FARMINGTON — TerraCycle’s UpCycling program will come to Franklin County to benefit the United Way of the Tri-Valley Area.

TerraCycle’s goal is to eliminate the idea of waste by creating collection and solution systems for anything that must be sent to a landfill. It does this by creating national recycling systems for previously non-recyclable or hard-to-recycle waste. The organization then converts the collected waste into a variety of products and materials.

Collected items:

* Solo cups (six plastic cups), including Dunkin’ Donuts cups used for cold drinks.

* Foil-lined wrappers, typically used for energy/granola/cereal bars.

* Beauty products and their packaging — as long as it is not cardboard. Examples include: lipstick cases, shampoo bottles, deodorant (other than aerosol).

* Oral care products and its packaging, as long as it is not cardboard, examples include: toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, plastic packaging, dental floss packaging and containers.

* Pouch drinks, any brand of drink pouches.

* Lunchable packaging, all parts of the lunch kit, excluding the cardboard.

* Diaper packaging, any brand and size of outer plastic packaging on diaper or wipes products.

* Cheese packaging from single slice wraps, the plastic bag packaging.

* Tortilla packaging, any tortilla and tostada packaging.

Needed items: Granola bar packaging, pouch drinks and no. 6 plastic cups.

For more information about volunteer opportunities, call 778-5048 or visit uwtva.org.