- TOP STORIES
- FLINT NEWS BLOGS
- Flint Journal News Now
-
• Flint Township Police Officer Brent Van Norman gets support from community as he battles cancer again 9:46 p.m. ET
• Struggles with mental illness might have led to death, family of man found in Flint River says 1:05 p.m. ET
• Threatening graffiti found in men's restrooms closes Oakland University campus 12:17 p.m. ET
- LATEST MICHIGAN NEWS
-
A feeding operation is proposed in Leonidas Township, and opponents are learning there may be no way to prevent it from opening.
• Leonidas Township government
• What's a CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation?)
• What's the Michigan Right-To-Farm Act?
• Read more about CAFO issues in Michigan - More Michigan News »
- FLINT FORUMS
- Tell us what's going on in Flint
- Flint Town Talk
-
• *Yawn* by MouthMan 04/14/2008 11:41 a.m. ET
• Dr. Phil made 90 Million... by Tobanga 04/14/2008 8:55 a.m. ET
• M-O-N-E-Y by wagoman 04/14/2008 9:25 a.m. ET
• AND M-O-R-E M-O-N-E-Y by ROBOTG2 04/14/2008 9:34 a.m. ET
• More
Drink pouch group lightens landfill load
GENESEE COUNTY - Imagine 4.6 billion fruit drink pouches piled up in local landfills.
According to the Container Recycling Institute, that's how many end up there every year, due to the non-recyclable material used to make them.
Now, TerraCycle Partners is joining forces with Capri Sun and Honest Tea to rescue and reuse 1 million drink pouches in the next 12 months - converting them into pencil cases, handbags and school supplies to be sold at Target stores in 2008.
Advertisement
The Drink Pouch Brigade will pay participants 2 cents for every drink pouch collected, regardless of brand. To date, more than 800 schools and other community groups have signed up for the free program, including Garfield Community Elementary in the Flint Community School District.
To learn more: www.terracycle.net/dpb.
- Elizabeth Shaw
***
- INSIDE NEWS
- SHARE THIS STORY
-
• How Does It Work?
- SITE TOOLS
- CONTESTS
- • Contests & Games. Click here!
- SPONSORED LINKS
-
