TerraCycle and Old Navy are encouraging us to ditch our old flip flops and donate them to their new recycling program. To be a part of this great green initiative, become part of the Old Navy Flip-Flop Brigade and start scouring for old flip flops. The companies encourage participants to send 50 pairs of rubber flip flops of any brand in a bundle. To show their appreciation for your efforts, they'll send you some Old Navy coupons, which you can distribute amongst your friends who've given up their old flip flops for the cause. It could get pricy to send such a massive parcel, but the Flip-Flop Brigade will cover all costs. You just need to download a pre-paid shipping label from the TerraCycle website and drop off your flip-flops to any UPS location. Those Old Navy vouchers are pretty alluring, but so's the fuzzy feeling that comes from doing good. The flip-flops are saved from a life in landfill and destined to become something more, like playground equipment or a park bench. Fifty flip flops sounds like a lot to collect, but if you start polling your friends and family I’m sure you'll be surprised by how many ratty rubber beach shoes they have hiding at the back of their closets!

Flip those flops into something new. TerraCycle Canada, which creates solutions for hard-to-recycle waste, and retailer Old Navy have partnered to create a national waste collection program for used flip-flops, the Regina Post-Leader in Saskatchewan reported. TerraCycle created the free Flip-Flop Brigade, which allows consumers to send their old flip-flops to TerraCycle and receive a coupon in return. The sandals will be recycled into products such as playgrounds, park benches and bike racks, the newspaper said.

Schüler des Albrecht-Thaer-Gymnasiums in Stellingen engagieren sich Frauke Heiderhoff, Stellingen – Kugelschreiber, Tintenkiller und Textmarker: All diese nützlichen Dinge finden sich in Kisten des Albrecht-Thaer-Gymnasiums in Stellingen. Tim Ole (12) und Bujar (12) sind engagierte Sammler. „Die Zerstörung der Stifte auf dem Sperrmüll schadet unserer Umwelt“, so Tim Ole. Deshalb sei es klasse, dass die Stifte dank ihrer Sammelaktion nun wiederverwertet werden können.

You know the old adage “do good, feel good”? Well, we firmly stand behind that, though we have to admit getting a little perk for doing good never hurts. As luck would have it, Old Navy and TerraCycle Canada have just teamed up to offer theFlip-Flop Brigade, an initiative that allows consumers to send in their old flip-flops to TerraCycle and receive an exclusive coupon to Old Navy in return. Not only does that mean you have some extra cash to burn in-store, but you’ll be saving your old sandals from wasting away in a landfill. Instead, the worn down flip-flops will get a new life as they are recycled into everything from playgrounds to bike racks. This isn’t the first time Old Navy and TerraCycle have teamed up: they started a one-month flip-flop collection run last spring starting on Earth Day, and managed to recycle almost 20,000 flip-flops. If you’ve been holding onto beat-down pairs of Havaianas or Old Navy flip-flops for far too long now, log on to TerraCycle to sign up for the brigade. Once you have a full box of sandals, you can print off a prepaid UPS shipping label to ship off your box at no cost.

Ahh, summer. With warmer temperatures come evening barbecues (or the smell of your neighbour's), bike rides along the seawall, Saturday strolls after brunch and, naturally, trips to the beach. In fact, sand and surf rate high on any list of good things about Vancouver living, so arm yourself for an epic summer at the beach with this list of essentials. IN THE SWIM We may as well start with the item you either loathe (ugh, pasty skin, muffin top, need we go on?) or love (tanned bod, all those hot yoga classes) shopping for. Trends in swimwear have all but disappeared, so choose something - anything - that suits you, flatters you and, most importantly, that you like. A fringed number in lime green by L*Space (recently seen on Rihanna)? How fab. A vintage-inspired bandeau top in a more subdued maroon by Vitamin A? Yes, please. Homegrown label Aritzia (and, more specifically, its sporty lifestyle label, TNAction) has also launched its very own swim collection, while Anna Kosturova's crochet bikinis, which have won countless mentions in Sports Illustrated, are coveted yachtwear.

Comme vous le savez, depuis Avril 2011, l’association SEM’Jeunes a créé son équipe de collecte d’instruments d’écriture usagés TerraCycle et vous a sollicités pour recycler stylos à bille, feutres, porte-mines, correcteurs, colles, marqueurs, surligneurs…

If you visited households throughout Canada, chances are you’d find at least one pair of flip-flops (if not more) in each. Unfortunately, every pair of flip-flops Canadians throw out ends up as waste in landfills. That is changing thanks to a partnership between Old Navy and TerraCycle Canada that now makes flip-flops recyclable. The free Flip-Flop Brigade is sponsored by national retailer Old Navy and run by leading upcycler and recycler TerraCycle. Consumers can send their old flip-flops to TerraCycle and receive an exclusive coupon in return. TerraCycle will recycle the flip-flops into innovative products such as playgrounds, park benches and bike racks.