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What we do
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What we do

We aim to create solutions that help reduce plastic waste at scale. Machines, workspace, software, material research, etc. All open source, free, and accessible to anyone in the world. Here some of the things we developed:

our results

Many local recyclers creating global impact

1,100

Workspaces
recycling plastic

Operating in

56

countries

3,935

people
involved

Together recycling

1,400,000kg

of plastic a year

*Stats are based on impact data from 2024, see full report

how does it work?

Knowledge that empowers thousands recyclers around the world

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Impact stories

See how our knowledge empowers recyclers around the world

BOPE

🇹🇭 Thailand
An eye for design meets maximum productivity in this workshops that recycles massive volumes of plastic into a wide range of product lines.
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Precious Plastic Melbourne

🇦🇺 Australia
They redesigned recycling machines with education and accessibility in mind, which has led to more than 900.000 students being introduced to plastic recycling.
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Metamorfica Lab

🇨🇴 Colombia
These two graduates with a passion for sustainability and circular economies, have been making unique and playful objects from common household waste.
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Paste Lab

🇮🇩 Indonesia
Having built just two sheetpresses, this compact workspace has transformed over 150 tonnes of recycled plastic into beautifully designed products.
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Ecollabo8

🇮🇩 Indonesia
Experienced in business-to-buthis workspace has grown to industrial scale and shares their learnings with recycling startups through masterclasses.
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Allday Goods

🇬🇧 UK
Specializing in a single thing, a recycled plastic handle for high-quality kitchen knives, this workshop turns trash into a product designed to last a lifetime.
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Precious Plastic Philippines

🇵🇭 Philippines
This small recycling power-house that makes durable construction materials has established more than 20 other workshops to do the same, multiplying its impact.
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moware

🇳🇵 Nepal
Through a collaboration between organizations at the highest altitudes on our planet, this workspace turns trash from tourism into handcrafted souvenirs.
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Plastify

🇸🇬 Singapore
This micro-recycler is building up the local recycling culture by engaging the public with hands-on education through mobile event workshops all over the country.
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What your membership does:

Knowledge that empowers thousands recyclers around the world

1.Impact that scales

We enable people in locations where conventional recycling can't reach, from remote islands to the Himalayas!

2. Really worldwide

Your money doesn't support just one organisation or recycling team. It helps thousands of people to recycle plastic around the world

3. Radical openness

You can follow us in videos since our first development 10 years ago. Every tool we developed and struggle we had.

about

An honest and transparent look
at where we are at

What started over 10 years ago as my graduation project grew into something much bigger than I ever expected. Today, people all over the world use the tools, share knowledge, and build their own recycling setups, from cities to remote places.


The impact is global, made possible by a small team, many volunteers, and a very limited budget. We share everything open source, have no investors, and are set up as a non profit to stay true to our mission. In recent years, we slowed down. Not because we wanted, or the problem was solved. But because we needed a model to financially sustain the work to keep innovating.

The community we’ve grown so far is just the beginning. There is lots more work to do. With memberships, we can build a stronger foundation, grow a dedicated team, and keep developing many more long term solutions to reduce plastic waste around the world. The more people joining the bigger the projects we can do.


If you believe in this work,
this is how you can be part of it.

Join us!

Dave

*Learn more about our mission and the team behind it

what's next

Everything above already exists, free, because people funded it. Whatever comes next is still locked. We can unlock this with enough members supporting.

Common questions

What do I get as a member?

You fund open-source tools that reach thousands, that's the main thing. You also get a voting right on where we go next, access to the community space, and the good feeling of backing something real.

Where does my money go?

Straight into the work: developing better machines, researching the plastics no one else will touch, running the online community and support recyclers around the world. We're a small team, not a big organisation with a big overhead.

Do I need to be a recycler to join?

Not at all. Some members build machines, some collect waste, some do research. Plenty just believe in the mission and want to make it possible for others. All of it counts.

Is everything you share really free?

Yes. Every machine design, blueprint, tutorial and business plan is open-source and free to download. Always has been, always will be. Members are what keep it that way.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. It's a monthly membership, no lock-in. Stay as long as it feels worth it.

Something else? Send us an email at: hello@preciousplastic.com

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