One of the dirtiest and most demonized portions of the municipal waste stream may soon be diverted from landfills. Developing a recycling solution for used disposable diapers, a biological amalgam of complexity, has been a top priority of the global … Continue reading
Albe was one of my very first guests when I started Mrs. Green. We’ve come a long way baby! The tagline on their website? Eliminate The Idea of Waste. Love it! You also know I love numbers so ponder these … Continue reading
Dear Parents and Fellow Roadrunners, Have you heard of 5th grade’s G21 project that is underway? Here’s our plan: We are recycling three different brigades: 1. Empty glue sticks and glue bottles 2. Empty disposable tape dispenser rolls 3. Empty … Continue reading
In an effort to make recycling more practical, Recycling Operations Manager Barry Wilkins will be working with TerraCylce, a New Jersey-based waste collection company, to collect used chip bags for its Chip Bag Brigade “upcycling” program. TerraCycle, founded in 2001 … Continue reading
Social media is popular for various reasons including the fact that it’s easy to reach people and that it’s free. Media such as advertising and marketing often is not free, so for many companies it is hard, if not impossible, … Continue reading
All-natural treat makes classroom parties sweet I hate to admit it, but I still have candies from last Valentine ’s Day. Having 3 children and 18 students, we were way overstocked after this especially sweet holiday. And then came Halloween … Continue reading
Fourth grade students at Winton Woods Elementary School are helping the environment through the school’s Recycling Club. In addition to recycling cans and paper throughout the building, students recently took on the sticky job of bundling recycled juice bags to … Continue reading
As both packaging professionals and consumers, we live lives dominated by packaging and its science. When we pick up a product at the grocery store or order something new online, we think about what the item itself is packaged in, … Continue reading
Just because you can’t put something in the recycling bin doesn’t mean it can’t be recycled – send it to New Jersey’s TerraCycle Inc., which specializes in unconventional recycleables. For retailers, getting customers in the door is the goal. The more … Continue reading
Terracycle is a program that was started in the middle of the Fall 2011 semester here at SUNY New Paltz and has quickly gained recognition around campus. Terracycle is a company that sponsors the recycling of items that are not … Continue reading