Precious Plastic Melbourne: 2022 Finalist – Circular economy innovation

Last updated: 14 August 2023
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young woman with shoulder length brown hair wearing a green and blue plaid shirt sitting next to a grey metal machine Precious Plastic Melbourne is a finalist for a Community Champion award in the Premier's Sustainability Awards 2022 – Circular economy innovation category.

Precious Plastic Melbourne is at the forefront of a grassroots micro-recycling movement in Australia. From their closed-loop plastic recycling facility in Nunawading, Precious Plastic Melbourne is designing and producing small-scale recycling equipment to manufacture functional products and create a valuable resource from what was once considered waste.

The innovative, family-owned enterprise empowers community groups, businesses, and schools to manufacture their own products, actively seeding circular eco-systems across the country. This circular economy approach is not only vital to the reduction of plastic pollution, but also creates strong economic, social and climate benefits.

Circular economy innovation 2022 finalists