Precious Plastic Dublin

A quick update to say thanks for your support and patience while we build the workshops. We have been gifted some valuable machinery which you can see Chris getting ready to rock below. Precious products are on the way! Keep collecting and stayed tuned to our socials.

Check out these artists exploring the power and peril of plastic: news.artnet.com/art-world/in-p…

#PreciousPlastic #CraysfortNS

Amazing work and collecting from Carysfort National School! Check out this fantastic video that they made. Check out their cap collecting efforts in the comments too. Fantastic job by all involved! carysfortns.ie/uncategorized/… #ZeroWaste

thejournal.ie/killarney-take… Well done to all involved! #zerowaste

This machine setup lets the 3D print fan take scrap and unwanted 3D prints, shreds them, melts and extrudes them and then re-spools them.....ready to be re-used multiple times. We aim to be shredding up CPLA coffee cup lids to be used as 3D print filament very soon.

A big thanks to our friends in Waterford for collecting so many caps! We are hoping to put these to good use soon as we nearly have a workshop ready in North Dublin to turn your caps into useful products. We are also working on a local recycling space for 3D print filament too.

Just a quick post to say we're having email issues at the moment so apologies for the delay in getting back to some . We aim to have normal service resumed ASAP. Do please keep collecting though on your side and on our side we're also working on workshops in Ballymun and UCD.

Tis the season, like every season to try cut down on unnecessary waste. Here's a couple of pics from some projects. The clocks are made of about 60 caps so keep collecting. If interested in these contact us: info@preciousplasticdublin.org #consiouschristmas #fewerbettergifts #eco

@foeireland Friends of the Earth Ireland are screening the amazing and touching hearts movie "The Story of Plastic" on 12-13th of May following with a panel discussion on May 14th. Check it out --> actionnetwork.org/events/invite-…

New guidance from @EU_Commission on #waste #management in the context of #COVID19 highlights the importance of maintaining services - incl. separate collection and #recycling - and provides good practices to protect the #health and #safety of workers: ec.europa.eu/info/sites/inf…

Due to current restrictions and social distancing, our team decided to postpone all our public meetings and gatherings until further notice. #SocialDistancing #postponed #Covid_19

@DublinInquirer Thanks for coming out and chat with our team!

The Precious Plastic crew were hard at work on a recent Saturday, sawing and wiring to make a machine to reuse single-use plastics. They’re open to others getting stuck in. dublininquirer.com/2020/03/11/a-n…

Donal Corrigan from the @DublinInquirer paid a visit last weekend at @sciencehackday when we were working on Hector the Injector 🤖 dublininquirer.com/2020/03/11/a-n… @TOG_Dublin

Meet Hector the Injector! Our team had an amazing weekend at the Science Hack Day Dublin and we even won the best hardware prize 🏆 Thanks to the sponsors and the amazing volunteers to make this event happen! @TOG_Dublin @scienceirel & @DublinMaker #preciousplastic #community

HELP IS NEEDED! The @DublinPlastic team is in search of a seamless steel tube (I.D. 26 mm, O.D. 34) - we need 1 m to finish our injection machine! Please share the tweet so we can reach more people in Dublin! Thank you!

Day 1 of the @SciHackDay_Dub at @TOG_Dublin done. Frame of the injector is welded, electronics wired up, pieces were miscut and lessons learnt. Today we'll try to bring everything together with @CSomlai @JanKnappe @IDinapas @ReynaudEmmanuel #preciousplastic #recycling #hackathon

We are about to start building our injection machine during @SciHackDay_Dub 2020 event! #preciousplastic #sciencehackday #community

Tonight you can help us to sort bottle caps. All welcome! Details here: facebook.com/events/s/bottl…

It is happening! We are building our first #preciousplastic machine in Dublin!!! More info and registration here if you want to join the session: facebook.com/events/s/injec…