For example, Solo Cup recently launched a new recycling program for its Solo Squared Cups.  Solo has a manufacturing facility in Twin Falls, with 100 people on payroll. Solo joined forces with one of the fastest-growing companies in the world: TerraCycle.  Founded in 2001 by Tom Szaky, then a 20-year-old Princeton University freshman, TerraCycle began by producing organic fertilizer, packaging liquid worm poop in used soda bottles. It has engaged over 14 million people to collect waste in 11 countries. Some of those recycled goods are then turned into other products.

  Today, April 22, is Earth Day! And if you’re wondering how you can contribute to our planet’s conservation, gather your junk and take it to Old Navy or Office Depot. Until tomorrow, people can take their unwanted pens, markers and mechanical pencils of any brand to Office Depot. TerraCycle, a recycling company, will then use them to make office supplies like organizers and trash cans. Meanwhile, until May 21, people can take their unwanted flip-flops to Old Navy. TerraCycle will mix, melt and extrude the footwear into plastic boards. The boards then will be used as structural pieces in playgrounds which will be donated to communities across the country.

Hill's students, who are part of an elective "Go Green" classroom also broadcasted newscasts and gave presentations about ways to help keep the environment healthy - an ongoing theme in many corners of the Dexter school district. "All of our schools recycle and celebrate Earth Day every day," Hill said. "My classes have been recycling for years. This year we added plastic containers and Capri Sun containers. We belong to the TerraCycle program." Hill's students have also conducted clean-up efforts at various district school grounds removing and recycling plastic, paper, cardboard and aluminum cans wherever they could be found. The students have also installed bins to recycle fruit and vegetable refuse and collected 400 coats, mittens and hats for families in need.

Visit a New Jersey school as they talk about their recycling efforts and all the packaging they send to TerraCycle.

Ellen DeGeneres talks about the Flip Flop Replay--the recycling program for used flip flops happening at every U.S. Old Navy store.

New Jersey Recycling Co. offers program for Ladue and other communities. A recycling company from Trenton, NJ has teamed up with Old Navy and Office Depot to recyle hard-to-dispose of items. TerraCycle Inc. is participating in Earth Month collections throughout the United States. TerraCycle has teamed up with organizations and school groups to collect used flip-flops and used pens. The program runs April 22 through May 21, a press release from TerraCycle said. Shoppers can deposit their old flip-flops in colorful collection bins found inside the Old Navy Store at 8881 Ladue Rd. in Ladue. TerraCycle will then recycle the flip-flops into playground materials that will be donated to communities around the country. This is the first time any nationwide retailer has initiated a large-scale effort to collect and recycle hard-to-dispose-of items like flip-flops.

Looking for a way to celebrate Earth Day today? Old Navy's making it easy for you by offering drop-off bins for your used flip-flops, which they plan to turn into playground turf for playgrounds around the country Starting today, Old Navy's making it a lot easier to reuse one hard-to-recycle item: flip-flops. The clothing chain, with a store at The Strip in Jackson Township, has partnered with the New Jersey-based recycling company TerraCycle to gather customers' unwanted flip-flops and turn them into turf for children's playgrounds across the country. The recycling initiative runs today through May 21.

Today, April 22, is Earth Day! And if you’re wondering how you can contribute to our planet’s conservation, gather your junk and take it to Old Navy or Office Depot. Until tomorrow, people can take their unwanted pens, markers and mechanical pencils of any brand to Office Depot. TerraCycle, a recycling company, will then use them to make office supplies like organizers and trash cans.

Old Navy sponsored Ellen’s 8th Annual Earth Day Show. Starting today, Old Navy is kicking off its Flip-Flop Replay Program, the first national program to recycle old flip-flops and turn them into eco-friendly playgrounds. Old Navy and Terracycle will select four deserving schools and give the playgrounds away for free. Click here to visit their website <http://oldnavy.com/> .