We’re Pete and Andrea, and we are on a mission – Recycling! As the “original Wedding Can Couple” we have collected 400,000 aluminum cans in order to pay for our July handfasting / wedding with recycling. It took us 197 days – six and a half months. We got help from people in Spokane and around the world.

The wedding day and handfasting ceremony were amazing, and we did it all for $3,945 – only $145 over budget. Now that we are married, we are continuing to collect cans. 40% of the proceeds from this point forward are going to go towards a honeymoon fund. The other 60% is going to be going to Doctors Without Borders and the Rim Country Land Institute.

Since our idea first received national attention, plenty of people have borrowed the idea, and that excites us more than anything. If you are one of those that has borrowed the idea, email us at weddingcans {at} gmail and let us know your project website and goals – we’ll be happy to list it here! If you want to start your own can fundraiser, we are working on putting together a guide of the tips and tricks we have learned. Email us and we’ll share what we can.

Keep an eye here –  we will continue to post photos, stories, and what we’re learning on this site.

Saving the environment and throwing a killer party. What could be better?