1. You recycle your bottle with cap on 2. Bottle and cap are sorted out from the rest of your recycling (paper, metal, glass, etc) and baled 3. Bottle and cap go to a Bottle Washing Plant 4.

While logistics like the location are still being determined, the cap collection is well underway – they have about 1,000 now. “Visual mediums are a great way to connect people,” Poe said.

Plastic bottle caps are considered the primary source of waste found on California beaches, according to environmental groups that are pushing for the caps to be tethered to the bottles.

Some 11-billion plastic water bottles are used in California each year. Environmentalists say many of those lids end up in the bellies of wild animals that mistake the plastic for food.

The plastic caps on milk cartons have gotten 21% shorter, to save weight. Water bottles are also thinner with shorter tops.