Local Press Releases
Worm Poop Recycling Fundraiser - Good for Kids and Schools!
Traditionally, when a kid recycles a bottle he or she simply tosses the bottle into a recycling bin. They never know what will happen to the bottle or even where it goes. This means they feel no ownership or personal pride in their important decision to recycle. Now, a new program run by TerraCycle, Inc. is redefining the way kids recycle!...
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What does Worm Poop and the Church Have in Common?
Nationwide, churches and religious schools of all denominations are signing up to raise money by collecting 20 oz soda bottles. Currently 174 churches and 112 religious schools have joined a recycling campaign called Bottle Brigade. To date the churches have saved almost 40,000 bottles from becoming trash, and the religious schools have rescued over 18,000 bottles from ending up in landfill...
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Pitch In! Help Raise Money for Rosemary Garfoot Library
World of Variety in Cross Plains needs help collecting 20 oz used pop bottles. The recycling campaign is raising money for Rosemary Garfoot Library. For each bottle collected, TerraCycle, maker of all-natural plant foods, donates 5 cents to the library. TerraCycle re-uses the old pop bottles to package its plant food made from liquid worm-poop...
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Husband and Wife Duo Lead Local School Recycling Effort
Christina and Richard Zeuner are running an ongoing recycling campaign to help raise money for St. Paul's Lutheran Pre-School and Lutheran High School. Both teachers are collecting used 20 oz pop bottles at their respective schools. For each bottle collected, TerraCycle, maker of all-natural plant foods, donates 5 cents to the schools...
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YMCA Willson Raising Funding One Bottle at a Time
YMCA Camp Willson is teaching campers about recycling and raising money at the same time. The YMCA camp, which operates year round camps for youths and adults, is collecting 20 oz soda pop bottles from the camper's sack lunches and also from Staff members. For every bottle collected by the camp, 5 cents is donated by TerraCycle, makers of organic plant foods...
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Got A Green Thumb But No Computer Skills: TerraCycle Offers Garden Clubs Free And Easy-To-Use Websites Through GardenHub
TerraCycle, the world's most eco-friendly company, famous for its gardening products made out of waste (worm poop) and packaged in waste (used soda bottles), launches GardenHub, a new feature on www.terrracycle.net that allows garden clubs to sign up and have TerraCycle host their websites for free...
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American Red Cross of The Heartlands Teams Up with Sorority to Help Find Packaging for Worm Poop
The Red Cross of The Heartlands is running a continuing fundraising campaign to help with local disaster relief efforts. The campaign is to collect 20 oz soda pop bottles, which are shipped to TerraCycle, a plant food company based in New Jersey. TerraCycle in return, donates five cents per bottle to the Red Cross of the Heartlands. TerraCycle uses the bottles to package its all-organic plant food (liquid worm poop)...
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Edgar & Ellen and TerraCycle — A Match Made in Worm Poop!
Star Farm's Edgar & Ellen, the popular book and television series, and TerraCycle, an organic liquid plant food made from worm poop, are teaming up to encourage kids and their families to recycle! Edgar & Ellen will become official spokes-characters for TerraCycle's Bottle Brigade, a nationwide recycling and fundraising program operated by TerraCycle with the help of schools and community groups nationwide...
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St. Paul Lutheran Church Collects Pop Bottles as Fundraiser for Russian Orphanage
St. Paul Lutheran Church is running an ongoing fundraising campaign by collecting used 20 oz soda pop bottles. The bottles are then reused by TerraCycle, a plant food company, which uses the pop bottles to package their worm poop plant food. TerraCycle donates 5 cents for every bottle collected by St. Paul Lutheran Church...
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Girl Scouts Troops Team Up to Save the Environment One Bottle at a Time
Two local Girl Scout troops have join forces in their collection of used, 20 ounce soda pop bottles. Girl Scout Troops 3803 and 3810 are collecting the bottles to raise money for a trip, possibly to California. The money is donated by TerraCycle, Inc. who donates 5 cents for each bottle collected. TerraCycle reuses the pop bottles to package their all-natural plant food made from worm poop!...
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Princeton Whole Foods Market To Collect 1-Gallon Milk and Water Jugs To Raise Money for John Witherspoon Middle School
Whole Foods Market is to begin collecting 1-gallon milk and water jugs at their Princeton location. The jugs will be collected in two large bins located in the directly outside the store. The campaign, which is called "Jugs for Jersey Schools", will raise .10 cents for every jug collected...
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Christie Lane Industries to Start Used Bottle Collecting Campaign to Raise Funds for Local Schools and Community Groups
Christie Lane Industries, Inc. is conducting an ongoing recyclable bottle collection with local businesses and schools in Huron and Erie Counties. The collected bottles are purchased by TerraCycle, makers of a line of organic plant food, available nationally at Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Whole Foods and CVS stores etc...
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Marietta Wal*Mart Associates Collect Used Soda Bottles to Raise Funds for Children's Miracle Network
Wal*Mart employees at the chain's Marrietta store (2795 Chastain Meadows Parkway) raised $114.25 for the Children's Miracle Network by collecting used soda bottles destined for use by TerraCycle, makers of a line of garden products sold nationally at Wal*Mart stores. Marietta Wal*Mart manager Scott Ridgeway led the employee campaign, which netted 2,285 bottles...
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