Precious Plastic

Precious Plastic develops open-source machines and tools for recycling plastic waste. Its machine range includes the shredder, which turns plastic waste into flakes, and the sheetpress, which presses shredded plastic into flat sheets for furniture, walls and tiles. The designs are free and built with basic tools; the shipping container packs a complete recycling workspace into one unit, and the PRO machines are heavier-duty versions for workspaces scaling up.

Precious Plastic Foundation is a non-profit based in the Netherlands and part of the One Army project group. Its community platform and marketplace connect recyclers in 56 countries; the 2024 impact report records 1,100 workspaces, 3,935 people involved and about 1.4 million kilograms of plastic recycled in a year.