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Cigarette butt recycling program comes to Franklin
Franklin’s 100,000 butt challenge is on!
The innovative recycling program for cigarette butts and other smoking-related litter kicks off June 1 in Franklin and project organizers want 20 local businesses to hand them their butts.
The Carbon Footprint of Pets
As adorable as they are, household pets can have serious impacts on the environment. Did you know that we landfill nearly 2 million tons of cat litter annually, and that one dog can have double the carbon footprint of an SUV driving 10,000 miles?
Emmorton Elementary Students Earn Nearly $4,000 for their School by Recycling Drink Pouches
Emmorton Elementary students earn money and prizes for their school by collecting and recycling the drink pouches used at home and in the lunchroom. Emmorton Elementary has just reached the third level of TerraCycle and Capri Sun’s Drink Pouch Brigade® milestone contest by collecting more than 40,000 drink pouches.
A Senate commitment to widespread recycling in N.J. | Opinion
Every year in New Jersey, tens of millions of tons of solid waste are incinerated or deposited into landfills, posing a serious threat to the environment, public health and safety. New Jersey's growing landfills release toxic chemicals into the soil and groundwater. Incinerated waste emits dangerous toxins and air pollutants.
Wrappers to Riches
Wrappers to Riches
Upcycling turns useless into nifty
WHO knew you could make bags out of toothpaste tubes and turn toothbrushes into pens?
Students at Mary Help of Christians Primary School were delighted to discover the concept of 'upcycling' when TerraCycle general manager Anna Minns visited their school recently.
TerraCycle is an innovative company that tackles difficult to recycle waste streams, turning 'unrecyclable' waste into new sustainable products.
Year 6 students and environment ministers Isabella Treleaven and Jake Hicks were amazed to learn you could turn waste items into nifty, new products.
"It's so interesting," Jake said. "They even turn babies' nappies into new stuff."
The students got to take home items like fruit punch poppers-cum-pencil cases and cleansing wipe packages-cum-bags.
In the lead up to World Environment Day on June 5, TerraCycle is calling on Coffs Coast residents to recycle their used toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes and floss containers.
The primary school is participating in the nationwide program to save used oral care items from landfill, collecting these items from the community, sending them to TerraCycle to be recycled and getting two cents for every piece of waste in return.
Principal Liz Watts said they are excited about starting the program and look forward to a big collection drive.
Visit www.terracycle. com.au to learn more.