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New kids on the rock

After a waste audit last month that helped show staff and students how many recyclables are thrown in with the regular trash, the school cafeteria is now equipped with recycling bins so the kids can separately dispose of plastic, metal, clean paper and garbage. There is also a container for empty juice pouches of Capri Sun and Honest Kids, which the school can save and trade in to TerraCycle, a manufacturer of products made from recycled materials, for 2 cents each.

North Knox schools earn cash for non-recyclable trash

Fountain City Elementary School second-grader Maia Koontz helps her mother, Nelia Koontz, sort through juice pouches and chip bags that will be sent to TerraCycle for recycling. Fountain City Elementary School is getting paid for its trash. Taking recycling beyond the blue and green bins, the school collects drink pouches and chip bags and then sends them to Terra-Cycle. The company diverts the waste from landfills by using it to create items such as tote bags and lunch boxes. TerraCycle pays schools and nonprofits for the otherwise non-recyclable waste.

Quand les déchets repartent dans le circuit de distribution

Ce sont Terracycle et Wal Mart qui sont à l'origine de l'initiative. Wal Mart est une chaîne multinationale de super et hypermarchés, premier employeur de la planète avec près de 2 millions de collaborateurs, et vous devez déjà en avoir entendu parler. Terracycle quant à elle est une organisation d'à peine 10 ans qui se charge de collecter et de donner une seconde vie à des déchets non-recyclables, puis de les vendre dans de grandes enseignes de distribution.

School honored for recycling

Teachers and students at Purvis Lower Elementary School used to see a lot of juice drink pouches get thrown away. But in little more than a year, the school has recycled almost 38,000 drink pouches. It has become part of a nationwide effort that has just reached an impressive milestone of keeping 50 million pouches out of landfills. That's enough pouches to cover 480 football fields.