Precious Plastic is a global community of hundreds of people working towards a solution to plastic pollution.
8.2018 UPDATE!!
I just finished repairing the shredder, the injection machine has a new screw die and the new extruder is just a tweak away from showing us what it’s made for!
many tests and molds were made since the machines moved to T.A. and soon we will move to a new home, nice and tidy – ready for production and open courses!
2.2018 the machines are now at Tel Aviv Central Station as part of ONYA collective’s project “HARAMPA”! We invite you to follow us on PLSTLV – help us spread the word <3<3<3
About the lab
On april 2016 I was exposed to Dave Hakkens’ Idea and looked for partners to build a R&D Center for Low-Tech plastic design. I Joined “Kayamuta” collective (an eco-active group and friends I knew from the days when I ran “Kehila Lema’an”) and together we started the first “Precious Plastic” community in Israel.
Long weekends of working with wonderful people in “Hamiffal” resulted in a working factory with a small plastic shredder, Heat-Compressor, an Injection molding machine and an almost finished 1″ Die Extrusion Machine.
Along 2016-17 we had open workshops on plastic up-cycling and recycling. We collaborated with David Schatz, an Industrial Design student from Bezalel who helped us create our Injection molding machine, and hosted his final project “Handmade Plastic”.