One man’s garbage is another man’s treasure. While the concept is as old as the hills, it’s taken on a new, greener meaning this decade. And it even has a new name: upcycling. “Upcycling is finding value in the material … Continue reading
• Chip bags: These aren’t accepted in your blue bin, however you can join or start a local “brigade” of collectors for many hard-to-recycle items including chip bags, and earn cash for your school or nonprofit by signing up … Continue reading
“They panic if a milk carton lands in the garbage,” she says, noting that she watches as her kids regularly fish Capri Sun pouches, Lay’s potato chip bags and Nabisco cookie wrappers out of the trash to save and send … Continue reading
Maxwell Elementary School pupils are saving the world. And they recently received an award for their efforts. Lynn Davidson/McDuffie Mirror TerraCycle Inc. named the school among the Top 100 in the nation for recycling drink pouches. Lauren Taylor, of TerraCycle, … Continue reading
Eco-friendly students at Cape Cod Hill School in New Sharon are collecting food waste off lunch trays to make their own compost and they are collecting empty juice pouches, chip bags and cookie wrappers for Terracycle, a nationwide program that … Continue reading
Elisa Mercando of Belle Mead models the 1st place Upper School team design from the Stuart Country Day School “green” fashion show on January 14th, 2011. The dress was crafted from 7 different packs of playing cards, board game pieces … Continue reading
Many people have a very clear idea of what “recyclable” looks like, and many products are helpfully marked with the symbol of three arrows in perpetual triangular circulation. The meaning is clear — once used, recyclable products can be reused … Continue reading
Terracycle – An American company that up-cycles wrappers from a number of food & drink products, turns them into new products. Not only do they recycle, but they buy waste products from the public to recycle & they donate to … Continue reading
Trash to Treasure partners with the Broward College and TerraCycle to collect nontraditional items for reuse and recycling. TerraCycle pays for these materials and Broward College uses the revenue to fund the Michelle Lawless Scholarship which provides tuition for a … Continue reading
Wetumpka Elementary School received the America’s Best Brigade Award 2010 from TerraCycle for being one of the top 100 collecting schools in TerraCycle’s Drink Pouch Brigade. The local effort helped TerraCycle reach the milestone of 50 million pouches collected and … Continue reading