/ Dana Baughman

Celebrating Earth Day with Recycled Geocaches

In honor of Earth Day, here are five geocaches made from recycled items. Read on to explore how repurposing household materials into geocaches can enhance our gameboard and benefit our planet!

GC12FG0, Muffler Man

Placed in 2007, the owner of this geocache, grannypar, built a recycled sculpture to hold a geocache container. Muffler Man is created entirely from recycled mufflers and other recycled car parts!

Image by kash785.

GC6AJXW, A CRYPTEX in San Sebastián de los Reyes

Cryptex puzzles are common in the world of geocaching, but cache owner Adolficus took the concept to a whole new level. GC6AJXW is a homemade cryptex puzzle made from recycled irrigation pipes!

Image by Adolficus.

GC5RVMF, Alien in Finland

What do two old telephones, scratched CDs, and a bolt have in common? They’re all part of this adorable recycled geocache placed by Mkuutomasi!

Image by finlandgeocachers.

GC7CDQN, GCC#130 What’s Your Handle?

Updating the hardware in your home? Don’t throw those old, mismatched items away! Instead, take some inspiration from Tupper T. Turtle and repurpose them into a fun gadget cache.

Image by q.m.cachingadventures.

GC7GBH5, Happy Hour
Have some extra bottle caps lying around? Those can be turned into a delightful gadget cache! This geocache, created by Perez8, is both fun and environmentally friendly.

Image by tours4u.

What is your favorite recycled geocache design?

Dana Baughman
Dana is a Community Coordinator at Geocaching HQ. If Dana isn't out geocaching, she is probably snuggling with her cat, drinking coffee, and daydreaming about her next trip to Germany.