Hickory Church of Christ is the national winner of cash and prizes in a contest run by Kraft Cheese and recycling pioneer TerraCycle. The Kraft Barbecue Bash contest gave entrants a chance to win by recycling the most used cheese wrappers June 1-July 31. Hickory Church of Christ sent in 9,000 wrappers as part of The Cheese Packaging Brigade, TerraCycle’s nationwide collection program to keep cheese wrappers from going to landfills while earning money for charity at the same time.
The discarded butts will be sent to TerraCycle, a New Jersey-based company that collects difficult-to-recycle products and repurposes them. Koop said other cities such as Santa Monica and organizations like Surfrider have expressed an interest in borrowing the eater meter to launch their own collection programs.
Hickory Church of Christ is the national winner of cash and prizes in a contest run by Kraft Cheese and recycling pioneer TerraCycle. The Kraft Barbecue Bash contest gave entrants a chance to win by recycling the most used cheese wrappers June 1-July 31. Hickory Church of Christ sent in 9,000 wrappers as part of The Cheese Packaging Brigade, TerraCycle’s nationwide collection program to keep cheese wrappers from going to landfills while earning money for charity at the same time.
Twelve-year-old Mathis LeBlanc of Massena, New York started collecting for TerraCycle's Drink Pouch Brigade in January, placing a container in his elementary school's cafeteria where kids can drop off their empty Capri Sun pouches. To date, Mathis has helped collect more than 11,000 drink pouches that he can send to TerraCycle at no cost, generating "points" that he can use to raise money for charity or his elementary school.
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We hebben onlangs weer een aantal mooie donaties via Terracycle gekregen die we niet kunnen koppelen aan een vrijwilliger. Heb jij bijvoorbeeld lege pennen ingezameld en kan een van die bedragen dus van jou zijn, laat het ons dan even weten. Zo kunnen we de donatie alsnog bij jouw naam boeken en dus naar jouw project laten gaan.
Mis je andere donaties op je overzicht, laat het dan ook even weten. Het kan zijn dat we de donatie niet meteen kunnen koppelen aan jou omdat de opmerkingen niet duidelijk doorkomen of je naam er niet bij is vermeld.
Vragen over Terracycle en andere donatie-gerelateerde zaken, kun je allemaal bij mij kwijt. Dus bel of mail gerust!
Groetjes Debbie
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WEATHERFIELD ACADEMY
'Biscuit Wrapper Roundup'
Class P3 will be saving biscuit wrappers from 10th June 2013. Please send your wrappers into P3 to help with their charitable recycling event
Thank you very much
Mrs Owen
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Terracyle hace algo increíble con las placas de circuito de los ordenadores que, de otra manera, acabarían en la basura, con lo que ello supone de polución ambiental. Su objetivo es trabajar para ofrecer productos cotidianos al tiempo que logran mantener los desechos electrónicosalejados del medio ambiente.