Precious Plastic Vienna is a diverse group of committed people who are involved in plastic recycling. The association was founded in spring 2018 by four young people from the fields of science, design and environmental technology. Since then, they have been committed to research and knowledge transfer on the topic of plastic avoidance and recycling. They work with local partners, including environmentally conscious private individuals, restaurateurs and companies, to avoid and utilise plastic waste in Vienna.
In addition to their local commitment in Vienna, they are also active in the global, constantly growing, online and offline Precious Plastic community, which is made up of hundreds of initiatives on all continents of the world. The common goal is to find answers to the global problem of plastic pollution and waste as well as practical solutions.
Precious Plastic Vienna is committed to the idea of open source or open design and DIT (do it together) in everything they do – they develop and improve self-build machines with the global community and share the construction plans and experiences with all interested parties via a forum and various other channels. In this way, a lot of basic information on the topic of plastics recycling has been compiled and prepared in a way that is also understandable for laypeople.