It looked like a cleaner form of dumpster diving as fifth graders at San Clemente’s Truman Benedict Elementary School gathered juice pouches and chip bags from two big recycling bins. While other students played handball just yards away, the fifth … Continue reading
Pennsbury In a continuing efforts to “go green” at Makefield Elementary School, students and teachers have been working extra hard to recycle. Led by teacher Roberta Stafford, the Recycling Club’s goal is to reduce, reuse and recycle as much as … Continue reading
So, you’ve picked all the low-hanging eco-fruit. You’ve changed out your light bulbs and done a variety of home energy saving retrofits. You’ve put in tap aerators and shortened your showers. You walk and ride your bike instead of drive … Continue reading
TerraCycle produces very cool consumer products from recycled food packaging. But for businesses trying to grow revenues in this “soft recovery” the coolest thing about TerraCycle is its creative business strategies for generating top-line revenue results with attractive profit margins. … Continue reading
TerraCycle was founded by a brainiac college student back in 2001 & started as organic fertilizer company {ever see the worm poop in an upcycled soda bottle?} in addition ~ they run free national collection programs to collect wrappers from tons of products … Continue reading
TerraCycle takes drink pouches, wrappers, corks, yogurt cups, chip bags and other waste. Each is shipped to a specific “brigade” which in turn takes the material and crafts it into unique and functional items for kids and adults. The recycling … Continue reading
Sharpie, Paper Mate and EXPO have partnered with TerraCycle to collect and reuse pens, markers and other writing instruments in a way that helps schools, charities, and non-profits to raise funds. Groups that want to participate can print pre-paid shipping … Continue reading
Keep trash out of the landfills by upcycling them with Terracycle and the proceeds get donated to a local school or charity. Terracycle uses non-recyclable waste materials to create brand new eco-friendly products. Waste materials are collected by people around … Continue reading
Nancy Baiche would have an entirely green school if she could, but for now she’s happy believing that teaching the prekindergarten classes at Williams Ledger Elementary School about recycling could impact the world and maybe save the earth someday. “They … Continue reading
Lee Elementary School students turned juice pouches into pencil cases, chip bags to lunch boxes and candy wrappers into backpacks as part of a national initiative that combines fundraising and recycling. Students collected nearly 6,000 pieces of non-recyclable waste, such … Continue reading