Plastic Revolution

Empowering the next generation through plastic recycling and manufacturing.

Plastic Revolution is Future Makers' growing programme of school, community and industry partnerships, reconnecting people with plastic through hands-on learning and making.

Working across education, manufacturing and the circular economy, we transform everyday plastic into meaningful learning experiences and lasting community assets, giving people the opportunity to discover its value through real world projects.

The Plastic Revolution Approach

Group of children and a woman playing with plastic bottle caps on a table.

Discover

Seeing plastic differently

Exploring plastic as a material and understanding its potential.

A group of children working together at a workshop table, with materials and equipment, in a classroom or educational setting.

Learn

Understanding the circular economy

Discovering polymers, recycling processes and manufacturing through hands-on experiences.

Three young men wearing gloves work on a project at a table with colorful speckled material, with one of them reviewing drawings or plans. The setting appears to be an industrial or workshop space with shelving and graffiti on the wall.

Create

Turning ideas into reality

Transforming plastic into new products and creative solutions.

Group of diverse people, mostly young adults, standing together in a warehouse, some holding decorated boxes, with a woman sitting in front, and everyone smiling at the camera.

Value

Showing what's possible

Demonstrating the value of plastic through real world outcomes, skills development and lasting impact.

Our Impact so Far

1,000+

Learners engaged

130+

Students, artists and industry professionals engaged

20

Schools, colleges and organisations involved

233 kg

Plastic transformed into new products

14

Projects delivered

30+

Industry and community partners

From primary schools to colleges and graduate internships, Plastic Revolution creates opportunities for people to understand, transform and create with plastic

Plastic Revolution in Action

Plastic Revolution is growing

From schools and colleges to creative practitioners and industry, we're building new ways for people to understand, transform and create with plastic.