Recycle for Free & Earn Cash for Charity

With 4th of July right around the corner, local resident are gearing up for a long weekend of barbecues and pool parties. But one company wants you to keep recycling in mind before throwing out the trash.

TerraCycle, an up-cycling and recycling company, has teamed up with brands like Frito-Lay, Nabisco, Kraft Cheese, Solo and Scott to cutback on non-recyclable party trash just being dumped in the garbage. The company wants local residents to send their difficult to recycle food packaging like chip bags, paper towels and solo plastic cups to them instead.

According to a company spokesman, once the trash arrives it’s turned into products like backpacks, speakers and pencil cases.

Participation is free and all shipping costs are paid for. To find out how to join a TerraCycle Brigade click here.

As an incentive, TerraCycle will let you earn money for your favorite charity. Each item sent in raises two cents for the organization of your choice.

According to the company's website more than 20 million people around the country are participating including some in the Deerfield area, more than a trillion waste units have been collected and almost three million dollars has been raised for charity.