BA students participate in national recycling program, earn money for schools

Every Friday, Linda Roberts' fifth graders look forward to helping the environment and giving back to their community. Roberts, a special education teacher at Arrowhead Elementary School, said her students look forward every week to cleaning and sorting empty Capri Sun juice pouches as part of a national recycling program. The program encourages students to collect non-recyclable trash and send it to New Jersey-based company TerraCycle, which then uses the trash - like Capri Sun pouches - to make eco-friendly products like backpacks, flower pots and pencil cases, Senior Publicist Megan Yarnall said.