If you are a parent, you know how quickly your kids can go through their toys. Once a toy breaks, or when a new toy craze hits the market, it’s out with the old and in with the new. Considering Americans buy more than
$18 billion worth of toys annually, you’re not alone.
It’s among the top 30 collectors in the Glad Food Storage Brigade, a free national recycling program. Their collection and recycling efforts have helped raise more than $119,000 toward the benefit of nonprofits and schools across the country, while saving plastic containers and wraps from landfills.
Village Pilote organise un festival solidaire pour venir en aide aux enfants du Sénégal. RDV le 11 juillet au Parc des Berges du Rhône
Dans l'attente qu'un système de tri de ces étuis, barquettes et autres sachets plastiques ne se généralise, la société
TerraCycle a mis en place une brigade biscuits, avec
l'enseigne St Michel. Tous les films, les barquettes et les
emballages plastiques, papier et cartonnés de gâteaux, quelle que soit la marque, peuvent être déposés dans l'un des points de vente St Michel ou chez un collecteur agréé, dont
la liste est disponible sur le site de l'organisation.
More and more consumers are making life choices to become “ethical eaters”. Ethical eaters strive to choose foods that minimize harm and are protective of the environment, consumers, farmers and all those involved in food production and distribution.
Recicla tus bolis y material de escritura de plástico en el Espacio Joven
Cualquier bolígrafo, pluma, rotulador, corrector, marcador fluorescente, etc (sin importar la marca del fabricante o el material del que estén hechos con excepción de la madera), puede ser reciclado. Trae tus bolis y rotuladores de plástico al Espacio Joven para reciclarlos o crea tu propia brigada de reciclaje en tu colegio o instituto.
Todo el material reciclado será entregado a TERRACYCLE que servirá de materia prima para convertirla en otros productos. BIC entregará un donativo por cada elemento recogido en TERRACYCLE a una entidad de destino elegida por el Espacio Joven; en este caso hemos optado por el Banco de Alimentos de Valladolid.
Acerca con tus bolis usados al Espacio Joven. Ya sabes: estamos en Paseo de Zorrilla, 101, Valladolid.
Han pasado tres años desde que TerraCycle y BIC orgnaizan un sistema de brigadas de reciclaje entre los colegios españoles. Ahores el IES Barrio Loranca se ha sumado a esta iniciativa y por cada material escolar reciclado reciben dos céntimos que destinan a fines benéficos.
H.L. Johnson Elementary School has earned money and prizes for the school by collecting and recycling the drink pouches used in the lunchroom and at home.
The school recently reached the third level of TerraCycle and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade milestone contest by collecting more than 40,000 drink pouches. The students have earned more than $3,000 for their school by collecting the drink pouches.
Are you disgusted by the mats of cigarette butts that gather on sidewalks, street curbs and roadways?
Are you a smoker that feels slightly guilty at flinging that filter out the car window?
Here are some etiquette and serving tips we’ve gleaned about enjoying wines from
The Naked Grape wine makers: