O Parque Ecológico de São Carlos (SP) iniciou nesta terça-feira (9) uma campanha para reciclagem de esponjas de cozinha. A medida é para evitar que o material, que possui plástico...
Back to school is the perfect time for making school year resolutions to go green. Habits developed in September can easily last throughout the year. By taking the time to discuss how our actions impact our planet with our children, we show them that it matters and instill eco-friendly values and a sense of responsibility that they can carry with them throughout their lifetime. Here are 4 achievable school year resolutions for going green this year from National Wildlife Federation’s Eco-Schools USA program:
It’s break time at Oregon Department of Corrections’ Central Distribution Center, where all the supplies for the state’s prison system pass through. Men wearing blue jeans imprinted with the department’s insignia and bright yellow hats with the word “inmate” scrawled on them file outside the 225,000-square-foot warehouse. The inmates began their day at 7:00 a.m. and spent the morning standing at a conveyor belt, line-sorting recyclables that were trucked in from the state’s 14 prisons.
This past year, Cleveland Elementary students earned more than $1,700 for their school by collecting and recycling the drink pouches they use at home and in the lunchroom. In collecting more than 18,000 drink pouches, Cleveland reached the second level of a contest sponsored by TerraCycle and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade.
The United States is getting increasingly efficient with recycling as municipalities have worked to make it incredibly easy to recycle. Some towns do not make residents separate the plastic from the paper; there are machines who can do that instead. However, with all the increases in recycling, we still throw out quite a lot of garbage. Tom Szaky, the founder of TerraCycle, is hoping to change that outlook. He is looking towards a future in which we eliminate waste altogether.
L’école Montessori les mimosas allie protection de l’environnement et collecte de fonds. Pour cela, notre école a rejoint l’entreprise TerraCycle qui propose des programmes de collecte et de recyclage de produits pour lesquels il n’existe pas d’autres solutions de recyclage en France.
Dès aujourd’hui, nous invitons donc parents et familles des élèves de l’école Montessori les mimosas à nous rejoindre dans cette initiative et à collecter vos instruments d’écriture et gourdes de compote usagés.
Vous pouvez déposer vos collectes dans les boîtes devant l’école.
La participation de l’école aux programmes nationaux de recyclage TerraCycle permet également de collecter des fonds qui pourront être reversés à l’association de parents d’élèves. Pour plus d’informations, rendez-vous sur
www.terracycle.fr
Have your kids shown an interest in the recycling movement? We recently had the opportunity to check out these neat bags from TerraCycle and while I was surprised at first (didn’t expect it to be quite so “recycled”) they are a ton of fun and my daughter just loves them! We got the Goodness Grapeness shoulder strap bag which she has used on several beach trips so far! She also got this fun pencil case (pictured above) that is made out of recycled Capri Sun packages. How fun is this?! Plus, it is a large sized pencil case so you can fit a complete box of pencils plus more inside of it!
One of our favorite school items from The Ultimate Green Store is the Terracycle Clif Kid Z Bar Upcycled Backpack, a unique backpack made from upcycled snack bar wrappers! The Terracycle company launched a campaign to reduce landfill waste, fashioning this sweet bag from the wrappers of Clif Kid Z Bar Health Bars. Not to worry, the used wrappers are fully sanitized before undergoing their transformation, and it is a great use for waste that is otherwise not recyclable. Better yet, the material is water-resistant, yet easily cleaned with a damp sponge. It’s roomy and equipped with an adjustable handle, for all your tot’s school day adventures.
In addition to nutrition, a growing number of consumers are finding that there are other aspects of breakfast that are important. For them, making the most of breakfast includes watching how they spend their money and not wasting anything they buy. To help, here are some tips on how to get the most out of your breakfast—and your money.
