Longfellow Elementary School is competing to win a playground made from recycled oral care waste through the second annual Recycled Playground Challenge, courtesy of Colgate-Palmolive (“Colgate”), the global oral care leader; ShopRite, which has more than 250 stores in the Northeast; and recycling pioneer TerraCycle.
Longfellow Elementary School will earn one ‘Playground Credit’ for each shipment of empty toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, and floss containers sent to TerraCycle by the students and teachers, and one credit for every online vote cast for the school at http://www.terracycle.com/en-US/contests/colgateshopriteplayground2016 before June 12, 2016. The grand prize playground will be made from recycled toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes and floss containers collected through the Colgate® Oral Care Brigade™ program, a free recycling program operated by Colgate and TerraCycle.
This year’s Recycled Playground Challenge launched March 13, 2016 among schools throughout New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut and Maryland that participate in the Colgate Oral Care Brigade, a free recycling program operated by Colgate and TerraCycle.
The Colgate Oral Care Brigade is an ongoing activity, open to any individual, family, school or community group. For each piece of waste sent in using a pre-paid shipping label, participants earn money toward donations to the school or charity of their choice. To learn more about the Colgate Oral Care Brigade program, please visit www.terracycle.com/colgate.
