Hi everyone – my new hats just came in and we’re already shipping out the orders! This is just like my  favorite hat I always wear but with a mesh back to keep me cool during the summer. Perfect to recycle in or hanging out by the pool. Check them out here: http://dhdwear.com/Ryan’s-Recycling-Green-Trucker-Hat

Yesterday, my best friend Wyatt and I got to do a beach clean up with my favorite YouTube star, Stephen Sharer. It was really cool to meet him and we picked up 4 buckets of trash at Doheny Beach. I also got to introduce Stephen to my friends at the Pacific Marine Mammal center where he learned about what they do too. Stephen’s next vlog will be about his beach clean up and I’m so excited after the past few years of watching him that I actually get to be in one of his videos!!! Check Stephen out at https://www.youtube.com/user/spstricky175 or my YouTube videos at: https://www.youtube.com/user/damionhickmandesign

Today I made a new friend. His name is Wyland and he’s a famous artist. I got a tour of his office and we had lunch together. I met his mom too and we all talked about saving the planet. I also got a really cool award from the Wyland Foundation and he’s going to come to my school after Summer break and paint with the kids and talk to us about keeping the oceans clean. He’s going to help me with a beach clean up soon too. I’ll invite everyone to join us. Thank you Wyland for an awesome day! See you again soon.

I’m telling Captain Buster and Cadet Boo about recycling with a cameo appearance at the 10 minute mark.

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My friends at Mack Trucks set up a really fun weekend in Pocono, PA for me. I went to the biggest indoor water park in the USA and got to go to a NASCAR race in Pocono. I met Richard Petty and I got some lug nuts as souvenirs from one of the race cars in the pit area. I saw a giant globe made out of peeps in Lehigh, PA and sit in a massage chair at the airport and I had a bunch of junk food. I got to see all my friends from Mack Trucks and I met some new friends too. Last but not least, I got the pilot to say happy birthday to my mom over the intercom on our flight home. My episode of Road Life airs on July 17th on Amazon Prime but a teaser video will be out at the end of the week on social media. Please check it out and let my friends at Mack know if you liked it. #roadlife #ryansrecycling

Thank you Recycling Today Magazine.

Hey everyone! I have great news! Thank you so much for being part of my first Ryan’s Recycling Challenge!

WE CRUSHED IT!

This challenge is officially over and we’ll be announcing a new one soon. Together we raised $1860 for the Pacific Marine Mammal Center and we recycled 310,525 cans and bottles! That’s a lot of plastic, glass and aluminum out of the landfill and environment where it’s bad for us and animals. The Pacific Marine Mammal Center will use the funds we raised to help buy fish, medicine and supplies for the animals they rescue. I’m excited we are able to help them out. You can find out more about them here: https://www.pacificmmc.org/

When Valet Living and the City of Tampa invited Ryan out to Florida to participate in the Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful event, Ryan started packing his suitcase. It was a great day to help clean up the environment and Ryan led a large group of dedicated volunteers to pick up trash in the mangroves along the bay. Ryan had the best day with his new friends (and meeting up with a few old friends). The day after the event was a behind the scenes tour at Busch Gardens to see how their organization recycles cans, bottles, cardboard and even an elaborate composting program. (Lots of animals means lots of poop). Ryan got in a tour of Valet Living’s headquarters in Tampa and he is excited to be traveling around the country this summer with them telling people all about recycling!