Research Your Municipal Recycling Just like checking the smoke detector batteries on the day the clocks change for daylight savings time, America Recycles Day is a great day to reacquaint yourself with your municipal recycling regulations.  Most people can recycle glass, aluminum, paper, and certain plastics through curbside recycling, but the list of what is and is not accepted varies from town to town. What if you’ve been throwing #5 plastic in your recycling bin but it’s not accepted?  What if your town, like my town, only accepts #1 and #2 plastic bottles of certain shapes?  The neck must be smaller than the widest part of the  bottle, so no tubs or odd-shaped containers are accepted.  Who knew?  I wouldn’t have unless I took the time to do a little research.   Your town should have a list of accepted materials on its municipal website. Recycle the Traditionally Non-Recyclable with TerraCycle You recycled those “recyclables,” but what about the rest of your household waste?  TerraCycle is a recycling and upcycling company that specializes in traditionally non-recyclable and hard-to-recycle materials.  You can send in hair care, skin care and cosmetic packaging, soap refill pouches, tortilla and tostada packaging, cereal bags and 40 other kinds of waste through the Brigade programs for free, thanks to sponsors like Garnier, Method, Mission Foods and Malt-O-Meal.  For every piece of waste sent in to TerraCycle, the collector is awarded points, which can be put toward specific charity gifts or converted to cash and sent to any charity.

After you have enjoyed your fajitas, please visit TerraCycle <http://terracycle.net/> and join in their mission to outsmart waste. TerraCycle has partnered with Mission Foods <http://www.missionfoods.com/> to collect the usually non-recyclable wrappers from tortillas, chips, and other food products and, indeed, recycle them. These food wrappers can be turned into backpacks, plant grow kits and mini speakers (anda whole lot more!). School and community groups can join the "Brigade" and earn 2 cents per item for the charity of their choice!

Cinco de Mayo 2011 is here, so it’s time to get cooking. This year, use Mission Foods products for your Mexican cooking needs, save the plastic packaging and send it to TerraCycle to be recycled and “upcycled” into new products. In order to participate in saving the environment this Cinco de Mayo, simply go to the TerraCycle website at www.terracycle.net, and join the Tortilla and Tostada bag brigade in order to print out your free shipping label. For every wrapper that you send to the company, TerraCycle will reward you with two points redeemable towards special gifts or cash donations to the charity of your choice.

After you have enjoyed your fajitas, please visit TerraCycle <http://terracycle.net/> and join in their mission to outsmart waste. TerraCycle has partnered with Mission Foods <http://www.missionfoods.com/> to collect the usually non-recyclable wrappers from tortillas, chips, and other food products and, indeed, recycle them. These food wrappers can be turned into backpacks, plant grow kits and mini speakers (anda whole lot more!). School and community groups can join the "Brigade" and earn 2 cents per item for the charity of their choice!

A company named TerraCycle <http://cut.ms/bf7Y>  has partnered with Mission Foods <http://cut.ms/bf7Z>  to collect usually non-recyclable wrappers from tortilla packages, chips, and other products.  Organizations in your area can contribute to the recycling project by collecting packaging, send to TerraCycle <http://cut.ms/bf7Y>  and in return, get 2 cents per item for the charity of choice (chosen by you or the organization).

Go green this Cinco de Mayo with recipes from Mission Foods <http://www.missionfoods.com>  and TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net> . This does not mean that food itself is green; instead, the wrappers from the food products are surprisingly recyclable.

Go green this Cinco de Mayo with recipes from Mission Foods <http://www.missionfoods.com>  and TerraCycle <http://www.terracycle.net> . This does not mean that food itself is green; instead, the wrappers from the food products are surprisingly recyclable.

The following recipes and photos were all supplied by Mission Foods  <http://www.missionfoods.com/> and TerraCycle <http://http://www.terracycle.net/> . All recipes and photos are used by permission. Mission Foods makes those delicious tortillas and chips that can be found at Reasor’s <http://www.brokenarrowok.gov/index.aspx?page=796>  and other area stores. These wonderful products are delicious, but did you know that they’re good for the environment too? Mission has partnered with TerraCycle, a recycling company that will recycle those used Misson Food wrappers. If you’d like more information on recycling or how to get involved, visit TerraCycle’s website.

It's Cinco de Mayo, a Mexican holday that is celebrated throughout the globe, and this Cinco de Mayo this cooking mama is going green. Thats right folks we are talking about recycling and going green in our kitchens. We are familiar with the normal recyclables, but what happens to the products that are considered non-recyclable? It is sent to a landfill and sits and can release toxic gases into the air, and poison our water supply. I had the oppertunity to speak with Megan Yarnell from Terracycle, one of the fastest growing green companies in the world. Terracycle has created a nationwide recycling programs for those items that were previously non-recyclable. They upcycle or recycle products like Lay's potato chip bags, Capri Sun drink pouches, and Mission Foods tortilla bags, they turn them into plastic pelets, or re-purpose them.

Cinco de Mayo is almost here. This year, you and your family can cook, celebrate and recycle by making recipes with Mission Foods products, saving the packaging and sending it to TerraCycle. TerraCycle is an environmentally-friendly and rapidly expanding company that recycles and “upcycles” waste, such as food packaging and small electronics. Then, using these waste products, the company manufactures a wide variety of consumer goods, including picture frames, CD cases and even fences. According to the company’s official website, “TerraCycle’s purpose is to eliminate the idea of waste. We do this by creating national recycling systems for the previously non-recyclable. The process starts by offering collection programs (many of them free) to collect your waste and then convert the collected waste into a wide range of products and materials.”