Honest Tea collected more than 15,000 empty plastic, glass and aluminum beverage containers during its recent “The Great Recycle” event in New York City. The containers were collected in a 30ft-tall recycling bin in Times Square.

The plastic bottles collected are being recycled into pieces of plastic lumber that GrowNYC will use to build raised beds in urban gardens for New York City public schools as part of its Grow to Learn program.