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Hello 👋 we're Precious Plastic Melbourne - Australia's verified PP workspace! Hi, we're Piers and Kayla Mossuto, the founders of Precious Plastic Melbourne!

We equip schools and communities with Aussie-made recycling machines and educational programs to unlock resource potential and empower the next generation of changemakers. In 2018, we were looking for a responsible manufacturing solution when we were introduced to the Precious Plastic concept, and within a few short months, Precious Plastic Melbourne was born! In addition to creating disruptive de

sign to positively impact the planet, our core focus areas include:
• Helping local organisations produce functional products from recycled plastic (rather than virgin)
• Recycling traditionally 'hard to recycle' plastics
• Utilising 100% recycled materials (no added virgin materials or binding agents), and
• Providing accessible, local manufacturing options - here's to Aussie made! Within the first 6 months of announcing our initiative, we collected over 300,000 plastic bottle caps from our local community! Nowadays, we're a one-stop-shop for closed loop systems and design in Australia. We work with like-minded individuals and organisations, assisting community recyclers to set up their own plastic recycling workspaces. We believe our relationship with plastic needs rethinking - plastics are versatile materials, however the way we use them is incredibly wasteful. We're empowering organisations and communities to rethink the way we design, use, and reuse plastics, creating a circular economy for this ubiquitous commodity. By working with us, you're supporting our mission to create a circular, waste-free future, turn trash into useful products, and grow the micro-recycling community in Australia.

05/06/2026

🔁 via Gardening on Country | Incredibly EPIC trellis by G.O.C 😍 and machine + mould by PPM 🤓 "Watch us create a recycled plastic plant trellis. Our brand new Wonga plant trellis is crafted from 125 bottle caps."

02/06/2026

Next stop 📍 Sydney ICC for 2026!

PPM is officially on the exhibitor floor this June 3 & 4. If you’re navigating the 320+ stands this week, make sure to add Booth 846 to your route.

We’ll be talking hardware, material science, and how to use real-world STEM to drive student-led design and sustainability projects.

Entry to the exhibition is FREE for education professionals - come get on the tools with us! 🤓

28/04/2026

Did you know your soda machine bottles have an expiration date? 🤯

Once these bottles reach their limit, they can no longer safely handle the pressure of carbonation. And if your expired bottle is marked with a #7 (Other), it isn't accepted in your kerbside bin - and without specialised recycling, is destined for landfill.

Rather than letting these high-quality vessels go to waste, we’re putting their engineering back to work. At PPM, we're repurposing expired #7 bottles as transport and pouring vessels for plastic flake during our mobile recycling workshops. It’s a simple way for us to operate more responsibly by utilising the resources that already exists.

Can you help? If you have an expired bottle:
1️⃣ Check the code - we accept #7 SodaStream/machine bottles
2️⃣ Prep - bottles must be perfectly clean and completely dry
3️⃣ Book - schedule a drop-off time via the link below
4️⃣ Drop-off - deliver your bottles at your booked time to our Mitcham HQ

A quick heads up! We have a fixed capacity for these vessels and are committed to ensuring we don’t accept more than we can effectively utilise. We'll update this post and close the calendar as soon as we’ve reached our limit.

Soda bottle drop-offs are by appointment only. Please pre-book your time slot here: 👉 https://calendar.app.google/uNuBVSr7xBgxve5A9

01/04/2026

NSW Tour - Final calls for June workshops! ✈️

We’re opening the final slots for Sydney schools and organisations ready to master their Zephyr Bros. micro-recycling gear! Whether it’s getting your staff 100% confident with the machinery or running an intensive manufacturing session with your students, these sessions are designed to help you activate the full potential of the equipment you already have.

