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You Can Now Recycle Used Contact Lenses and Blister Packs!

When my Terracycle newsletter arrived today announcing their FREE Bausch + Lomb Recycling Programme I immediately signed-in to my Terrcycle account, requested a free shipping label, then emailed it to my local post office to print because I don’t have a printer. Next, I boxed up all my lenses and blister packs, and when the netball season ends in three weeks, I’ll add the final ones and send them all off.

UPS Logistics And Technology Solutions Help TerraCycle Divert 40 Million Pounds Of Waste From Landfills Recycling Innovator and UPS Turn Trash to Treasure

ATLANTA, Aug. 02, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global customs and logistics solutions by UPS (NYSE:UPS) are powering TerraCycle's mission to transform hard-to-recycle items like toothpaste tubes and snack bags into new products, diverting 40 million pounds of waste from landfills since 2012.
UPS's unique customs expertise and technology solutions helped TerraCycle grow its global recycling programs and customer base, which means less waste. Over the last five years, for instance, TerraCycle has turned 3.5 billion pieces of waste into useful products like trash cans and park benches.
The collaboration reflects UPS's commitment to solving environmental challenges and helping customers achieve a more sustainable global supply chain focused on waste reduction, reuse and recycling.

Meriden Music Stores Hosts Free Restring Event

Local musicians are invited to attend a free recycle and restring event at JC Music in Meriden Saturday, August 5 at 10 a.m. Sponsored by D’Addario, musicians can bring any old instrument strings for recycling and get their electric or acoustic guitars restrung with D’Addario NYXL or Nickel Bronze Acoustic strings. Old strings collected during the event will be recycled through Playback, D’Addario’s free, national recycling program. JC Music is a family owned, full-line music store, which has been serving the Connecticut music market for the past 30 years. The store offers one of New England's largest selections of new and used musical instruments and stocks a huge selection of print music and accessories, including 130 different models of guitar strings. JC Music has an on-site ProShop and repairs any type of musical instrument or equipment. The store offers both instrumental and vocal lessons in its education center, and students perform twice a year in their popular student showcase concerts. JC Music also visits schools throughout Connecticut and is now the fourth largest band and orchestra rental store within their affiliate network in the United States.