Recycling is a win-win situation. Not only are you helping save the planet, but you’re also clearing the clutter out from your life. How do you know you’re doing it right? From bottle caps to aerosol cans, here’s a look at some of the things you may not think to recycle – but actually can. 7. Coffee pods Those single-serve coffee pods are notoriously wasteful. On average, Australians use one a week each. Do your bit to help by gathering those used pods in a plastic bag and dropping them at your nearest Nespresso store. 10. Makeup When was the last time you cleaned out that storage area under your sink? We shudder to think how many cracked, expired, half-used beauty products we’d find under there. Enter TerraCycle, who’ve teamed up with L’Oreal Australia to set up the Beauty Products Recycling Program. Simply fill a box, go online and download a shipping label, that way you can print and post it for free to the local recycling depot. Check out other Terracycle programs, including the Oral Care Recycling Program, allowing you to recycle used toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes and dental floss containers.

Next term, Sacred Heart will take on an exciting new recycling initiative to help reduce waste and fundraise for charity! TerraCycle recycles the “non-recyclable” and from Term Two, Sacred Heart will have two new TerraCycle bins on site. The first recycles oral care products such as old toothbrushes, floss containers, empty toothpaste tubes and caps, empty packaging from toothpaste and toothbrushes. For every kilogram of recycled packaging, we raise money to donate towards a charity. Our school also goes into a competition to win $1000 and a park bench made of…recycled oral care products! The second box recycles empty beauty care packaging and much like the oral care recycling, we earn money for every kilogram collected. Accepted waste includes: Cosmetics packaging such as used lipstick and lip gloss, mascara, eye shadow, bronzer, foundation, eyeliner, eye shadow, lip liner, and concealer packaging. Hair care packaging such as used shampoo and conditioner bottles and caps, hair gel tubes and caps, hair spray and hair treatment packaging. Skin care packaging such as lip balm, face moisturiser, face and body wash soap dispensers and tubes, body and hand lotion dispensers and tubes and shaving foam packaging. So…start collecting your oral care and beauty product waste over the holidays, and watch this space for more information!  

Encouraging recycling  Consumers face a choice when they unwrap or finish a product: recycle or dispose. Australian consumers are generally good at recycling the basics - aluminium cans, glass and plastic bottles - but need prompting when it comes to other forms of packaging. TerraCycle, founded in the US in 2011, helps consumers recycle the difficult-to-recycle. It runs brand sponsored collection programs for different types of waste from chip bags to juice pouches. Brigades, comprising community groups, schools or individuals, collect packaging for a particular stream and TerraCycle uses innovative recycling and upcycling processes to keep waste from going to, well, waste. Since its launch, TerraCycle has grown to 21 countries including the UK, France, Germany, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, China, Australia and New Zealand. "The recycling programs are hugely successful," TerraCycle Australia & New Zealand PR and Marketing Manager Gemma Kaczerepa said. "There are currently 60 million people collecting for TerraCycle worldwide. Since 2006, we have diverted more than 3.7 billion units of waste from landfills and incinerators, and raised more than $15 million for charity. Further, there are now over 60 types of non-recyclable waste that can be recycling through our programs." Different programs are run in each country, depending on support of brands. In Australia some of the successful programs include:

• Beauty products recycling program with L'Oréal - more than 138,000 products (including shampoo and hairspray bottles, eye-shadow palettes and lipstick tubes) have been diverted from landfill since the program's launch in 2014
• Kids Pouch & Snack recycling program with Whole Kids - more than 20,000 products have been diverted from landfill since the program's launch in 2015
• Nescafé Dolce Gusto Capsule recycling program - more than 600,000 capsules have been diverted from landfill since the program's launch in 2014
• Oral Care recycling program with Colgate - more than 203,000 products have been diverted from landfill since the program's launch in 2014.

This program also features the Bright Smiles, Bright Futures oral care recycling contest - a nationwide recycling competition for primary schools primary schools offering a $1,000 prize and, in the latest round, a recycled park bench made of oral-care waste. Mz Kaczerepa says there are program taking place overseas that she'd like to see implemented in Australia, such as recycling programs for stationery, pet food and treat packaging, and contact lenses and blister packs. Internationally, TerraCycle also works with retailers to create in-store recycling promotions and awareness campaigns to communicate the recyclability of the brand's products. "This can include in-store competition whereby shoppers are encouraged to return products to enter the prize draw; in-store collections whereby customers can redeem their used products for a discount off new ones; and shelf-talkers and other marketing collateral to promote the brand and its recycling efforts," Mz Kaczerepa said. "We hope to launch a similar initiatives in Australia in 2017."

