Discover the numbers behind Precious Plastic and learn about the impact hundreds of recycling workspaces are having in every corner of the planet.
grand data
Learn about the key impact data from the Precious Plastic movement. This is the global positive impact from Precious Plastic in 2023.
People and organizations entering the survey were from 56 different countries, which is about 30% of all countries on the planet.
In 2023 alone over 1400 TONS were recycled by people and organizations working on Precious Plastic.
The total revenue generated by the 184 organizations entering the data in 2023 was 3.7 million USD with the highest earning organization making 500k USD and the average project making 25k/yr.
Hundreds of people and families around the planet are building their lives on Precious Plastic recycling plastic waste for a living.
A large portion of the Precious Plastic community volunteers their time and energy to bring to life projects and programs to lessen the plastic crises.
In 2023 alone the 184 organizations entering the data built and sold 1175 machines to recycle plastic globally. Decentralised, local and autonomous.
graphs and charts
Now let’s nerd out on the data :)
success stories
Some of the Precious Plastic success stories
Still Life
Makes furniture and objects from recycled plastic and local hardwood.
United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Plástico Precioso Uramba
A workspace in the middle of the jungle, recycling 900 kg of plastic with hundreds of volunteers.
Colombia 🇨🇴
Viva Lab
Have built 14 Precious Plastic workspaces in 2023, showcasing a commitment to reducing waste and developing their local community
Portugal 🇵🇹
Clandestino
First Design Studio in Panama to give value to discarded plastic! They have recycled 14.000 kg of plastic.
Panama 🇵🇦
Precious Plastic Torino
Beyond their recycling activities, they have shared how to build a cycling shredder.
Italy 🇮🇹
Wedoo
A Precious Plastic organization building 100+ Precious Plastic machines in Bali and empowering thousands of people to recycle plastic and clean up Indonesia
Indonesia 🇮🇩
tip of the iceberg
The data you’ve just seen comes from 184 organizations－Precious Plastic, however, is much larger than that, as we have 2014 registered ones on our Community Map.
Only 9% of the actual Precious Plastic community impact is shown here!
As we depend on the workspaces to add their data, we are unfortunately missing quite a few and don’t have the manpower to audit it.
We know this data isn’t the most accurate, but it is a start to tackle the challenge of measuring the impact of a large open source project! One of our long term goals is to improve.
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