05/09/11 Tang se suma a los “Kids Choice Awards Argentina 2011”, el show de premiaciones organizado por Nickelodeon Latinoamérica, en el que los premiados son elegidos por los chicos. Los niños votan on line a sus personajes favoritos de cine, música, deportes y televisión. En línea con el Programa de reciclaje de Tang, las veinte brigadas Tang que recolecten mayor cantidad de sobres hasta el día 20 de septiembre, recibirán diez entradas para asistir a los Kids’ Choice Awards Argentina. Durante el evento, que contará con la conducción de Nicolás Vázquez, la brigada que más sobres haya recolectado subirá al escenario y recibirá un premio especial. Cómo participar en Clubtang.com.ar.

Com este trabalho a equipe do Sec - Avaré prova que é possível ajudar às pessoas e ao meio ambiente, basta ter força de vontade e determinação. Para o próximo semestre espera-se que a quantidade de embalagens arrecadada possa aumentar.

Friday was the 2nd day of school with my latest crop of 3rd graders....and the first Friday, which means it is our weekly "Capri Sun Collect and Count" day in my classroom. For the last 3 years, one of our 3rd grade duties is to go around to all the classes to gather up the bins of juice pouches, chip bags, ziplock bags, and glue sticks that we upcycle to TerraCycle. Given my new batch of worker bees, I wanted to share with them the TerraCycle back-story so that they had more insight as to why it is that we do what we do at our Maryland Green School.

TerraCycle and Garnier have teamed up to create a second life for empty cosmetic containers. Under the “Personal Care and Beauty Brigade” plan consumers can send in their used personal care or beauty product packaging and TerraCycle will upcycle the material into fun and innovative products, according to the companies. For each approved package received, $.02 will be donated to the non–profit organization or school of the consumer’s choice. Garnier is covering all costs and shipping. so participation in the Personal Care and Beauty Brigade is free for consumers. Consumers can sign-up online to participate and then download prepaid postage labels and collection materials from TerraCycle. They then collect enough packaging to fill a collection bag, affix the pre–paid postage label and drop it off at a UPS location. For more information see: www.terracycle.net

Currently offering booster seats, potty seats a step stool from Growing Up Green, a line of kids bamboo products with a mission to protect the environment for future generations while encouraging children to be eco-conscious, Ginsey has plans in place to add Stump! to the line-up soon. These tree-trunk shaped step stools are made of sprigwood, a bio-composite material constructed of bits of reclaimed wood and recycled plastic. In addition, Ginsey has partnered with TerraCycle, a Trenton, NJ company that pays organizations and schools to collect waste, such as candy wrappers, drink pouches and pens, which is then used to make environmentally responsible products. The company has high hopes for this partnership. “We are exploring several opportunities with TerraCycle and reviewing a component piece to our toilet seats that utilizes post-industrial pre-consumer waste,” says Ginsey’s Liz Sarson. “We hope our partnership will present an opportunity for homeowners to make a green statement in the home.

Here at TerraCycle, when we say we collect non-recyclable items then recycle them, the first question is usually “how?” While we love joking that we use magic, the process is a bit more complicated. School groups, individuals and community organizations collect items such as juice pouches and chip bags to send to us. When this trash arrives, there are two different paths it can follow: upcycling or recycling.

PACKAGE DEAL TerraCycle, a company devoted to finding new uses for hard-to-recycle waste (candy wrappers, cellphones, flip-flops), has teamed with the personal-care company Garnier to find new purposes for old cosmetics packaging. Used lipstick and mascara tubes, shampoo and conditioner bottles, nail polish bottles, eyeliner pencils and pretty much anything else lotion- or potion-related can now forgo the landfill and become a park bench or a trash can instead. Interested consumers sign up online (terracycle.net/brigades/personal-care-and-beauty-brigade), download postage and send in their waste.