TerraCycle turns non-recyclable plastic waste into recyclable products. Natalie Allen reports.

Also, a writing instrument brigade, sponsored by the Orland Park Recreation and Parks Department and TerraCycle, is recycling to benefit the village’s Open Lands program.

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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.

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.

Calling all Angelenos: honor your “other mother” this earth month by gathering up those hard-to-recycle sandals and pens for drop-off at TerraCycle Centers this weekend. TerraCycle, trash-to-treasure pioneer, has been turning heads with their signature circuit board picture frames, capri-sun lunch boxes and PepsiCo bottle all-purpose cleaners.

New Jersey Recycling Co. offers program for Ladue and other communities. A recycling company from Trenton, NJ has teamed up with Old Navy and Office Depot to recyle hard-to-dispose of items. TerraCycle Inc. is participating in Earth Month collections throughout the United States. TerraCycle has teamed up with organizations and school groups to collect used flip-flops and used pens. The program runs April 22 through May 21, a press release from TerraCycle said. Shoppers can deposit their old flip-flops in colorful collection bins found inside the Old Navy Store at 8881 Ladue Rd. in Ladue. TerraCycle will then recycle the flip-flops into playground materials that will be donated to communities around the country. This is the first time any nationwide retailer has initiated a large-scale effort to collect and recycle hard-to-dispose-of items like flip-flops.

Looking for a way to celebrate Earth Day today? Old Navy's making it easy for you by offering drop-off bins for your used flip-flops, which they plan to turn into playground turf for playgrounds around the country Starting today, Old Navy's making it a lot easier to reuse one hard-to-recycle item: flip-flops. The clothing chain, with a store at The Strip in Jackson Township, has partnered with the New Jersey-based recycling company TerraCycle to gather customers' unwanted flip-flops and turn them into turf for children's playgrounds across the country. The recycling initiative runs today through May 21.