TerraCycle’s YakPak Backpack made from Recycled Billboards
by Desmond Williams, 09/30/09
I recently discovered (a bit too late for the start of the school year) that TerraCycle offers three recycled backpack options for kids. Even though TerraCycle argues that “every year millions of non–recyclable cookie wrappers and packaging end up in our landfills,” I’m still on the fence regarding their Drink Pouch and Cookie Wrapper recycled backpack options. (I’d be hard-pressed to come up with a reasonable explanation as to why my son can wear a backpack constructed from Oreo cookie packages but he can’t eat from them). However, the YakPak backpack offered by TerraCycle, “made from recycled billboards,” is a product any green parent could endorse.
