Shredded plastic can be transformed into beautiful new things. People involved in more than 400 projects around the world are using a recycling system that they downloaded for free from the internet.

Recycling initiative Precious Plastic's open-source machines are being used to recycle plastic and turn it into face shields, respirator masks and hands-free door handles to fight coronavirus.

An curved arrow pointing right. Dave Hakkens of the Netherlands has designed a mini recycling plant. He posts how-to videos on his YouTube page that explain how to build each machine. Blueprints and ...

While most people are looking to get rid of their plastic waste, Brad Scott cannot get enough of the stuff. Precious Plastic is a free, open-source recycling project providing communities the tools to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last year the world produced nearly 311 million tons of plastic, but less than 10% of that was recycled. The truth of the matter is that most plastic ends up in the wrong places; landfills, oceans, ...

These threads can be moulded into different products like bowls or plant pots, which can be sold. Precious Plastic machines enable communities to tackle plastic that are polluting their environment by ...