Today I sent out email to a few schools (Bullcreek PS, Oberthur PS, Bateman PS, Caralee CS, FLDC, Melville PS, Bicton PS, Attadale PS, Ardross PS, Applecross SHS, Mount Pleasant PS, Brentwood PS, Leeming SHS, West Leeming PS, Leeming PS, Banksia Park PS, Kardinya PS, Palmyra PS, Booragoon PS, Melville SHS, Winthrop PS, Yidarra CPS, Kennedy BC, All Saints C, Corpus Christi C, Mel Maria CPS, Our Lady of Fatima, Santa Maria, St Benedicts and St Georges Anglican Grammar!) Basically, I think schools are a great place to start when it comes to reaching a group of people and … educating them. The gist of the email is as follows… I am challenging the schools of the City of Melville to participate in a free program to promote recycling waste streams that would normally end up in landfill. The City of Melville has an A-Z list of items http://recycleright.wa.gov.au/your-a-z-of-recycling/ that go in their ‘Green top bins’ (aka Organic Compost and Landfill) and ‘yellow top bins’ recycling. RecycleRight have a free app for smartphones http://recycleright.wa.gov.au/download-our-app/ Some of the items that are not recycled through City of Melville is the humble toothbrush and tube of Toothpaste. TerraCycle take on the waste streams that our curb side collectors can’t. They will even pay postage and give you points for each piece over 1kg (up to 22kg/package). All you have to do is bring in your brush (and other dental hygiene products.) Run it through the Student Council, giving the student body ownership and an ingrained school ethic to care for the environment! Advertise it on your school website, in class rooms and the school newsletter. Or perhaps via the P&C/P&F. Put your school and Melville area on the Map for public drop locations. I believe there are 30 odd schools in the City of Melville, which one will be the best at recycling an everyday product that everyone uses? Not only will you be helping keeping toothbrushes out of landfill, you will be stopping them from contaminating glass in the City of Melville yellow bins (yep, glass.) Please read the TerraCycle link and challenge your students to be part of keeping plastic out of landfill. Postage is pre-paid by TerraCycle, the program is free and you get points that make prizes for your school. Other business Oral Care Brigade: http://www.terracycle.com.au/en-AU/brigades/oral-care-brigade Oral Care Recycling Program · TerraCycle http://www.terracycle.com.au TerraCycle and Colgate® have partnered to create a free recycling program for oral care product packaging as well as a fundraising opportunity for participants. Oral Care Brigade specially for schools: http://www.terracycle.com.au/en-AU/brigades/bsbf-schools Bright Smiles, Bright Futures™ Oral Care Recycling Program http://www.terracycle.com.au Welcome to all primary schools receiving Colgate® Bright Smiles, Bright Futures™ oral health education kits. Join this recycling program for free and help divert … RecycleRight do have tours if your school was interested in investigating the impact of of recycling and rubbish and how our systems work in the Melville Shire. http://recycleright.wa.gov.au/contact/take-a-tour/ Recycle Right – Take a Free Tour of the RRRC Recycling … recycleright.wa.gov.au Take a free tour – RecycleRight, designed to educate visitors about the recycling process. Visit m.recycleright.wa.gov.au for ideas on living more sustainably. Take it a step further and do the beauty packaging http://www.terracycle.com.au/en-AU/brigades/beauty-products-recycling-program. They have several different waste streams and quite a few are free! http://www.terracycle.com.au/en-AU/collection-programs Some of their programs do involve a cost, I’d be thrilled if you took them up but I’d be happy with just getting toothbrushes out of landfill. Should your school wish to purchase some of the TerraCycle bins that are not on their free list, fundraise with a mufti-day for a gold coin donation. Have the students and teachers wear all natural fibres (or TRY to.) Natural fibres include cotton, wool, silk & hemp. Beauty Products Recycling Program http://www.terracycle.com.au L’Oréal Australia® and its brand Garnier® have teamed up with TerraCycle® to provide a second life for used personal care and beauty packaging through the free … I am a resident in the City of Melville, I have no affiliation with the companies mentioned. I’m just a mum, with young children in a local school who wants to make a difference in more then just my catchment area. My personal motivation is to have less waste, my inspiration has come from reading about Australian, Erin Rhoads www.therogueginger.com and Beth Terry https://myplasticfreelife.com. Beth Terry has a great book called Plastic Free, which would be an amazing addition to your school library. Although it has an American focus, it is a very good starting point for anyone wishing to minimise their plastic footprint. She also refers to many Australian programs. Other books for your school may be Joel Harper, All the way to the Ocean and Patricia Newma’s, Plastic Ahoy! Please inspire change and awareness, thank you for reading. Please note this program isn’t to undermine the work that the City of Melville & RecycleRight do, it is intended to complement it. Please download their app and/or take their free tour! Electric toothbrushes, electric toothbrush replacement heads & floss string are landfill. Bamboo toothbrushes are to go into home compost. Who knows, maybe they will take up the challenge. I hope so!

Item recycling is a win-win strategy, not only to help save the planet, but also to save you in the garbage. But do you know the correct item recycling? From the cap to the spray cans, maybe you still do not know the following things are recyclable. 

Recycling is a win-win strategy that not only helps save the planet, but also saves you in the rubbish.  But do you know the correct item recycling? From the cap to the spray cans, maybe you still do not know the following things are recyclable. 

Recycling is a win-win strategy that not only helps save the planet, but also saves you in the rubbish.  But do you know the correct item recycling? From the cap to the spray cans, maybe you still do not know the following things are recyclable. 

Garbage sorting, collection of goods, these are a good way to protect the environment. In Australia, this particular emphasis on environmental protection of the country, classification and recycling is more commonplace. But a wide variety of items, do you know how to correctly distinguish recyclable items? If you take the wrong things to recover, there will be bad things happen Oh!

2017年1月底，宝洁公司在瑞士达沃斯世界经济论坛上宣布，将在今年夏季推出黑色瓶装的限量版海飞丝洗发水，该款产品包材由美国废物回收公司 TerraCycle和法国公用事业公司 Suez 联合生产，瓶中含有高达25%的再生海滩塑料。

2017年1月底，宝洁公司在瑞士达沃斯世界经济论坛上宣布，将在今年夏季推出黑色瓶装的限量版海飞丝洗发水，该款产品包材由美国废物回收公司 TerraCycle和法国公用事业公司 Suez 联合生产，瓶中含有高达25%的再生海滩塑料。