Free can recycling for Mountaineer tailgates
When in doubt, Phucket.
We roll a Phucket Bucket to your tailgate before kickoff and haul your empty cans away after the final whistle. It never costs you a dime. Drink your beer, then phucking recycle.
Score is the percent of tailgate cans we kept out of the landfill. It takes roughly 32 empty cans to make a pound of aluminum.
Meet the bin
The Phucket Bucket
Every tailgate that asks gets its own Phucket Bucket: a wheeled bin in navy and old gold, dressed in the ugliest sweater in Morgantown. Nobody's going to mistake it for the trash can.
- We wheel it to your spot before kickoff and roll it away full after the game.
- Aluminum cans only. Bottles, cups and plates go in the trash next to it.
- Totally free. Your empties and our merch cover the cost.
How game day works
Four steps from your tailgate to a new can
Ask for a bucket
Tell us which home game and where you set up. It's free.
We drop it off
Your Phucket Bucket shows up at your spot before kickoff.
Drink your beer
Crack a cold one with your crew. That part's on you.
Phucking recycle
Toss the empty in the bucket. We haul it away after the game, and that can could be back on a store shelf in about 60 days.
Why "Phucket"?
We named the company after what everybody says right before they throw a can in the trash.
You've heard it. Somebody's holding an empty, the recycling bin is fifteen steps away, and they shrug and say it. We decided to take the word back. Now when you're about to give up on a can, you say Phucket, and you recycle it.
Read our storyPronunciation guide
Phucket
/ˈfʌk-ɪt/ · verb · mountain dialect
To decline to throw something away. "Finished my beer, said phucket, and put the can in the bucket."
Drink your beer. Then phucking recycle.
Get a free bucketOur story
Two guys and a full trash can
Phucket Recycling started with a handful of empties and one simple idea.
One day we were sitting around next to a full trash can with empties in our hands. We started thinking about how many cans we'd thrown away over the years, and how many other people had done the exact same thing.
That's when it clicked. We could reach our fellow Mountaineers with a pitch so simple nobody could argue with it:
Drink your beer. Then phucking recycle.
We knew the die-hard fans would love how simple it is, and we knew Mountaineer Nation would show up for it.
We're just two guys who realized we could make an impact by embracing the fans we grew up with.
What we care about
Our three rules
Keep it simple
Drink your beer, then phucking recycle. That's the whole pitch.
Show up
When you ask for a bucket, it's at your spot before kickoff. Rain, snow or a bad loss.
Never charge you
Recycling your cans shouldn't cost you anything. Scrap aluminum and merch sales keep us running.
Want a Phucket Bucket at your tailgate?
Get a free bucketTailgates
Free can recycling for your tailgate
We bring the bucket, you fill it with empties, we haul it away. It doesn't cost you a dime.
Why it's free
How we pay for it
Scrap aluminum is worth money. We sell what you toss in the bucket.
Every sweater, tee and hat sold helps keep the truck running.
No packages, no fees, no catch.
What goes in the bucket
Aluminum cans. That's it.
For now we only take aluminum cans. Keeping it to one material keeps it simple for you and keeps the bucket worth hauling for us.
- Beer cans
- Soda cans
- Seltzer and energy drink cans
Just empty them. No rinsing or crushing needed.
- Glass and plastic bottles
- Red party cups
- Cardboard boxes and paper plates
- Steel food cans, like baked beans or chili
Not sure if it's aluminum? A magnet won't stick to it.
The equipment
The Phucket Bucket, from every angle
Where we work
Home game tailgate lots around Morgantown
We cover the tailgate lots around the stadium on home game weekends. Setting up somewhere else nearby, like a private lot or a backyard watch party? Ask us. If we can get the truck there, we'll come.
Your tailgate. Our bucket. Always free.
Get a free bucketMerch
Phucket We Ball
Same energy, more merch. Ugly sweaters, tees, hats and more in old gold and blue. Every order helps keep can recycling free at every tailgate.
Featured
The ugly sweater
Knit navy and gold, snowflakes, reindeer, and a chest design you'll have to see in person. Built for the late-season games when the lot gets cold.
Checkout isn't open yet. Prices are placeholders until the store launches.
Contact
Get a free Phucket Bucket
Tell us which game and where you set up. We'll confirm within a day or two. No charge, ever.
- hello@phucketrecycling.com
- Phone / text
- (304) 555-0142
- Game days
- Buckets drop off before kickoff and get picked up after the final whistle.
- Off-season
- We answer emails and texts within a day or two.