vanPlestik

vanPlestik is a Dutch company with a mission: saving as much plastic as possible from incineration. It has developed and built a 3D printer that uses plastic waste as its raw material, and with those printers it produces everything from custom designs for clients to chairs, tables and lamps, all in recycled plastic and in colours that come from the waste streams themselves.

The studio works with companies that want their own waste turned into something new. When De Nederlandsche Bank moved office in 2020 it held a stock of old paper trays, which vanPlestik recycled into tall plant stands used to mark walking routes through the open lobby. Alongside these collaborations the company makes its own collection, including the Soft Block stool, the Compact Sun wall lamp and the POKO lamp. vanPlestik was founded by Sam van Til and Nout Kooij.