Jesse started Trash Panda in 2020 out of his garage in Littleton, Colorado.. but the idea for Trash Panda really came in 2008.

As a passionate disc golfer, Jesse started to wonder why more recycled plastics weren’t used in the sport—like what about a disc made from trash found in a landfill? or the ocean?!

For 12 years, he waited for someone else to do something.

Over that time, Jesse became a content consumer (read: watched way too much YouTube), Jesse grew as a maker and became (even more) enamored with disc golf. The collision of these things slowly laid the groundwork for Trash Panda

From day one, Trash Panda has been—and will always be—a movement of people committed to growing the sport sustainably.