St. Michael Lutheran Church

Greenville, South Carolina

Serving Christ in the World

Recycle – And Help St. Michael Raise Money

TerraCycle is a company founded in 2001 that makes affordable, eco-friendly products from a wide range of different non-recyclable waste materials. With over 50 products available at major retailers like Walmart, Target, The Home Depot, OfficeMax, Petco and Whole Foods Market, TerraCycle is one of the fastest growing eco-friendly manufacturers in the world. Their hope is to eliminate the idea of waste by finding innovative, unique uses for materials others deem garbage.

TerraCycle runs free national collection programs that pay non-profits and schools to collect and mail-in used packaging such as drink pouches, energy bar wrappers, yogurt cups, cookie wrappers, chip bags and more! The collected materials are upcycled into affordable, high quality products ranging from tote bags and purses to shower curtains and kites. TerraCycle prevents 1000’s of tons of waste from going to landfills each year.

You can be a part of this amazing eco-revolution! Scroll down to see the items St. Michael’s is collecting for Terracycle. The money received from Terracycle for the items we collect will go into the Learning Ministry budget! Please consider saving and bringing in as many of these items as you can, ask neighbors, family members and friends to save them for you too! And together let’s be Good Stewards of God’s Great Creation!

Terracycle: Items SMLC can collect & return for cash!!

Our TerraCycle collection room is Room 209, just off the Gathering Area to the right as you come in the front doors.

It would be extremely helpful if your contributions were sorted in the boxes available for the purpose.  Remember that plastic drink bottles go in the green recycle bins in the fellowship hall and green room kitchen.  We are not collecting ziplock bags!

TO DATE, (January 13, 2012)  OUR TERRACYCLE EFFORTS HAVE BROUGHT 300 DOLLARS of extra income, which is used to support Learning Ministries!  This is, of course, in addition to the ministry of careful stewardship of the earth!  We have learned that TERRACYCLE will STOP accepting coffee bags at the end of January 2012.  If you have any you would like to contribute, please bring them soon! Also PLEASE continue to collect and bring in ALL the other Terracycle items, including ALL diaper & wipes packaging!.

Please collect following & only following:

–plastic drink pouches- flattened and juice squeezed out

  (we do not need to rinse or remove straws)

–candy wrappers- no cardboard

–cell phones- no accessories or chargers- phone & battery only

–household paper products wrappers

–clear tape dispensers & core

–spread tubs & lids

–chip bags

–cheese packaging & wrappers- plastic only

–inkjet cartridges

–cookie packaging- including plastice trays, but no cardboard

–energy bars- foil-lined

–kashi packaging

–diaper & wipes packaging

–toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes & plastic packaging, NO cardboard

–yogurt cups & tops

–plastic pens, markers, mechanical pencils

–gum wrappers & packaging

Other Recycling:

–plastic grocery bags & foam trays- Publix

–light bulbs- Home Depot

–gift cards- Best Buy

–batteries- city recycling center on Stone Avenue

Some other ideas:

•Reusable grocery bags

•Composting

•Cloth napkins

•Home pickup (free bins in city)- paper & cardboard; aluminum & steel cans; glass bottles & jars; plastic bottles, jugs & jars all w/ caps removed & rinsed clean

Resources:

Inside city limits- Alisen Woodruff (467-8300)

• www.greenvillesc.gov   Recycling A to Z link on left
  

• Outside city limits (Greater Greenville)- Karen (232-6721)
  

TERRACYCLE CHIP BAG BLITZ!!! As you gather with family and friends to watch the Super Bowl and tear open those bags of yummy potato chips and other salty snacks, PLEASE SAVE THE BAGS FOR TERRACYCLE! If we collect the most bags in the Terracycle network, we will receive extra funds to support Learning Ministries! This is, of course, in addition to the ministry of careful stewardship of the earth!  Also PLEASE continue to collect and bring in ALL the other Terracycle items, including ALL diaper & wipe packaging!