To help celebrate Earth Month, Earth Day, Easter and Cinco de Mayo, TerraCycle is launching several campaigns that put a new spin on recycling, making it more creative then ever and easy for everyone to get involved. On April 11, TerraCycle will join with the Garnier Brand to provides the first comprehensive solution for all cosmetic packaging waste.

This year, Monterey Road Elementary School has stepped up efforts to teach students about recycling and get students more accustomed to recycling at school every day. The school has been using a service called Terracycle, which hauls recyclables for free and then pays schools two cents for every item collected. While it's great for fundraising, the kids are also getting a fresh perspective on the positive reasons to recycle.

Alternatives, a non-profit agency serving individuals with disabilities throughout Central Massachusetts, demonstrated its concern for the environmental health of the Blackstone Valley by utilizing green technology in its renovation of the Whitin Mill in Whitinsville. One of the agency's latest environmental initiatives is a Terracycling partnership with the Balmer Elementary School in Northbridge. Working with individuals served by Alternatives, students recycle their Capri Sun and Honest Kids drinks containers. The containers sent to Terracycle, where they are recycled into a variety of products. For each recycled container, the school receives $.02.

L’Oreal’s personal care brand Garnier is taking steps to reduce the amount of landfill waste generated by its products by partnering with TerraCycle to recycle packaging into playgrounds. Personal care and beauty products account for one-third of all landfill waste.

Beginning Sunday, April 17 and running through Saturday, April 23,  customers can trade in their used writing instruments, regardless of  brand, to any Office Depot retail store location nationwide. In exchange  for ten pens, pencils or markers, customers will receive a coupon toward  a new product from Newell Rubbermaid Office Products, maker of Sharpie®,  EXPO®, Paper Mate® and more. The collected instruments will be sent to  TerraCycle, the pioneering upcycling and recycling company, to be turned  into new office supply products ranging from trash cans to desk  organizers.

Office Depot together with TerraCycle, Inc. will be offering customers a unique recycling opportunity during Earth Month.

However, when they are worn out and broken beyond repair, PLEASE don't throw them in the trash!  Thanks to an initiative by Terracycle <http://www.terracycle.net/> , these useless-to-us flip flops can be turned into Playground Materials!

  Office Depot (NYSE: ODP), celebrating 25 years as a leading global provider of office supplies and services, together with TerraCycle, Inc. will be offering customers a unique recycling opportunity during Earth Month. Beginning Sunday, April 17 and running through Saturday, April 23, customers can trade in their used writing instruments, regardless of brand, to any Office Depot retail store location nationwide. In exchange for ten pens, pencils or markers, customers will receive a coupon toward a new product from Newell Rubbermaid Office Products, maker of Sharpie(R), EXPO(R), Paper Mate(R) and more. The collected instruments will be sent to TerraCycle, the pioneering upcycling and recycling company, to be turned into new office supply products ranging from trash cans to desk organizers.

Office Depot (NYSE: ODP), celebrating 25 years as a leading global provider of office supplies and services, together with TerraCycle, Inc. will be offering customers a unique recycling opportunity during Earth Month. Beginning Sunday, April 17 and running through Saturday, April 23, customers can trade in their used writing instruments, regardless of brand, to any Office Depot retail store location nationwide. In exchange for ten pens, pencils or markers, customers will receive a coupon toward a new product from Newell Rubbermaid Office Products, maker of Sharpie®, EXPO®, Paper Mate® and more. The collected instruments will be sent to TerraCycle, the pioneering upcycling and recycling company, to be turned into new office supply products ranging from trash cans to desk organizers. “One pen or marker might not seem like a significant addition to a landfill, but considering there are an estimated $5 billion worth of writing instruments sold in the U.S. each year, this is an opportunity to make a big difference,” said Ed Cooper, Vice President of Sales for Newell Rubbermaid Office Products. In 2010, Newell Rubbermaid Office Products became the first pen company in the world to fund the collection and repurpose of used writing instruments, and with this program, Office Depot will become the first national office supply retailer to collect used writing instruments in-store.

  Office Depot (NYSE:ODP - News), celebrating 25 years as a leading global provider of office supplies and services, together with TerraCycle, Inc. will be offering customers a unique recycling opportunity during Earth Month. Beginning Sunday, April 17 and running through Saturday, April 23, customers can trade in their used writing instruments, regardless of brand, to any Office Depot retail store location nationwide. In exchange for ten pens, pencils or markers, customers will receive a coupon toward a new product from Newell Rubbermaid Office Products, maker of Sharpie®, EXPO®, Paper Mate® and more. The collected instruments will be sent to TerraCycle, the pioneering upcycling and recycling company, to be turned into new office supply products ranging from trash cans to desk organizers.