Buddy Bench Bottle Caps

Word of sammies project spread and eventually she received bottle caps from every state in the us.

Buddy bench bottle caps. The project is designed with youth in mind. We have also received a plastic cap from all 50 states. We update and post on our facebook page regularly as well as share group stories from around. The support from everyone was awesome and i loved meeting so many nice people.

Its an exciting teaching tool wherein plastic bottle caps are transformed into benches that will last a lifetime. To stay up to date with the growth and any revisions to the abc promise partnership all mentors and drivers must like our green tree plastics abc partnership facebook page. The buddy benches are now on the school playground being used to prevent loneliness and. Their program called abc promise partnership which allows kids to recycle plastic bottle caps and lids into benches for their communities.

Over 1200 pounds of recycled plastic caps and lids collected by the community and beyond. Plastic bottle caps become recycled plastic benches recycled plastic factory of englewood ca paid the school 20 cents a pound for their 5 plus tons of. The kickoff for the buddy bench project began on america recycles day on november 15 2018 with a rally at west gate k 8 school. Thats three new buddy benches.

In two short months we collected enough caps for not one but three buddy benches. Golf course trash receptacle to match benches with extra capacity to hold gallon drinking water bottle and cups. The city is encouraging residents and community members to collect plastic bottle caps which typically cannot be recycled locally and help keep port st. With the help of green tree plastics the bottle caps will be turned into a buddy bench for our school.

They can see sit on and donate to their community. You can support our newsroom by joining at our. 0 you have run out of free articles. Students will be able to see what 400 pounds of bottle caps looks like and we can.

Recycled plastic factory englewood ca enables schools to trade bottle caps for plastic lumber heres an article about a different but similar program with recycled plastic factory that allowed students to convert their bottlecaps to benches. Our proprietary cast method of flow molding creates an interior box beam structure that prevents sagging or twisting of boards. This is necessary for all mentors and drivers to stay up to date and current to any changes as their children participate in abc. We are going to collect 400 pounds of plastic bottle caps.

No harboring of bacteria or other insect infestation can happen because our proprietary formula is. By bianca cheney special to the daily record. Submitted photo bottle caps and lids of all kinds have been collected and sorted as part of the effort. Sammie hoped to collect 400 pounds of bottle caps in three months.

We will create this buddy bench from recycled bottle caps. Instead she collected 1200 pounds in only two months. The true value comes from the profound experience that children can make a difference. Recycled bottle caps make for new buddy benches at dennis school valerie wells nov 18 2019 nov 18 2019.

Kpslb received a. In this way we can learn about recycling while we are learning about how to be good friends.