truckee/tahoe FRIENDS, THANK YOU FOR your help
Pre-Order Your Upcycled Bench or Garden Box!
On October 5 & 6, over 100 volunteers joined the Shane McConkey Foundation and Don’t Drop the Top Program for our Annual Community Sort! We sorted 1,949 pounds of plastic caps and lids saved from the landfill and now they will be sent to make benches and garden boxes. Pre-order your bench or garden box today!
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Don't Drop the Top
Upcycled Bench
$600.00 – $825.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Don't Drop the Top
Raised Garden Bed
$180.00 – $270.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Sort the Caps
See Your Friends
Make a Difference
Empower Change
Inspire others
Trash to benches
IN partnership with Don't Drop the Top - an ecochallenge legacy project
Inspired by the 2020 EcoChallenge winners, Don’t Drop the Top (DDTT), the Shane McConkey Foundation has partnered with DDTT and local organizations and businesses throughout Truckee to keep this amazing project going.
Community members can drop tops in collection bins throughout Truckee. Then individuals and businesses can purchase a bench or raised garden bed made from the tops!
With support from:
Drop Off Locations
If you live or visit locally in Truckee or Lake Tahoe you can drop your caps, lids, and tops at:
- New Moon Natural Foods – Tahoe City and Truckee
- Truckee Town Hall – near the Truckee Airport
- Truckee Community Rec Center – at the pool
- Tahoe City Visitors Center
- Kings Beach Visitors Center
- Tahoe Lake Elementary
- Sugar Pine Cakery and Cafe
Types of Lids We Accept
CLEAN PLASTIC LIDS OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES:
- Medicine bottle caps
- Drink bottle caps: soda, water, juice, sports drink, milk jug, creamer
- Flip-top & spout caps: ketchup, mustard, syrup, etc.
- Detergent caps
- Spray can caps: hairspray, spray paint, spray oils
- Product caps: toothpaste & ointment tubes deodorant, shampoo/conditioners
- Food lids: baby food, apple sauce pouch, cottage cheese, yogurt, cool whip, pringle cans, mayonnaise jar, peanut butter, coffee can, butter, cream cheese container, spices
And MORE! Clean it, bring it down, drop it in and we’ll do the rest.