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Don't Drop the Top

DON'T DROP THE TOP

A Shane McConkey Community Foundation Project

 Offering drop-off locations to recycle your plastic lids and caps with a mission to turn this waste into beautiful community benches for everyone to enjoy!  

DROP OFF LOCATIONS

SFLT Food Bank Garden

Look for tub under announcement board

May - September

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Truckee Certified Farmers Market

Look for the SFLT Compost booth

Tuesday mornings in the Summer

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New Moon Natural Foods - Truckee location only

11357 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee, CA

www.newmoonnaturalfoods.com

Truckee Town Hall - Inside the building

10183 Truckee Airport Rd.

Truckee Tahoe Lumber 

11001 Soaring Way, Truckee, CA

www.ttlco.com

Truckee Community Rec Center  - Pool entrance

10981 Truckee Way, Truckee, CA

https://www.tdrpd.org/156/Community-Rec-Center

TYPES OF CAPS & LIDS ACCEPTED

​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)

  • Detergent caps

  • Spray can caps: hairspray, spray paint 

  • 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.

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BUY A BENCH

​Individuals and businesses can sponsor the production of a bench made from the plastic tops and placed in a location of their choosing.​

JOIN THE SORT

The Shane McConkey Community Foundation needs community support to sort the caps on select days each year.  

Brought to the community by the Shane McConkey Foundation 2020 EcoChallenge Project.  Kept alive through a partnership with Slow Food Lake Tahoe and the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District.

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