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Coppertone lança programa de coleta e transformação de embalagens em parceria com TerraCycle

Em uma iniciativa pioneira no Brasil, Coppertone lança, em parceria com a TerraCycle, um programa de coleta que permitirá a transformação de embalagens de protetores solares descartadas em matéria-prima novamente, substituindo material virgem e evitando que mais recursos naturais sejam extraídos.

Recycle Your Candy Wrappers!

Wilson Recycling has partnered with Habitat for Humanity to recycle candy wrappers. Wilson is working with a national organization, TerraCycle, to recycle candy wrappers with donation and all proceeds will go Habitat locally. For more information, contact Wilson Recycling (462-4444 or www.wilsonrecyle.com) or Habitat for Mason County. Phone numbers are 426-8134 in Shelton and 205-3250 in Belfair. Or check out www.habitatmasonwa.org.

Upcycling Candy Wrappers

- This is WAY beyond my skill level, but here are directions on how to make an awesome purse out of candy wrappers! - Martha Stewart has an easy way to make light-switch plate covers using candy wrappers. Fun for a kitchen, kid's bedroom, or playroom! Lastly, if DIY doesn't appeal to you, learn more about TerraCycle's Candy Wrapper Brigade. You can recycle candy wrappers from Mars®, Wrigley®, and Cadbury®.

Zero Waste Czars mandate no trash at THIS festival!

The Green Team here at Shaver's Creek is dedicated to finding ways to conserve resources and divert garbage that goes to landfills. This year, we got rid of our trash dumpster in favor of sorting ALL of our commodities so that they can be recycled or composted. The results of our efforts are obvious from this photograph of Rob Andrejewski, leader of zero waste efforts, single-handedly holding the entirety of our "trash" generated Saturday at our Fall Harvest Festival: Over 500 people visited Shaver's Creek that Saturday, and most of what slipped through our sorting threshold were juice boxes! Zero Waste Czars (AKA volunteers wearing awesome new t-shirts donated by Penn State's Office of Physical Plant Waste Management Team) helped visitors sort recycling and compost into our Zero Waste Zambonies (recycling stations on wheels) and inform folks of neat projects like TerraCycle.

What To Do With Your Leftover Candy Wrappers

For the everyday sweet-eater, Terracycle is your best bet. Founder Tom Szaky made the once-kitschy term “upcycling” into a legitimate process, and since its humble beginnings in 2001, Terracycle has become one of the No. 1 upcycling companies in the U.S. We’ve seen Szaky and his team create usable (and fashionable) materials for the home, garden, school and office from almost-impossible-to-recycle items like Capri Sun pouches, Skittles bags and Starburst wrappers, just to name a few.

TerraCycle y BIC lanzan un nuevo programa

De la mano de TerraCycle y BIC, está última conocida por muchos de vosotros gracias a sus bolígrafos, lanzan un nuevo y novedoso programa en España y otros países para la recogida de desechos.  Los ciudadanos recogen una gran cantidad de un determinado material y ellos se encargan de transformalo en nuevos productos reciclados. A cambio, ellos te dan una recompensa económica. Este dinero podrá ser donado a una organización o a la escuela que tu elijas. El objetivo de TerraCycle es acabar con la basura e intentar reutilizar lo que hasta ahora no se reciclaba.