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Partnerships Spotlights Tips, tricks, and DIYApril 30, 2012November 17, 2017

Spotlight: Garfield East Elementary School

A few weeks ago, we visited Garfield Elementary, who participates in the Drink Pouch Brigade and the Elmer’s Glue Crew Brigade. They shared a few important lessons with us about how they promote their Brigades and get the students excited about recycling with TerraCycle. One of their boxes is decorated as a robot, to make…

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Tips, tricks, and DIYApril 26, 2012November 17, 2017

Tips to Keep your Summer Time Collections Up!

The temperatures are starting to rise, noses are getting sunburnt, and we’re starting to spend more time outside. What does that mean? … Summer! With summer comes the close of the school year, which means that it is harder to keep collections (and therefore fundraising) up for your school, club, or community group. Our Brigades…

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Spotlights Tips, tricks, and DIYApril 20, 2012November 17, 2017

Spotlight: Churchill Road Elementary

Churchill Road Elementary School upcycled its way into our Top 100 Chip Bag collectors, and they accomplished this with hours of effort, many participants, and loads of dedication. They’re a model of how to make a TerraCycle Brigade successful, and they’ve gone above and beyond to collect, earn, and reach others in the community. How…

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Partnerships Tips, tricks, and DIYApril 5, 2012November 17, 2017

Approaching a local business: Will you help us collect?

If you want to partner with a local business, restaurant, or store to help increase collections and raise awareness of your recycling efforts, it’s important to approach them in a friendly manner and show the business how you can help them, not just how they can help you. In addition to a letter of invitation,…

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Spotlights Tips, tricks, and DIYMarch 21, 2012November 17, 2017

Spotlight on: Storage & Countryside Elementary School

Awhile back, we talked about juice pouches being icky and sticky, and how to deal with storing them. We know that collecting enough trash to meet Brigade minimums can be challenging, and that it’s difficult to store so much trash. Collecting should be fun, not problematic, so here are a few more ways to get…

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SpotlightsFebruary 27, 2012November 1, 2017

Brigade Spotlight Location: East Amwell Township School

East Amwell Township School happens to be one of our smallest schools – about 350 students! – yet … they are also one of our top collectors! Here on the blog we recently gave a few tips for how to make a small school’s collections grow and at the same time, a team from TerraCycle was…

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