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Oley Girl Scouts Recognized for Bag Collecting Project

August 17th, 2012 in Oley Valley Middle School Girl Scout Troop 1645 Oley Pennsylvania plastic bag recycling Trex

By Jill E. Sheetz • Reading Eagle

8.17.12

Oley, PA -  Girl Scout Troop 1645 of Oley was recognized recently for collecting 61,852 plastic bags for recycling and reuse by Trex Co., headquartered in Winchester, Va. The company, one of the nation's leading manufacturers of wood alternative products for decking materials, puts forth an annual challenge to the entire country to see which participating organization can collect the most plastic bags.

Georgia's Got Recycling in the Bag

July 30th, 2012 in Girl Scouts Kroger plastic bag recycling Georgia Recycling Coalition Keep Thomas County Beautiful Trex Textraw A Bag's Life

Since launching A Bag’s Life earlier this year, Georgia recycling advocates have been busy getting the word out that there is more to me than a one-time tote.

From the southernmost boarder in historic Thomasville, northwest to Rome at the Alabama line and into the heart of metropolitan Atlanta, folks are embracing the notion that I’m not just a pretty face. :-)

A Bag's Life Kicks Off in New York

December 19th, 2011 in plastic bag reycling Green Food Industry Alliance of New York State Suffolk County South Bay Elementary School Trex recycle Reduce reuse

(West Babylon, NY) – Dec. 13, 2011 — Just in time for peak holiday shopping, here comes A Bag’s Life, a statewide educational campaign launched today to remind New Yorkers to bring back their plastic bags to a store that recycles them.

Come See A Bag's Life at the Fair

October 4th, 2011 in Keep Virginia Beautiful Mil-tek Trex A Bag's Life plastic bag recycling reduce reuse recycle Green

Can you guess how many plastic bags are compressed into approximately a 3 x 3 brick?  If you can, you could win a cool outdoor bench — made from recycled plastic bags — and donated to us by Virginia’s very own Trex Company.  Mil-tek, another Virginia company, baled the bags into the brick so we could bring you this fun contest.