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Yogurt Brigade
If you're like me, you are frequently annoyed that you can't recycle your yogurt container. I've even taken to buying the larger kind with a lid so I can reuse them as storage containers. Luckily, now you can send them back in and have them be turned into planters. What a cool idea!
Here's the scoop on the Yogurt Brigade:
TerraCycle & Stonyfield Farm Yogurt Brigade
Every year millions of yogurt containers end up in garbage and landfills. Stonyfield Farm, the organic food leader and environmental pioneer, is partnering with TerraCycle in a pilot program aimed at collecting used yogurt containers and reusing them as planting pots. TerraCycle will then sell planting pots to large retailers who currently use black plastic planting pots, millions of which are discarded by consumers every year. It's no wonder that Red Herring Magazine named TerraCycle as one of the Top 100 Most Innovative Companies in 2004, and Inc. Magazine featured TerraCycle on its July, 2006 cover as "The Coolest Little Start-up in America!"
After you have signed up for the Yogurt Brigade, TerraCycle will mail out 4 prepaid boxes to the non-residential address that you have provided. Once the boxes are filled with 400 6 ounce yogurt cups, please seal and drop off the filled box at an UPS drop off location near you.
TerraCycle's pilot Yogurt Brigade will include schools, community groups and others collecting 6 and 32 oz yogurt containers. For every container collected, Stonyfield will donate 2 cents or 5 cents, respectively, to a charitable organization or school of the collector's choice. If you don't have a charity currently in mind, you may choose from a list of existing charities! There are no signup fees whatsoever. To see if this program is right for you, click here for some FAQs.
http://www.terracycle.net/yb/yb.htm
Here's the scoop on the Yogurt Brigade:
TerraCycle & Stonyfield Farm Yogurt Brigade
Every year millions of yogurt containers end up in garbage and landfills. Stonyfield Farm, the organic food leader and environmental pioneer, is partnering with TerraCycle in a pilot program aimed at collecting used yogurt containers and reusing them as planting pots. TerraCycle will then sell planting pots to large retailers who currently use black plastic planting pots, millions of which are discarded by consumers every year. It's no wonder that Red Herring Magazine named TerraCycle as one of the Top 100 Most Innovative Companies in 2004, and Inc. Magazine featured TerraCycle on its July, 2006 cover as "The Coolest Little Start-up in America!"
After you have signed up for the Yogurt Brigade, TerraCycle will mail out 4 prepaid boxes to the non-residential address that you have provided. Once the boxes are filled with 400 6 ounce yogurt cups, please seal and drop off the filled box at an UPS drop off location near you.
TerraCycle's pilot Yogurt Brigade will include schools, community groups and others collecting 6 and 32 oz yogurt containers. For every container collected, Stonyfield will donate 2 cents or 5 cents, respectively, to a charitable organization or school of the collector's choice. If you don't have a charity currently in mind, you may choose from a list of existing charities! There are no signup fees whatsoever. To see if this program is right for you, click here for some FAQs.
http://www.terracycle.net/yb/yb.htm
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Permalink Reply by Alysha Liljeqvist on -
CALL TO ACTION: Hey GreenLeaves members how many of you think you can get this program started at your office? OR How can you take action at your place of work to improve recycling and reduce waste? Contact your local waste management company along with your building's management to find out how you and your colleagues should be handling cans, paper, and plastic. The answers may surprise you!
SHARE your experience with the GreenLeaves Network.
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Permalink Reply by Ann on -
This is such a cool idea! I personally find my used yogurt containers infuriating. I am having trouble finding on TerraCycle's website whether this program is available for individuals at a residence address? Or is it only for organizations?
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Permalink Reply by Maggie Flowers on -
The program is just for organizations, but maybe there is an org. that you love that you could convince to get a container. I'm lucky enough to have one right by my house and I just convinced our work place to start one. Yay!
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Permalink Reply by Laura on
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I checked out the TerraCycle website. The bad news: it looks like the program is currently full (although you can get on a waiting list). The good news: if you click on the 'Store Locator' button, you may find there is already a collection location near you.
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Permalink Reply by Ann on
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I just checked, and the likes of Walgreens, Home Depot, and OfficeMax have collection locations in a bunch of cities. In Oakland and SF, it looks like just about every Walgreens will take your yogurt containers. Yahoo! Very convenient.
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Permalink Reply by susan hopp on -
As a fellow yogurt lover, I too have been tormented by the never-ending waste of containers. Then I discovered St. Benoit yogurt at a local farmers market! (http://www.stbenoit.com/philosophy/sustainability.asp). It is by far and away my favorite yogurt, comes in a ceramic container that you return for your deposit, it is made locally and is organic.
Check it out Bay Area residents! I have also started to see it at Whole Foods and some small local food stores.
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Permalink Reply by Alysha Liljeqvist on
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I wanted to let the GreenLeaves community know that Maggie got the CFO of her organization in D.C. to adopt this program for the whole office. Soon 90 people will be recycling their yogurt cups. Congratulations Maggie!!
Has anyone else had this type of success?? If YES then let us know in the GreenLeaves Action Poll.
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