Alright, it is that "Back to School Shopping" time of year again, and honestly, I remember loving it as a kid. When else could I get my Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper with awesome Lisa Frank folders, none of which would get much use during the year (organization has never been my game). I also loved the new outfits and getting dressed up for the first day of school- I mean, come on! Who can step to that freshness!? It's a sunflower hat and a jumpsuit for goodness sake!
On the other hand, businesses like to create a panic that your students NEEDS about 100 things. Of course you need 75 glue sticks- you don't want to raise the pariah with only 74! These stores and schools push these epic lists, but what do your kids actually
need?
My Dad wrote a blog
over at Curmudgecation from the teacher's perspective about what exactly needs bought for Back to School- his bottom line? Chill. You don't need as much as you think, and good communication with the teacher might surprise you about what can be helpful to send with your student to school. If you really want to help them out, a box of tissues (which you can get
recycled!) might be a lot more help than buying yet another single glue stick to dry out by the end of the year.
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.
"TerraCycle has transformed recycling, just as UPS transformed logistics," said Patrick Browne, Director of Global Sustainability at UPS. "UPS is helping TerraCycle transport what was once considered trash or unrecyclable materials. As a result, businesses, communities and consumers can recycle more items and less waste is being thrown into landfills."
Recycling comes naturally to me; I do it every day in my small soap making business. But for some, it takes more of an effort. If it’s not something you do all the time, it’s easy to get out of the habit. I want to train my customers to help in the recycling effort, so I’m doing a few things to make it easier for them.
A City of Melbourne initiative is putting cigarette butts in the CBD to good use, recycling them into industrial products like shipping pallets and park benches.
More than 10,000 cigarette butts are littered in the CBD daily. As well as being unsightly, these butts can be harmful to marine life if they end up in waterways.
On Monday, City of Melbourne placed a perspex box filled with 200,000 cigarette butts in Queensbridge Square on the south bank of the Yarra River.
The display aims to promote the City of Melbourne’s long-term cigarette butt recycling scheme and to encourage Melburnians to butt out responsibly.
The City of Melbourne has become one of only two councils in Australia to run a citywide initiative to recycle millions of cigarette butts into industrial products, according to Lord Mayor Robert Doyle.
The City of Melbourne has partnered with Enviropoles, who collect the cigarette waste, and TerraCycle, who convert the butts into plastic products.
"It's bad to throw away lots of plastic. That's why we put it in the special box." She's only four years old but Harmony Leigh knows why recycling is important. "When we throw stuff away it hurts the world and animals."
Colgate and TerraCycle are calling all primary schools in New Zealand to take part in the 2017 Colgate Bright Smiles Bright Futures recycling competition.
Start collecting old toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes because your school could win $1000 and a park bench by entering a recycling competition.
Colgate and TerraCycle are calling all primary schools in New Zealand to take part in the 2017 Colgate Bright Smiles Bright Futures recycling competition.
