Caps to Benches
Working with the Girl Scout troops that visit EarthConnection, we are excited to announce our Bottle Caps to Benches project. Our goal with working with the Girl Scouts is to encourage them to become better stewards of our environment. We hope to show them that recycling can make a difference. Our plan is to collect bottle caps and lids to recycle into a bench or benches to be placed at EarthConnection. The troops will be responsible to assist in collecting, washing and weighing the bottle caps/lids.
We will be working with Green Tree Plastics. They are out of Evansville, Indiana; and they started an AMAZING program called ABC Promise Partnership which allows kids’ to recycle plastic bottle caps and lids into benches. It’s an exciting teaching tool wherein plastic bottle caps are transformed into benches that will last a lifetime. The true value comes from the profound experience that children can make a difference! They can see, sit on, and donate to their community the very results of their work. This is the most-perfect-real-life example of SUSTAINABILITY and it happens quite naturally as the kids can’t wait to share the story of their bench. The troops will be rewarded if they can collect 50lbs or more of caps and lids with their troop name place on the bench plus they will be able to use the bench(es) when they visit EC to work on their environmental badges.
“Every cap or lid that goes into a bench does not go into the landfill. A win-win for us all!”
EarthConnection and several Girl Scout troops have accepted this recycling challenge and in return we challenge all of you to GET INVOLVED. We want your caps or lids!
To see the list of acceptable items please click here
You can drop off items at EarthConnection. If you have any questions please contact us at 451-3932 or scearthconnection@gmail.com
Comments(8)
Marilyn says
February 5, 2020 at 4:00 pmI have been collecting pop and water bottle caps for over a year. I have a 30 gallon bag full. Is this something I can send you to help with the benches?
Admin says
February 6, 2020 at 10:26 amHi Marilyn, we are in Cincinnati, OH. Not sure where you are located but if you are able to get them to us we will use them for our bench project.
EarthConnection
370 Neeb Road
Cincinnati, OH 45233
Marie says
June 8, 2020 at 6:52 amStill collecting plastic caps? May I send them to the Neeb Rd address?
Admin says
June 25, 2020 at 10:23 amYes, you can. Thank you!
Michelle says
January 9, 2021 at 8:23 pmI have some bottle caps. I live very close. Can I just drop them off to you?
Admin says
February 4, 2021 at 11:28 amYes, you can. Thank you.
Crystal says
May 11, 2021 at 11:49 amI have collected a 5 gallon pail. Is there still a drop off near Green Bay or Appleton. Wisconsin to drop off?
Admin says
May 11, 2021 at 11:57 amYou can contact Greentree Plastics. They make the benches and table from caps. They can tell you if an organization is collecting near you.
(812) 461-1367
Greentree Plastics – https://www.greentreeplastics.com/abc-program/
Good luck,