What’s available:
🎓 Teacher PD (confidence & safety)
💡 Student Workshops (hands-on manufacturing)
🤝 1:1 Strategic Coaching (with PPM founder, Piers)

EOI closes April 3. Spots are strictly limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Secure your spot here 👉 https://forms.gle/ZWh79CD2jkC98PxQ8

20/03/2026

Sydney, we’re coming for you! ✈️

Our NSW Workshop Tour is *officially* scheduled for early June. We’re opening up a limited number of slots for on-site workshops and training! Designed for Sydney schools / teams already running our Zephyr Bros. gear, this tour is about levelling up your on-site expertise and making sure your recycling program is hitting its complete potential.

What’s on offer:
🎓 Teacher PD - Get your staff 100% confident operating the machinery and managing a safe, successful recycling lab.
💡 Student workshops - Intensive, hands-on manufacturing sessions tailored to your specific curriculum focus or project goals.
🤝 1:1 Coaching - Direct project consultation and strategy with our founder, Piers Mossuto.

Spots are strictly limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Head here to submit your EOI by April 3 👉 https://forms.gle/ZWh79CD2jkC98PxQ8

06/03/2026

Let’s be honest - nobody needs another eco-trinket sitting on a shelf. If you're going to go through the effort of repurposing plastic waste, you may as well make something people can actually use. This is why our friendly little Pocket Comb is a bit of a PPM staple. It's teeny weeny - just 7g of plastic (this means it’s made using our smallest machine, the Benchtop Extruder) and, it’s a proper, functional tool. It’s also often the first time kids realise they aren't just doing a school project - they’re actually manufacturing.

If you're curious about how the Pocket Comb mould fits into your next STEM session or recycling workspace, all the technical bits + pricing are over on our site 🤓

26/02/2026

Here until 3:30pm! 👋

Today, the PPM team are churning recycled products at the Learning For Sustainability Conference (Hawthorn Arts Centre).

The LFSC offers professional development and networking opportunities for early years, school and community members interested in living and acting more sustainably - join workshops and browse the exhibitors to hear from education for sustainability providers (such as yours truly 😌)!

More info + tix 👉 https://events.humanitix.com/learning-for-sustainability-conference-2026

Be sure to pop over to the PPM stand to say hello!

17/02/2026

Our 2026 calendar is moving fast, but we’ve still got a few final workshop slots available for schools ready to put material science into motion 👩‍🔬

Whether we’re bringing our Aussie-made machinery to your campus for an immersive incursion, or you’re joining us at PPM HQ for an excursion, we provide the hands-on experience that bridges the gap between classroom theory and real-world environmental action.

👉 Term 1 student & teacher availability:
We are down to our *final dates* for PPM's high-energy STEM workshops. We are also taking bookings for Teacher PD sessions, designed to help you level up your department’s circular economy curriculum and bring fresh, tactile science into the classroom.

👉 Corporate activations & team impact:
Outside of our education calendar, we continue to host corporate team impact days - these are designed for teams looking to step out of the office and into the Lab to spark some outside-the-box thinking. It’s an immersive way to hit your ESG goals while proving that sustainability is a creative design challenge, not just a box-ticking exercise.

Don’t miss the bus on Term 1. Touch base today to snap up a remaining date + give your crew a hands-on experience that sticks! 📬 info(at)plastic.org.au

10/02/2026

There’s a massive "aha!" moment when students see a handful of waste turn into something they *actually* want to keep.

Compatible with our Benchtop Extruder, the Mini Pot Plant Mould is the perfect vehicle for student-led projects - students can manufacture their own marbled succulent pots to take home (a tangible reminder of the circular economy that lives on a kiddo's desk or windowsill!) or produce a boutique run for school fundraising that people will actually want to buy.

It’s the ideal way for STEM and TAS departments to bridge the gap between material science and real-world entrepreneurship.

Check out our full range of product moulds here 👉 plastic.org.au/collections/moulds

09/02/2026

🔁 via Future Things feat. our Benchtop Extruder: The process of making DIY injection moulded hair pins from plastic waste, using an FDM 3D printed mould. The plastic is LDPE milk bottle caps destined for landfill. The moulds are 3D printed using biodegradable PHA filament.

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18/8-10 Monomeeth Drive
Mitcham, VIC
3132

Website

https://www.plastic.org.au/

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