Australia Post has established a new Mailing Satchel Recycling Program that provides a recycling option for many of their envelopes that can’t go in the home recycling bin. Express Post, Parcel Post, Flat Rate Satchels and Padded Bags can now be posted back to TerraCycle who will arrange for them to be recycled into new products, free of charge.

I was so delighted to hear about a company called TerraCycle who is doing just that, taking a product that many thought could not be recycled and providing a FREE service to take your pods and using flash as technology recycling these and reducing yet another product that could otherwise massively impact our already overloaded waste systems. I have attached a little vid here to explain how it all works.  Basically Nescafe Dolce Gusto users are encouraged to sign up to the programme, use their own box, keep all the capsules in it, download a free shipping label and send the box in via NZ Post – this is another option outside of the public drop-off points. More info can be found here – http://www.terracycle.co.nz/en-NZ/brigades/capsulebrigade Thanks to Nescafe for hooking me up with these awesome products, I have been truly spoilt and I am delighted to be able to share the love and have this huge giveaway as I clearly don’t need all this delicious coffee!! Check out TerraCycle too, I think what they are doing is just awesome.

Collection boxes 9Rv have set up REUSE collection boxes and each class member is responsible for managing a collection. Please save the following items and deliver to the REUSE station in the covered area where the vending machine used to reside: ... Please support these initiatives. In doing so, as a community we can significantly reduce waste to landfill. Each product collected as part of the Terracycle program earns Rangi Ruru 2 cents. This quickly adds up and we can earn money from waste to support our nominated charity Cool Earth. Cool Earth is proven to be an effective charity making a difference in protecting/supporting rain forests and their communities. We also have the opportunity of winning $1000 through the Colgate Oral Care competition by collecting tooth brushes, tooth paste, floss containers and all associated packaging (any brands)

Here's an updated list of items the Dunkeld Kinder is collecting for the Terracycle recycling program. The collection box is at Kelly & Henson. All items must be used/empty.  toothbrushes  toothpaste tubes  oral care packaging  floss containers  prepaid mailing satchels  padded mailing satchels  cosmetics: lipsticks and lip-gloss, mascara, bronzer, eyeshadow, foundation, eyeliner, lip liner, concealer packaging  hair care: shampoo and conditioner bottles and lids, hair gel tubes and caps, hair spray and hair treatment packaging  skin care: used lip balm, face moisturiser, face and body wash soap dispensers and tubes, body and hand lotion dispensers and tubes, shaving foam packaging Terracycle - diverting waste from landfill. More information can be found at www.terracycle.com.au.

Australia Post has established a new Mailing Satchel Recycling Program that provides a recycling option for many of their envelopes that can’t go in the home recycling bin. Express Post, Parcel Post, Flat Rate Satchels and Padded Bags can now be posted back to TerraCycle who will arrange for them to be recycled into new products, free of charge.

In July, ACT Whitsundays presented a solution to the region's recycling issues at a council meeting. Council unanimously passed the motion put forward, which involved using council libraries as a collection point for "hard to recycle waste” such as bottles, toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, hair product bottles and the tops of pump bottles. The waste would then be posted to New South Wales company TerraCycle and who would use it to create outdoor furniture... Ms Adamson said volunteers would need to be prepared to empty the bins, pick up and sort out the recycling and then post them away to TerraCycle.