Schools and non-profits get two cents for each juice pouch they turn over to Terracycle, which scours, sorts, then double-stitches them into bags. Last year alone, 42 million pouches were saved from the landfill and made into funky, durable bags like these—great for overnights, camping supplies, beach necessities and more.
Incidentally, the story of the young “eco-capitalists” behind Terracycle is fascinating enough to warrant its own TV show, Garbage Moguls, which debuts on Earth Day (Wednesday) evening on the National Geographic Channel. The company was founded by a Princeton student so taken by a friend’s worm box that he quit school to make all-natural, all-organic worm-poop plant food packaged in used soda bottles. Products created from and packaged in waste are Terracycle’s thing, and their ever-expanding product line now includes kites made from cookie wrappers and the juice pouch tote above.
And hey—good news! You can win that earth- and travel-friendly Drink Pouch Tote by leaving a comment on this post before 9 PM CST this Tuesday, April 21st. Anonymous comments and those without a valid email address will be disqualified. The winner will be chosen at random and announced on Earth Day, April 22nd. If I don’t hear from the winner within 5 days, a new one will be chosen. Please enter/comment only once per giveaway. Good luck!
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Eye-catching, Earth-friendly. Practical yet full of childhood whimsy. Love it!
Love it! It is adorable!
My daughter would love it. You can send in your juice boxes for reycling to them – they have a program for schools to earn cash for the used ones!
Capri Suns–what a flash back!
Love it!
What a great idea! Thanks!
Thank goodness they don’t have the straws! Those were the worst to deal with.
Thanks! As usual, thanks to Trusty Pony and spent half my morning learning something fascinating, yet yet sadly lacking in monetary payoff. Now, if I could just find out where to buy the rotary composters…
Practical, colorful, nostalgic. What more could a girl want?
That’s fantastic! Great giveaway for Earth Day!
I love the business model, and the tote. Happy Earth Week!
Fab idea, great of you to highlight it!
Reminds me of elementary school
they are super cute! i have seen similar ones called Doy Bags! great idea
Very cute and a good conversation starter! I’d love to win!
Awesome idea. It reuses waste products AND quenches your thirst when you lick the inside of the bag.
I hope these totes inspire mnore people to go green and recycle.
Just in time for Mother’s Day. Yeah!!! These totes are nice and I’ve seen several around here.
super cute! I love it!
My daughter wants one of these. They are a great idea. Thanks. Have a happy Earth Day.
OMG I love Capri Sun! What a great use for them to help save the planet and it’s nostalgic to elementary school!
These bags are adorable and enviromentally responsible! Good pick!
This is a clever idea and I like that schools can get cash for sending in old juice bags, but wouldn’t it be more earth-friendly to no use the juice bags in the first place? I’ve seen a push for drinking tap water rather than bottled, but haven’t heard anything about putting juice in reusable containers. I’m old enough that there were no juice bags when I was a kid; if we wanted to take juice to school, it was in Tupperware cups with lids or Thermos bottles.
What a great use for an item that would otherwise end up in the landfill. I love seeing the creativity of others.
i love it! fashionable and earth-friendly. though I agree with the previous comment that it would be better to use no juice boxes, but we can’t win them all. Happy earth week!
i cannot have enough totes around, we keep some in the 2 cars, in the stroller, in the house and garage…
now the only problem is having enough paper grocery sacks around for recycling and such.
What a great way to teach the kids how to reuse things! Jennifer
What a great idea! I am calling my kid’s school right now! Thank you!
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I love that idea!
love it! please count me in, would love to have this fun bag to tote to the pool this summer!
Hum, I wonder what would happen if it Got wet would it be like in the commercials?
Sweet!
Love it! Thanks for the giveaway. Happy Earth Day.
What a great idea and cute. A good way to promote reuse.
Nifty! I’m always looking for clever, recycled totes.
These bags are great and I want one. Go Green do the three r’s!
Great idea – and quite cute!
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