Throughout our school and in every classroom is a TerraCycle bin, which one of our volunteer parents dutifully picks up every week.
What is TerraCycle, you ask? It is a company committed to putting less waste in our landfills by recycling difficult-to-recycle items. Toothpaste tubes, bread wrappers, Keurig pods. You know, all that stuff that you stand over your trash and wonder--is this recyclable? The answer is "yes," and TerraCycle is the solution.
How can you help? Please talk to your kids about tossing their (empty) applesauce/snack pouches and other lunch wrappers in the TerraCycle bins instead of the trash. No need to be spic 'n' span, just empty and not dripping so that the bins don't attract fruit flies. The bins also accept used school supplies, courtesy of Staples' recycling program.