COULD YOU BE LESS TRASHY?
PUERTO ESCONDIDO, OAXACA · VENICE BEACH, CA
Ever loved a beach so much you wanted to protect it? Same. Tropical Trash is building real recycling for the surf towns we love — funded by the vintage and sustainable surf products we sell, with 10% of every sale going back to the coast. And we're just getting started. Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca.
STOP THE WAVE OF PLASTIC
Surf culture helped put places like this on the map. It also helped leave an environmental mess behind. We stopped pretending this problem isn't ours.
Tropical Trash is a community that gives a damn about the ocean and the beach towns we love — sin matar el vibe. We turn style, good times, and rare vintage into real cleanup. No sitting around — pura acción.
COMMUNITY FIRST
Recycling should be part of the culture — and it should be fun. If it's not fun, nobody does it.
RECICLAJE REAL
10% of every sale builds hot-pink bins, weekly collection and real sorting. Infraestructura de verdad.
SUSTAINABLE VIBRAS
Not just vintage. Recycled ocean plastic and materials you actually want to wear. Style and sustainability are the same wave.
STYLE AS A VEHICLE
No greenwashing, no empty awareness posts. Real cleanup that looks good doing it. You're not donating — you're part of it.
EVERY SALE FUNDS RECYCLING IN PUERTO ESCONDIDO
Recycling systems in surf communities lag far behind. Your purchase funds hot pink recycling bins, weekly collection, sorting, processing, and recycling education — built with Comunidad NIT. So your recycling doesn't disappear into some mystery pile. It actually gets recycled. De verdad.
THE ROADMAP
RECYCLING LOOKS GOODON YOU
You found a bin. Here's what goes where. It's easier than you think.
Three bins. Easy.
Tres contenedores. Fácil.
PLÁSTICO
- PET bottles — water, soda, juice
- HDPE — detergent, shampoo, yogurt
- PP — electrolyte bottles, food containers
- Berry & produce clamshells
- Frozen-fruit & smoothie containers
- Prescription bottles (rinsed)
- Black plastic
- Dirty containers
- Styrofoam
- Plastic bags
TETRAPAK
- Juice boxes — washed and flattened
- Milk cartons — rinsed and crushed
- Broth and soup cartons — clean and flat
- Dirty or food-filled cartons
- Individual unwashed cartons
Bundle together with string or rubber band / Amarra juntos con hilo o liga
LATAS
- Aluminum — beer, soda, juice
- Tin — beans, tuna, vegetables
- Aerosol cans
- Paint cans
CLEAN IT. CRUSH IT. DROP IT.
LÍMPIALO. APLÁSTALO. TÍRALO.
THE BINS
Bins people actually want to use.These are early renders — some samples are in process.The first ones land in La Punta in fall 2026.
QUICK TIPS
- Rinse containers when you can. A quick splash goes a long way.
- No food waste in recycling bins. Compost or general trash only.
- Crush cans and bottles to save space.
- Not sure? Ask a local or DM us @tropical.trash
FIND A BIN
Bins land in La Punta this season.Stay tuned for release dates.
📍 FIND US / ENCUÉNTRANOS ON GOOGLE MAPSQUÉ ONDA?
Where we meet. What we build. Who we work with.
OUR COMMUNITY
The people and places buildingreal recycling on the coast with us.
THE BONEYARD
Our shop lives here · La Punta
@theboneyardmx →
EL LUGAR
Also carrying our merch · La Punta
@ellugarpxm →
COMUNIDAD NIT
Our recycling partner
@comunidadnit →
THE PLAN
FIRST BINS — FALL 2026
Our first hot-pink recycling bins land at The Boneyard and El Lugar in La Punta — the start of real recycling infrastructure in Puerto Escondido.
LA PUNTA PILOT — SORTING STATIONS
Sorting stations across La Punta with weekly collection, built with Comunidad NIT. The proof that this model works — before we take it up the coast.
TROPICAL TRASH NIGHTS
Our shop lives inside The Boneyard and is temporarily closed while we get the next chapter ready. Pop-up events are coming — follow @tropical.trash for dates.
BEACH CLEANUPS × PARTIES
Cleanups that turn into parties — raising the funds that build the bins. Trash pickup meets DJ sets. Dates dropping this season.
TROPICAL TRASH WATER
Our own canned water, launching December 2026 — aluminum instead of plastic, so a day at the beach doesn't cost the ocean. Every can funds the cleanup too.
FOLLOW US / SÍGUENOS
DM us to chat / Envíanos un DM
ONLINE SHOP
COMING SOON
Vintage drops. Limited merch. Sustainable beach gear.Our shop is temporarily closed — stay tuned for pop-up events and recycling bin release dates.
TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Check @tropical.trash for special hours
La Punta, Puerto Escondido
Dentro de The Boneyard Skate Bar
THE DISCO SHACK
Inside The Boneyard · La Punta, Puerto Escondido
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THE STORE IS TEMPORARILY CLOSEDStay tuned for pop-up eventsand recycling bin release dates.
Follow @tropical.trash for pop-up datesand reopening news.
La Punta, Puerto Escondido · Dentro de The Boneyard