But a company called Terracycle is on a crusade to reduce waste from all the summer picnics, sports events and all-out parties that produce the hundreds of cups, wrappers, straws, bags, bottles, cans and plastic utensils that take a toll on the environment. They call their waste-reducing and collecting efforts brigades, and you can learn how to take part at www.terracycle.net. “One key aspect of not being wasteful is only using what you need,” said Megan Yarnall, senior publicist for the New Jersey-based organization. “Afterward, people can look at what they have and investigate how they can re-use it.”

Patricia Sturla, experta en imagen, moda y belleza, estará hoy jueves, viernes y sábado en El Paso para promover productos de belleza biodegradables e inocuos para el medio ambiente, sin dejar residuos de jabón, informó una portavoz de la gira The Cleaner Greener (El Limpiador más Verde), en un comunicado de prensa. Con este recorrido, se pretende orientar al público consumidor sobre maneras más amenas y divertidas acerca de la basura y los desperdicios, así como maneras de influir positivamente en el ambiente, agregó la portavoz, en una declaración escrita.

TerraCycle has turned juice boxes into purses and is looking to recycle diapers. But today, the Trenton company is focused on collecting trash and helping a Bucks County school make money.

Since so much emphasis is placed on recycling at this year’s camp, the church found a program called TerraCycle to help. According to its website, the purpose of TerraCycle is to “eliminate the idea of waste by creating collection and solution systems for anything that ends up in our trash today.” During the camp, children will collect old toothbrushes, Capri Sun packages, old ink pens, and chip bags and give them to Greenway Medical, which has an established program. Greenway will then give the items to TerraCycle which will then write a check back to a nonprofit organization of their choice.

Family housing residents already participate in reducing waste in landfills by recycling paper, cardboard, and plastic and glass bottles and containers. Now they have taken a step toward eliminating waste altogether by joining the Colgate Toothbrush Brigade, collecting toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes and packaging. Once thought of as non-recyclable, toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes and packaging can now be collected and converted in to a wide range of products and materials. In partnership with TerraCycle, a company that provides free waste collection programs for hard-to-recycle materials, Balfour Beatty Communities will provide a collection point and donation pick up dates for the used tooth brush items from residents and send them to TerraCycle who will either upcycle or recycle the waste into new eco-friendly products. This eliminates waste in landfills and even reduces the need for new materials to be extracted from the planet. Products that are made from upcycled or recycled materials include such things as park benches, bags and backpacks, gardening supplies, office supplies, and even toys. For every unit of waste collected and sent to TerraCycle, a donation will be made to the Families of the Wounded Fund. All residents have to do to participate is to drop off their toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes and toothbrush packaging in the appropriate bin at the Community Center, 126 Madison Ave. on Fort Eustis. Balfour Beatty and TerraCycle will take care of the rest.

4. If you've ever wondered what to do with empty shampoo bottles and face lotion tubes, we've got a solution: You can send them off to Terracycle where they'll be recycled. Plus, when you sign up for the Beauty Brigade—a partnership with Garnier—you get to donate two cents for each container to your favorite charity or school.

Six Flags Offers DiscountsKraft and Six Flags are offering discounts at parks across the country for visitors who bring in specially marked string cheese packaging for recycling. The packaging will be sent to my company, TerraCycle, and made into plastic products including plastic lumber and plastic pavers. Visitors who bring specially marked Kraft String Cheese packaging to Six Flags will receive $15 off general admission any day of the week. Polly-O packaging (only available on the East Coast) is good for $15 off general admission every day, or a free kids ticket with purchase of general admission on a weekday. Six Flags and Kraft have teamed up with TerraCycle to collect and recycle the cheese packaging. Normally, this packaging is not recyclable in most areas of the country , and this is the first time it will be recycled! TerraCycle will make the packaging into eco-friendly plastic products including trash cans, flower pots, plastic plywood, park benches, and picnic tables. Visitors can continue recycling packaging that is usually non-recyclable by signing up for TerraCycle’s Brigade program, through which these items are collected. For every piece of trash that a Brigade sends in, they will receive two points, which can be put towards a specific charity gift or converted to cash and donated to the participant’s charity of choice. Date: Friday, July 15, 2011 Time: All Day Event Location: Other Type of event: Fun/Entertainment

México, 11 Jun. (Notimex).- El Canal Once de Televisión estrenará las series "Horizon", "Vidas al límite", "Secretos del lenguaje corporal", "La ciencia del combate" y "Los reyes del reciclaje", con el fin de divulgar la ciencia y la tecnología entre los televidentes. En un comunicado, la emisora del Instituto Politénico Nacional (IPN) explicó que las transmisiones, que tienen como finalidad crear reflexión y orientar, se presentarán en la barra programática de las 18:00 horas a partir de este lunes 13 de junio. "Horizon" expondrá a partir de este lunes documentales bajo la premisa del poder del hombre y su relación con sus semejantes a partir de una mejor comprensión de su mente, cuerpo y mundo. Esta serie británica obtuvo premios como el EMMY, el Bafta y el Grierson Fiduciano. Descubrir cómo los malos hábitos y el estilo de vida pueden afectar el cuerpo y hacerlo más viejo de lo que uno piensa, es la reflexión que maneja "Vidas al límite", que se presentará el día martes, producción que informará sobre los excesos y cómo ser más saludables. "Secretos del lenguaje", el miércoles, descubre cómo gesticulaciones, posturas, saludos y diferentes movimientos que tiene el ser humano en su cotidianidad, pueden decir más que una frase verbal. Para conocer los movimientos, técnicas y consecuencias de practicar combates en cualquiera de sus diferentes disciplinas, se estrenará el jueves "La ciencia del combate", precisó Once TV. Y para finalizar la semana, la serie "Los reyes del reciclaje" seguirá los pasos de una empresa ecológica, en la creación y diseño de nuevos elementos a partir de objetos reutilizables.