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The Environmental Awareness committee at
Canyon Creek Elementary is introducing
TerraCycle's Classroom Recycling program from January thru April 2011. This is a great way to help by saving: Elmer Glue Sticks, Papermate and Sharpies writing instruments and Scotch tape dispensers for recycling.
Parents need to send these items with their kids for collection in the classrooms. This is similar to their successful Box Top Contest. The winning classroom will be rewarded with ice cream! Even if you don't have students you can drop items off at the school to be distributed equally throughout the classes or to a designated
Mission Foods has partnered with Trenton, New Jersey-based upcycling firm
TerraCycle to recover and reuse the steady stream of plastic foods bags and metal lids the tortilla giant produces. Mission packages its tortillas and tostadas in LDPE plastic, a material that typically don't make their way into recycling streams. Under TerraCycle Tortilla and Tostada Bag Brigade program, any individual or organization can collect and return Mission packaging, which will be upcycled by TerraCycle into new items like tortilla warmers, bags and accessories.
Mission Foods has partnered with Trenton, New Jersey-based upcycling firm
TerraCycle to recover and reuse the steady stream of plastic foods bags and metal lids the tortilla giant produces. Mission packages its tortillas and tostadas in LDPE plastic, a material that typically don't make their way into recycling streams. Under TerraCycle Tortilla and Tostada Bag Brigade program, any individual or organization can collect and return Mission packaging, which will be upcycled by TerraCycle into new items like tortilla warmers, bags and accessories. The program is being conducted in concert with Mission's "Today's Mission for a Better Tomorrow" sustainability initiative, and consumers have the opportunity to donate two cents per unit of packaging they turn in to a charity of their choice.
Teenagers—Anything from
TerraCycle. This local company offers a wide range of items made from what would otherwise end up in a garbage dump. Sounds strange, but the shoulder bags, clocks, picture frames and other items don't look trashy at all. Its products are available everywhere from Whole Foods to Walmart. The flagship store is in Princeton in Palmer Square West.
I love crafty ideas and making your own candy wrapper napkin rings is one sweet idea.
TerraCycle explains how to make these unique napkin holders.
Anna, who is TerraCycle? They definitely have a cool name.
I love the name too. In fact, I
gush about TerraCycle so much on the website, you would think I worked for them. Why do I love them? Schools and other organizations are paid by TerraCycle to collect certain trash. Yep. 2 cents per item! Believe me. It adds up. Plus, the items collected are up-cycled into new products.
Now onto the Candy Wrappers
All you need is an Elmer glue stick, ruler, scissors, pencil, and candy wrappers that everyone swears they didn’t eat the candy. (You know what I am talking about. Don’t play shy with me. Been there. Done that.) Once you have your supplies, check out the
candy wrapper to napkin ring video below. Like the old fashion written instructions? TerraCycle has you covered with
their handy upload napkin ring PDF.
Tom Szaky tinha apenas 19 anos quando decidiu criar a
TerraCycle. O que seria apenas uma empresa de fertilizantes feitos de húmus de minhoca se expandiu para uma companhia internacional que hoje fabrica diversos produtos sustentáveis reutilizando materiais que iriam para o lixo, enquanto ajuda comunidades e ONGs carentes, reforça o conceito de responsabilidade sociambiental em grandes empresas e prova que boas ideias e trabalho duro são a fórmula ideal para transformar o mundo.
To address the recycling issue the company launched an ‘upcycling’ scheme in March, asking parents to collect empty pouches and Freepost them to
Terracycle to be turned into Ella’s Kitchen lunchboxes and similar - half a million have already been diverted from landfill. Another lifecycle analysis suggests this eliminates 192g of CO2 per pouch compared to 6.33g with recycling. Lindley adds that the company also collects and sends off its manufacturers’ waste to be upcycled.
