Virginia Beach Beacon June 22, 2012
Packing up drink pouches is a sticky, messy chore, but you do it if you want to earn extra money for your school. That’s why Cynthia Bowen and her student volunteers box and ship about 2,000 pouches each month to Trenton, N.J., where they’re recycled into a variety of items, including tote bags and pencil cases. Bowen, a parent volunteer at Ocean Lakes Elementary School, began the program this year and, so far, the school has earned $408 for the drink pouches they send to TerraCycle, a company that specializes in hard-to-recycle items