerraCycle to offer consumers a free, easy way to recycle packaging from their entire product line of snacks.   “Based on the huge success of the recycling envelope program we offered through TerraCycle, we’re thrilled to expand into a free recycling program that will give consumers nationwide the opportunity to recycle even more Late July snack packaging,” said Theresa Miller, director, Late July. “Since our inception in 2003, our mission has been to provide consumers with organic, non-GMO snacks that the whole family will love. Through our new partnership with TerraCycle, we can add national recyclability to our promise.”   Through the Late July Recycling Program, consumers can send in their empty snack packaging to be recycled for free. Participation is easy: sign up on the TerraCycle program page and mail in the packaging using a prepaid shipping label. Once collected, the packaging is cleaned and melted into hard plastic that can be remolded to make new recycled products. Additionally, for every two pounds of waste shipped to TerraCycle, collectors can earn $1 to donate to a non-profit, school or charitable organization of their choice.   “Thanks to companies like Late July, consumers can enjoy their favorite snacks while being rewarded for doing the right thing,” said TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky. “Through the expansion of the program, consumers have an opportunity to divert even more packaging from landfills, as well as provide material for the manufacture of new products.”   The Late July Recycling Program is open to any interested individual, school, office, or community organization. For more information on TerraCycle’s recycling program, visit www.terracycle.com.

Late July Snacks, Norwalk, Connecticut, and TerraCycle, Trenton, New Jersey, have teamed up to offer consumers a free, easy way to recycle packaging from the snack company’s entire product line.   Late July bills itself as a mindful brand that offers organic and nongenetically modified (non-GMO) ingredients.   “Based on the huge success of the recycling envelope program we offered through TerraCycle, we’re thrilled to expand into a free recycling program that will give consumers nationwide the opportunity to recycle even more Late July snack packaging,” says Theresa Miller, director of Late July. “Since our inception in 2003, our mission has been to provide consumers with organic, non-GMO snacks that the whole family will love. Through our new partnership with TerraCycle, we can add national recyclability to our promise.”   TerraCycle and Late July’s recycling program began as an envelope program. Now, rather than request an envelope to mail in the company’s packaging, consumers must first sign up on the TerraCycle program page at www.terracycle.com/en-US/brigades/latejulysnacks, and then they can mail in the packaging in any box or envelope using a prepaid shipping label generated from the website.   Once collected, the packaging is cleaned processed into a rigid plastic that can be molded into new recycled products.   Additionally, for every 2 pounds of material shipped to TerraCycle, collectors can earn $1 to donate to a nonprofit, school or charitable organization of their choice.   “Thanks to companies like Late July, consumers can enjoy their favorite snacks while being rewarded for doing the right thing,” says TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky. “Through the expansion of the program, consumers have an opportunity to divert even more packaging from landfills, as well as provide material for the manufacture of new products.”   The Late July Recycling Program is open to any interested individual, school, office or community organization.