Newtown Elementary School students help sort TerraCycle items during the 2010-2011 school year. Do something good for the planet and your neighborhood Friday. It’s as simple as donating your trash. Yes, you heard right. Trash. Since October, Newtown Elementary School has been participating in TerraCycle recycling. The school is holding its first of two TerraCycle recycling summer collection days on Friday. TerraCycle, headquartered in Trenton, N.J., specializes in making consumer products from, well, trash. For example, the company makes bags from Capri Sun pouches, and other products from chip bags, plastic baggies, candy wrappers, etc.

Six Flags theme parks, POLLY-O & TerraCycle, Inc are offering super discounts this summer while encouraging easy recycling opportunities. Visitors who bring specially marked Polly-O String Cheese packaging to the Six Flags over Georgia in Atlanta will receive $15 off general admission any day of the week or a Free Kid’s Ticket with purchase of general admission ticket on weekdays . What a fabulous offer!

This giveaway is packed full of awesome stuff that is fun for both moms and kids, and its good for the environment, all courtesy of Terracycle. TerraCycle is an awesome company that is reducing waste by finding creative ways to use materials that most of us would think of as garbage. You know the saying “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure”.

Spending time outdoors makes me hungry. That’s why picnics were invented. Who wants to have to go back INSIDE when you’re having so much fun OUTSIDE!? We have a cute picnic basket that, frankly, needs to see more sunlight. However, since it’s not insulated, I can only use it for quick trip-to-the-park picnics. For longer trips, I use an insulated cooler. Terracycle, Inc. sent us a roomy Ozark Trail 36 Can Cooler with Removable Hardliner. This particular cooler has a special hardliner – it’s made by Terracycle out of recycled Frito-Lay chip bags! And, it’s antimicrobial (no clue how that happens, but true!). The Ozark Trail Cooler from Terracycle has zipper and mesh pockets front and side pockets, as well as a 3″ expandable top for dry storage, so you don’t have to pack just cans. The 36-can size is perfect to hold one lunch for our family – we sit it between our seats, and I can grab snacks as we go and zip it back up! If we happen to stop, we don’t have to unpack the whole car, I just lift out the cooler and we’re ready to eat!

Are you excited for back-to-school?! I am just so excited. This next giveaway is packed full of awesome stuff that is fun for both moms and kids, as well as good for the environment, courtesy of Terracycle. TerraCycle is an awesome company that is reducing waste by finding creative was to use materials most of us would think of as garbage. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, right?

Como parte de una campaña para contribuir con el medio ambiente al tiempo que obtienen recursos, personal de Fundación Juárez Integra A. C. invita a la comunidad a donar los sobres vacíos de bebidas en polvo, cepillos de dientes, tubos de pasta dental y sus empaques. Por cada pieza que reúnan, la empresa estadounidense TerraCycle en México les dará 25 centavos, que en conjunto, “significará de mucha ayuda para brindar atención”. Laura Antillón, directora de Desarrollo Institucional de la Fundación, manifestó que iniciaron la campaña de manera interna pero que gracias a los mismos beneficiarios, otras personas se dieron cuenta y los han apoyado en la causa. Agregó que luego de unos dos meses de colecta están en fechas de envío del primer lote. “El apoyo económico se irá a la cuenta de gasto general, con la cual solventamos todo lo que son los servicios para que las personas con discapacidad puedan recibir su atención”, expresó. Isaac Arjona, gerente general de TerraCycle México, dijo que con la ayuda de Tang y Colgate, que patrocinan un mismo número de brigadas que toman su nombre, se cumple con el objetivo de eliminar la basura para toda la categoría, a través de su programa de reutilización. Explicó que de tal manera, escuelas y organizaciones sin fines de lucro pueden cooperar con el medio ambiente, enviar el material sin costo alguno y recibir una remuneración económica en beneficio de su comunidad semestralmente. De acuerdo con información en la página de Internet de la empresa, con lo recolectado, se realizan carteras, estuches para cosméticos, cepillo de dientes y lápices, mochilas, bolsas y monederos. Laura Antillón recordó que la comunidad en general podrá llevar el material a las oficinas ubicadas en la calle Privada Pascual Ortiz Rubio 1410 en la colonia Partido Senecú en un horario de 9 de la mañana a 7 de la tarde, de lunes a viernes.

Upcycling is the process of converting waste materials or products that cannot be recycled into new materials or products of better quality or a higher environmental value. This is a fairly new term in our increasingly eco-conscious world. Upcycling embraces uniqueness and creativity because upcycled products are truly one of a kind. One of the pioneers of upcycling is TerraCycle. They are taking wasteful materials such as drink pouches, chip bags, and tooth brushes and making them into a variety of neat consumer products. TerraCycle’s products are available through a number of retailers including Wal-Mart and Target as well as online. The goal of TerraCycle is to help eliminate waste. They run their own collection programs at many major retailers, theatres, stadiums, and restaurants. In fact, you can sign up on their website to donate certain waste items to TerraCycle and they’ll pay the shipping to get it from you and donate money to a charity of your choice. Find out more about How TerraCycle Works.