TerraCycle

TerraCycle

We will be participating in four TerraCycle Brigades this year! It's a great way to raise a little money for the troop as well as teaches the girls the importance of recycling.

Information on the three Brigades are listed below. Please feel free to bring your donations to any meeting.

Personal Care and Beauty Brigade accepted waste: lipstick cases, mascara tubes, eye shadow cases, shampoo bottles, conditioner bottles, bronzer cases, foundation packaging, body wash containers, soap tubes, soap dispensers, lotion dispensers, shaving foam tubes (no cans), powder cases, lotion bottles, chap stick tubes, lotion tubes, face soap dispensers, face soap tubes, face lotion bottles, face lotion jars, eyeliner cases, eyeliner pencils, eyeshadow tubes, concealer tubes, concealer sticks, lip liner pencils, hand lotion tubes, hair gel tubes, hair paste jars.

Each package sent in will earn the troop 2 points or $0.02. Personal care product and beauty product packaging will be counted based on weight, using .05 lbs. as the average weight.

Oral Care Brigade accepted waste: any brand used toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes and plastic toothbrush packaging, excluding cardboard.

Each piece sent in will earn 2 points or $.02 to the troop. Oral care packaging will be counted based on weight, using .02 lbs. as the average weight.

Drink Pouch Brigade accepted waste: any brand of drink pouches. They do not accept juice boxes at this time.

Units per shipment are calculated based upon weight. Drink pouches will be counted based upon a an average weight of .009 lbs. per drink pouch.

0 to 1,000 pouches per shipment: 0 points per pouch
1,001 to 2,000 pouches per shipment: 1 point per pouch (or $0.01 per pouch)


Cheese Packaging Brigade accepted waste: string cheeses packages, individual singles wrappers, singles packages, shredded cheeses packages, grated cheese, all flexible cheese wrappers



If you have any questions about our collection, please do not hesitate to contact me.