CARBONDALE - Going green can be as easy as slipping off an old pair of flip flops and popping them into a collection bin.
Thanks to a promotion by TerraCycle, an international upcycling and recycling company, and clothing giant Old Navy, used flip flops can be recycled and turned into playground equipment.
CARBONDALE - Going green can be as easy as slipping off an old pair of flip flops and popping them into a collection bin.
Thanks to a promotion by TerraCycle, an international upcycling and recycling company, and clothing giant Old Navy, used flip flops can be recycled and turned into playground equipment.
The promotion is an example of upcycling, or converting previously hard-to-recycle materials into new materials or products.
The nationwide program began Friday and will continue through May 21 at any Old Navy store, including the Carbondale location.
Old Navy shoppers can deposit their used flip flops in colorful collection bins found inside the stores. TerraCycle will then recycle the flip-flops into playgrounds, which will be donated to communities around the country.
By bringing in these hard-to-recycle products to their local stores, consumers help keep waste out of their community landfills, according to a TerraCycle release.
TerraCycle collecting items at Office Depot and Old Navy.
If you are doing some spring cleaning, don’t toss those old flip flops or used pens into the trash can—they can be recycled by
TerraCycle and kept out of the community landfills.
According to a TerraCycle press release, shoppers still have time Saturday (April 23) to bring 10 used pens, markers or mechanical pencils to
Office Depot at 569 Ritchie Highway and receive a coupon towards new Sanford products (maker of Sharpie, Expo, PaperMate).
Next door at
Old Navy in Severna Park, shoppers can deposit their used flip flops into collection bins inside the Old Navy store through May 21.
It takes a lot of flip-flops to build a playground.
That's one of those sentences I never expected to write, along the lines of, "It takes a lot of goldfish to fly an airplane." But yes, your standard informal footwear can be recycled into plastic lumber — and if you're sole inclined, you can do your part at any Old Navy store.
Through May 21, just dump 'em in the handy bin, and a company from Trenton, N.J., will take it from there. TerraCycle Inc., a humble ecological empire built around a product called worm poop, will use them to create four playgrounds that it will donate to as-yet-unselected lucky locations across the country.
To commemorate Earth Day this weekend, Old Navy and Office Depot location in Pasadena have partnered with TerraCycle
The Old Navy and Office Depot locations in the Pasadena area have teamed up with my company, TerraCycle to provide local consumers a chance to recycle starting Friday and lasting through May 21.
Shopper can drop of their used pens and flip-flops to Pasadena Office Depot and Old Navy locations
which will then be recycled by TerraCycle into playgrounds to be donated to communities around the U.S.
Between April 17-23, ten used pens, markers or mechanical pencils to Office Depot will earn shoppers a coupon towards new Sanford products (Sharpie, Expo, PaperMate). Used writing instruments will be sent to TerraCycle will recycle the used writing utensils into new office products like trash cans and desk organizers.
Old Navy stores, including its location at the Laurel Mall near Hazleton, are celebrating Earth Day with the kickoff of "The Flip-Flop Replay" campaign on Friday.
