DashCan

We Built a Recycling Business - In Talks With the City Council for a Grant.

DashCan is a full-stack CleanTech platform we built entirely from scratch - the consumer app, the admin operations platform, the payout infrastructure, the maps integration, and the entire deployment pipeline. It's a live, operating business that has already completed thousands of real-world pickups.

66% of people won't recycle if it's inconvenient. DashCan eliminates that friction - users schedule a pickup, DashCan collects, and they receive instant cash payouts while tracking their environmental impact.

Proven Results:

• Multiple active service areas: Lakewood, Carson, Long Beach, Wilmington, San Pedro + custom zone
• Every ton recycled prevents 2,000 lbs of CO₂
• Currently in active talks with city councils for municipal grant funding

What We Built, End-to-End:

Consumer Platform:

• Multi-step scheduling flow - items, time slots, pickup location
• Instant payouts to wallet or bank after each successful pickup
• Real-time environmental impact tracker - CO₂ saved, items recycled
• Full user dashboard with order history, addresses, and payment methods
• Google Maps integration with radius-based service area enforcement

Admin & Operations Platform:

• Item pricing management - full CRUD for recyclable items and payout rates
• Interactive service area management on live maps
• Order workflow management: Scheduled → Processed → Paid
• Business analytics - revenue, user activity, and environmental reporting

Engineering:

CI/CD pipeline via GitHub Actions · Supabase Auth with email verification · Timezone-accurate booking logic · Digital Ocean production deployment.

"We built every piece of DashCan - from the first booking form to the admin operations dashboard - and the business is live, operating, and growing toward city-level partnerships."