Terracycle This Week

No school this week means the Terracycle bin is taking a week off.  Actually, the bin might start making guest star appearances at Boise State football tailgate parties (I've never seen so many Solo cups and chip bags get thrown away!)

For October, our focus item will be candy wrappers!  YEP!  EVEN THE LITTLE ONES FROM HALLOWEEN!  We did well last year just from a few kids' Halloween pails.  As always, we continue to collect all of our other Terracycle items but a focus item really brings attention to what we're doing.  Last month we did great with tooth brushes!  Two of the white packages (jammed full by the way) are filled with toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes!

The bin is empty right now with a large shipment heading out to UPS this evening.  When I say large, well, hmmm...so, I bought a new toilet over the weekend and that's what I ended up using to box up the Capri Sun pouches.  Once we accumulate at least 500 pouches we are eligible to send them to Terracycle.  I stopped counting after 500.  My best guess is at least 750 Capri Sun pouches; I'll make Terracycle count.  There were so many I had to wait to send them in until I acquired a box large enough to accommodate the shipment.  Soooo, ours will be arriving in a toilet box.  I'm sure the irony won't be lost on them.

Nikki "I love trash!" Rutledge
-Whitney Parent