Saving Plastic Bottle Caps For Benches

It takes 400 pounds of plastic caps to make one bench.

Saving plastic bottle caps for benches.

And they started an amazing program called abc promise partnership which allows kids to recycle plastic bottle caps and lids into benches for their communities. Our plan is to collect bottle caps and lids to recycle into a bench or benches to be placed at earthconnection. Recycled plastic factory of englewood ca paid the school 20 cents a pound for their 5 plus tons of plastic bottle caps and the factory melted down the bottle caps to manufacture plastic lumber that has been used to retrofit 30 of the school s outdoor benches. Every cap or lid that goes into a bench does not go into the landfill we will be working with green tree plastics.

Golf course trash receptacle to match benches with extra capacity to hold gallon drinking water bottle and cups. Our proprietary cast method of flow molding creates an interior box beam structure that prevents sagging or twisting of boards. It s an exciting teaching tool wherein plastic bottle caps are transformed into benches that will last a lifetime. The caps can be from water bottles twist off caps for soda or milk coffee cans peanut butter lids or even large twist off detergent lids.