‘Tis the season to reuse and recycle | Image Gallery #2957 | Penn State Brandywine

Brandywine faculty and staff collected about 2,000 used Keurig K-Cups with the intention to repurpose each to keep the single-serve, plastic brewing pods out of landfills. The revamped K-Cups — now tree ornaments — were attached to strands of lights, and added to a tree at the Tyler Arboretum entrance on Dec. 1.

KCup Tree — Credit: Penn State

K-cups on tree — Credit: Penn State

KCups on String of Lights — Credit: Penn State

Students holding KCup String of Lights — Credit: Penn State

Student holding KCup String of Lights — Credit: Penn State

Students Decorate holding strand of KCup Lights — Credit: Penn State

Students decorating a tree with KCups — Credit: Penn State

Students Stand with KCup Christmas Tree — Students proudly stand with K-Cup tree at Tyler Arboretum. Front row, left to right: Allyson Pyle, Madison Beebe, Hannah Chu, Jamie Sabillon. Second row, left to right: Derek Osborn, Christina Pentimall, Adasiah Blackshear. Third row, left to right: Matthew Cleaver, Ryan Stone, David McDermott, Catherine Mesure

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Students stand with sign explaing the project — Credit: Penn State

K Cup decorating — Credit: Penn State

Students decorating k-cups — Credit: Penn State

Student decorating k-cups — Credit: Penn State

Students decorating k-cups — Credit: Penn State

K-Cup Foil Lids — Credit: Penn State

Students cleaning k-cups — Credit: Penn State