Students and teachers at Shawmont Elementary School are the top collectors of lunch kits in the Lunch Kit Brigade®, a free, national recycling program created by Lunchables® Lunch Combinations and TerraCycle®. By collecting used lunch kits, the school has helped to divert 12,088 units of lunch kit waste from landfills.
After they sign up to join a recycling Brigade, schools earn points for every unit of waste they collect and send to TerraCycle. The points can be redeemed for charitable gifts or a cash donation to the non-profit or school of the collector’s choice. TerraCycle recycles the traditionally non-recyclable lunch kit waste into new products and materials.
“We’re very proud of the work that students and teachers at Shawmont Elementary School have done for this Brigade,” said TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky. “We love working with Lunchables® to celebrate and reward schools doing such great things for the environment.”
Any schools or organizations interested in recycling with TerraCycle can learn more about the brigades and sign up for free at
www.terracycle.com.
TerraCycle, Inc. is an international upcycling and recycling company that takes difficult-to recycle-packaging and turns it into affordable, innovative products. Founded in 2001, TerraCycle is the world’s leader in the collection and reuse of non-recyclable post-consumer waste, working with more than 40 major brands globally to collect used packaging and products that would otherwise be destined for landfills. TerraCycle repurposes that waste into new, innovative materials and products that are available online and through major retailers. The waste is collected through TerraCycle’s Brigade programs, which are free fundraisers that pay for every piece of waste collected and returned. For information on how to join a TerraCycle Brigade and on purchasing TerraCycle products please visit www.terracycle.com.
SOUTHAVEN – Students and teachers at Sacred Heart School are the top collectors of lunch kits in the Lunch Kit Brigade, a free, national recycling program created by the trademark student lunch and snack company Lunchables Lunch Combinations and New Jersey-based waste recycler TerraCycle.
By collecting waste from lunch kits of any brand, the school has helped to divert 5,358 units of lunch kit waste from landfills.
After they sign up to join a recycling Brigade, schools earn points for
every unit of waste they collect and send to TerraCycle. The points can be
redeemed for charitable gifts or a cash donation to the non-profit or
school of the collector’s choice. TerraCycle recycles the traditionally
non-recyclable lunch kit waste into new products and materials.
“We’re very proud of the work that students and teachers at Sacred Heart
School have done for this Brigade,” said TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky. “We love
working with Lunchables to celebrate and reward schools doing such great
things for the environment.”
Any schools or organizations interested in recycling with TerraCycle can
learn more about the brigades and sign up for free at
www.terracycle.com.
May 31--PANAMA CITY BEACH -- After joining a worldwide movement to "outsmart waste" last fall, Pier Park is expanding its efforts this summer by launching an area-wide initiative to keep waste out of landfills.
Through a partnership with worldwide recycling pioneer TerraCycle, the shopping center signed on to participate in a Cigarette Waste Brigade last year, in which cigarette butts are collected and recycled into plastic pellets for industrial use.
Since the brigade's inception, TerraCycle has collected more than 13.5 million units of cigarette butts from 4,801 collection locations. The effort was so successful at Pier Park that officials have decided to expand to recycling other products through TerraCycle's various brigade programs.
"As part of Simon Property Group, Pier Park is proud to expand its recycling efforts aligned with TerraCycle's innovative Waste Brigade programs," said Pier Park General Manager Brent Gardner. "Pier Park is committed to doing its part to create a more sustainable environment for generations to come, and this expanded effort will positively reduce landfill waste, which is a primary environmental goal."
Starting in June, area residents and visitors are encouraged to bring recyclables to Pier Park on the first Saturday of every month between 9 a.m. and noon.
Pier Park will be collecting items for 21 different TerraCycle brigades, which will then be packaged and sent to the organization to be recycled.
Categories include: iPod and MP3 players; laptop, tablets and E-readers; Brita filter products; cellphones; cheese packaging; cigarette butts; cleaner packaging; Colgate products packaging; dairy tubs; diaper packaging; drink pouches; Elmer's glue sticks, bottles and caps; energy bar wrappers; Glad food storage products; inkjet and toner cartridges; lunch kit packaging (Lunchables); pairs of shoes; personal care and beauty products; Scotch tape; snack bags; and writing instruments.
Founded in 2001, TerraCycle works with hundreds of major brands in the U.S. and in dozens of other countries to collect and repurpose materials that would otherwise end up in landfills.
For more information on TerraCycle, visit
www.terracycle.com. For more information on recycling programs at Pier Park visit
www.simon.com/mall/pier-park or call
(850) 236-9979.
TV clip on student who handles recycling at her school.
A shelter volunteer turned the humane society on to TerraCycle, which works with more than 100 major brands in the U.S. and 22 other countries to take the packaging from many common, but difficult-to-recycle products and turn it into affordable, innovative products items such as lunch boxes, office supplies, fertilizer, clothing, jewelry and more (view products on
dwellsmart.com)
There's no such thing as garbage at this company, which aims to revolutionize the recycling industry.
New Jersey-based TerraCycle's mission is to “eliminate the idea of waste” and it's been a profitable enterprise. The company expects about $20 million in revenue this year, according to founder Tom Szaky.
According to TerraCycle, Inc., Locust Grove Primary School, located on Route 20 in Orange County, was one of the top five collectors of recycled items this year.
