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Funsicle Teams Up With Terracycle to Launch Free Recycling Program For Inflatable Pools & Floats
Funsicle®, a fast-growing outdoor recreation brand within the Polygroup® family, is partnering with international recycling leader TerraCycle® to enable consumers in the United States to recycle Funsicle inflatable pools and floats. As part of their ‘Float on Purpose’ sustainability initiative, Funsicle now offers customers the unique opportunity to reduce waste by collecting deflated Funsicle inflatables and sending them directly to TerraCycle to be recycled—at no cost to the consumer.
An Award-Winning Sustainability Initiative
Sustainability is a top priority for many of the nation’s parks, but passion doesn’t always translate to an impact. Park leaders are tasked with building and maintaining sustainability programs that deliver long-term results—even after initial enthusiasm wanes.
TerraCycle Recycles Over 1 Million Performance Nutrition Packets
TRENTON, N.J., – GU Energy Labs, a leading sports nutrition brand, and recycling company TerraCycle announced today that through the Performance Nutrition Recycling Program they have successfully
Reverse Your Thinking
The EPA estimates the workplace generates 40 percent of all waste. If this does not sound scary enough, the Clean Air Council states that each person in the U.S. makes 4.39 pounds of trash per day.
Saving The Environment
Besides the sport played on the grass at Wimbledon, tennis is not typically considered a “green” sport. Most matches are played on hard asphalt courts, leading to the short lifespan of tennis balls that are
Resistant To Time
As wooden benches and picnic tables age, their splinters and cracks are usually fixed with paint and waterproofing. Also, most parks-and-recreation maintenance crews are familiar with the seasonal
Blue Bins Signal "Greener" Future
The San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department is learning that park recycling is not a case of Тbuild it and they will come.У San Antonio parks staff designed the blue bins for the department's recy
Going, Going, Gone!
The Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA) in Virginia is living by the old adage that “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” Through the nationwide Public Surplus.com website,
Sign Up For Recycling Grant
STAMFORD, Conn.--The Dr Pepper Snapple Group/Keep America Beautiful Park Recycling Infrastructure Grant Program opened its 2018 application process, offering new opportunities
EcoPlay Playgrounds Honored
On "America Recycles Day" (Nov. 15), the AmericanКChemistry Council presented a 2012 Innovation in Plastics Recycling Award to SafeplayКSystems, manufacturer of EcoPlay Playgrounds. American Chemistry
Safeplay Systems Honored For Recycling
On "America Recycles Day" (Nov. 15), the AmericanКChemistry Council presented a 2012 Innovation in Plastics Recycling Award to SafeplayКSystems, manufacturer of EcoPlay Playgrounds. American Chemistry
We Live In a Dirty World
There's no getting around it; we live in a dirty world. It's time to stop trashing our planet.Did you know that the average American produces about 4.5 pounds of trash per day, according to the EPA?Ab
Save the Planet: Recycle
When you open the lid of your 85-gallon trash can and plop the over-stuffed plastic bag on top of other similarly stuffed bags, jam down the lid and haul it to the street on garbage pickup day, do
Collect Used Water For Plants
It's easy enough to turn on the garden hose and water your plants.But that's pretty wasteful, when there's plenty of useful water just sitting around your house, ready to be recycled.Here are five
Recycle Your Grass Clippings
With summer here and lawnmowers buzzing on a nearly daily basis, what to do with all those clippings?Sure, you can throw them on the compost pile.But the Organic Authority has some more creative