--- title: Recycle your Candy Wrappers at School description: Recycle your candy wrappers and help protect the environment! 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Search # Recycle your Candy Wrappers at School 10 Feb 2024 ![Picture of Pennington PTO](https://www.penningtonpto.org/hs-fs/hubfs/pennington%20pto%20logo.png?width=40&name=pennington%20pto%20logo.png) [Pennington PTO](https://www.penningtonpto.org/news/author/pennington-pto) ![](https://www.penningtonpto.org/hubfs/Headers/hubspot%20blog%20%20header-2.jpg) Pennington parent Mariel Newkirk has organized a Trash or Treasure™ collection box for Pennington. Collect your Valentines wrappers and bring them to school so they can be recycled! The poster below lists the many kinds of wrappers they can recycle! ![](https://www.rubicon.com/wp-content/uploads/TOT_Mockup1-1.svg) Americans spent a record $36.9 billion on candy in 2021—more than 600 million pounds of that candy is purchased just for Halloween. We all love celebrating with something sweet! However, the vast majority of candy wrappers end up in landfills due to an inability by most curbside recycling programs to recycle them. That’s where Rubicon and Trash or Treasure come in. By participating in Trash or Treasure™, you don’t have to trash those candy wrappers and doom them to an eternity in a landfill—or, even worse, in our oceans. **Bring your empty candy wrappers to this recycling box. ** You can help keep our planet clean and contribute to the circular economy. ![](https://www.penningtonpto.org/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-2.png?width=729&height=880&name=image-png-2.png) Learn more about this initiative on their website: [https://www.rubicon.com/trash-or-treasure/](https://www.rubicon.com/trash-or-treasure/)   ### Share: [Share on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.penningtonpto.org/news/recycle-your-candy-wrappers-at-school&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook) [Share on LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.penningtonpto.org/news/recycle-your-candy-wrappers-at-school&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin) [Share on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https://www.penningtonpto.org/news/recycle-your-candy-wrappers-at-school&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&url=https://www.penningtonpto.org/news/recycle-your-candy-wrappers-at-school&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Recycle%20your%20Candy%20Wrappers%20at%20School) [Initiatives](https://www.penningtonpto.org/news/tag/initiatives) ## Pennington PTO ## Comments ## Related posts Search [December 2023 Meeting](https://www.penningtonpto.org/news/december-2023-meeting) [February 2024 Meeting](https://www.penningtonpto.org/news/february-2024-meeting) Search ![Pennington Elementary PTO](https://www.penningtonpto.org/hubfs/3-1.svg "Pennington Elementary PTO") - [New to Pennington?](https://www.penningtonpto.org/new) - [Spirit Shop](https://www.penningtonpto.org/spirit-shop) - [Staff Favorites](https://www.penningtonpto.org/staff-favorites) - [News](https://www.penningtonpto.org/news) - [Calendar](https://www.penningtonpto.org/calendar) - [Volunteer](https://www.penningtonpto.org/volunteer) - [Shop to Support](https://www.penningtonpto.org/shopping) - [Car Rider 101](https://www.penningtonpto.org/car-rider-101) - [Library Tutorials](https://www.penningtonpto.org/limitless-libraries-tutorials) - [Membership](https://www.penningtonpto.org/join) - [Contact Us](https://www.penningtonpto.org/contact-us) - [About](https://www.penningtonpto.org/about) * We are a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) organization. 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