Adopt-A-Dumpster™
Adopt a dumpster.
Protect a watershed.
A community clean-water program that makes an overlooked problem visible—and gives residents, businesses, sponsors, and cities a simple way to take part.
Most people never connect a dumpster to clean water.
That is exactly why the program is designed to make the issue visible, understandable, and shareable.
Simple enough to start small.
A local program can begin with one supporter, one property, one sponsor, or one willing city contact.
Choose a place
Identify a property, business area, school, community site, or pilot area where education and participation make sense.
Make it visible
Use education, QR tools, sponsor support, local outreach, and approved stewardship activities to bring attention to the issue.
Share what happened
Document participation, lessons learned, site conditions, and reliable outcomes that can help the next community do it better.
Help Map America’s Trash System™
We’re preparing the first community-mapping pilot: TEMECULA 500. The goal is 500 verified commercial waste-location observations using a privacy-first, improvement-focused model.
There is more than one way in.
Residents
Add your city, share the program, and help build visible local support.
JoinBusinesses
Participate at a property, support education, or help connect the program locally.
Contact usSponsors
Fund outreach, education, community activation, or other defined nonprofit work.
SponsorCities
Test a small voluntary pilot focused on education, participation, and lessons learned.
PilotStart with a pilot, not a giant commitment.
Choose a manageable area, define what you want to learn, and test the community-education model before deciding whether it deserves to grow.
See the pilot modelFund something people can actually see.
Support education, outreach, local activation, or another clearly defined nonprofit program activity.
Explore sponsorshipUse it. Share it. Teach it.
The program works better when people understand the issue before anyone asks them to act.
Stormwater 101
Where rain goes after it hits pavement—and what it can carry with it.
Read the guide →10-Point Waste Area Check
A practical visual check for lids, overflow, leaks, residue, loose trash, and drain pathways.
Open the checklist →The Hidden Life of Wet Waste
A story-driven way to explain waste, water, and pollution to younger audiences.
Explore the library →Your city can be next.
Add your support, get the free Starter Pack, and help us show where communities want the program.
Adopt-A-Dumpster™ is a Secure Structure Alliance community education and participation program. It does not replace permits, inspections, enforcement, engineering, legal requirements, or property-owner responsibilities.