It all started in 2014 when Dave Hakkens, then a student at the Eindhoven Design Academy, released his design for a plastic recycling machine to the world for free. The aim was to make plastic ...

Precious Plastic (Eindhoven, Netherlands) has launched phase three of its master plan to help people fight plastic waste worldwide by providing open source machines, tools, knowledge and ...

Lucas Couto, Senior Industrial Designer at EGGS Design in Norway, is focused on turning plastic pollution into innovative recycled designs. The designer has teamed up with plastic recycling company ...

If you ask Mattia Bernini, plastic is not the problem; it’s how many plastic products are made. Bernini is Design Director at Precious Plastic — a free, open-source, plastic-recycling system based on ...

On a recent trip to Gambia we focused on making a bench with the Precious Plastic Gambia team. After they bought an extruder ...

Plastic waste is a major problem, but what if you could turn the world’s trash into treasure? [Yayasan Kaki Kita Sukasada (YKKS)] in Indonesia is doing this by using recycled plastic to make ...

Peninsula Precious Plastics co-founders Andrea and David Schick hold some clipboards that were created using upcycled plastic at the nonprofit’s warehouse in San Carlos on Feb. 20, 2026. Photo by ...

Plastic bags can’t go in household recycling bins – here’s what to do instead - In 2018 alone, more than three million tons ...