Precious Plastic is the Do-It-Yourself solution to plastic recycling. At Precious Plastic Florida we bring a truly unique and interactive activation to your gathering or event. Like a hands-on museum science museum mixed with a carnival game we make recycling fun and interactive. And our presence at your event shows your attendees a responsibility for the waste created and dedication to the future of regenerative solutions.
Our exhibit engages and educates attendees about the different types of plastic they encounter everyday- from what it is made of to what it takes to recycle it. We demonstrate- in front of their eyes- how to take normally disposable items of single use plastic and create unique works of art from them.
The machines we use are part of the open source designs created by Dutch inventor Dave Hakkens and are available FREE online for anyone to download! And they are open source- which means everyone can build them! The project strives to inspire people who see the problem to join the movement and start taking action about plastic pollution in their own town. We are now a worldwide community of people collaborating across six continents to revolutionize the way we see the material known as plastic. Precious Plastic aims to connect people who see the problem and the opportunity to clean it up.
We know the attendees are curious because they are always asked LOTS of questions! They always want to know HOW DOES IT WORK? WHAT TYPES OF PLASTIC CAN BE USED? and WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PLASTIC WE PUT IN THE RECYCLING BIN? We have had hours and days of enlightening and engaging discussions with event attendees about our project, the process, and the state of trash and recycling in their neighborhood and the entire world. We strive to empower consumers with knowledge to make better decisions when buying plastic products and create demand for smarter types of non-toxic plastic and biodegradable packaging. We support the reduction of single use plastic packaging and wish to help create more circular and regenerative solutions to things we use everyday.
Participants are invited by Precious Plastic team members to bring their used plastic cup, fork, knife, or plate and drop it into the hopper of our PRECIOUS PLASTIC SHREDDER- where it is ground into small flakes right before their eyes!
Attendees are most commonly mesmerized by this process and it has often be "Strangely satisfying!”
They can also climb up on the BIKE SHREDDER and PHYSICALLY be part of the solution!
Then, like every good show with prestige, we must then bring the plastic back to life! We can create customized molds with event or sponsor logos that participants will be able to take home and show off! After the plastic is shredded the attendee brings the flakes to the PRECIOUS PLASTIC INJECTOR where they are poured into the hopper. After a few minutes the plastic reaches the optimal safe temperature and is in a liquid molten state, ready to inject. The attendee chooses which keepsake object they would like and the appropriate mold is attached. The participant pulls down on the lever and the viscous plastic is squeezed into the mold! After it cools the object is popped out for the attendee to take home to remember the experience!
And commemorative event keychains are just the beginning...
Precious Plastic Florida is the sister branch of Precious Plastic Los Angeles who uses their unique position of influence in the world to give plastic recycling the celebration it deserves! In 2018 after a 40k person Adidas event during NBA all-star weekend featuring Pharrel Williams, Kid Cudi, and many more we were contacted personally by Jaden Smith's to do a limit run of special edition plastidallion keychains for his JUST water brand!
We also love to show attendees our “Easy Bake” method to show just how easy it is to get started making things out of plastic at home! We use modified paper shredders to the shred plastic and toaster ovens to heat the bioplastic SAFELY to a temperature where it is the consistency of hot mozzarella cheese and can be scooped up with spackle knives then pressed into one of our silicon molds. We even teach people how they can make their own silicon molds and recreate objects out of plastic at home! Educating and encouraging safety throughout this whole process is our priority.
Once the mold has cooled the custom pendant is ready and a keychain attached. The participant can then finish the edges of their keepsake with sandpaper if they wish or leave it rough as a reminder to the raw nature of the recycling demonstration they just participated in.
We aim to drive awareness about the realities of the plastic pollution crisis that our world currently faces and inspire every person to do their part to create change. We see Precious Plastic DIY recycling as a great way to engage people to understand the plastic waste that they create and how they can change their action in order to reduce and reuse in addition to recycling. We seek to promote circular economy solutions that inspire people to demand cradle to cradle products as opposed to single-use products that end up as waste or have very low recycling rates. The question almost always arises - “Is recycling a good solution?” and our response is ultimately - “That is for us to figure out together”
By co-branding your event with Precious Plastic FL you have the ability to make a contribution to a project that is actually doing something about our plastic waste issue on the spot. And more importantly, sharing this enriching experience and knowledge with your attendees. When they think about sustainability and if the great time they just had also created a bunch of unnecessary trash they will also think about what they saw being done about it and associate that good feeling with your event.
If you are going to have single use plastic at your event then we have the ability to make your event more fun and sustainable. With proper planning and coordination we can take it a whole step further by creating a circular economy at your event where our keepsake tokens would actually be redeemable for discounts on food or other goods sold. This incentivizes and gamifies the process of recycling at your event and leaves a last impression with the attendees about your commitment to the Earth!
Our goal with out of town events is to utilize our budget as much as possible to hire locals we find through the map.preciousplastic.com website and coordinate them actually beginning their own branch of Precious Plastic. Think of your contribution for our services as a kick start to the local project in your town!
We would love to interface with you directly and see how Precious Plastic can be part of your next event! Email us at PreciousPlasticLA@gmail.com and please check us out on Facebook and Instagram @preciousplasticLA www.preciousplasticla.com