Plastic recycling workshop – Turn your waste into useful items

Description

Treat your teams to a fun and spectacular eco-friendly activity: a plastic recycling workshop where each participant transforms used bottle caps into a useful object, made with their own hands using an injection moulding machine. Rulers, key rings, spinning tops, phone stands… everyone leaves with a unique creation in random colours.

Perfect for a CSR team-building event, a seminar, a corporate Christmas party, a trade fair or a shopping centre, this workshop brings the circular economy to life and unites your participants around a simple action that’s accessible to everyone.

How it works: from waste to finished item in 5 steps

1. Selecting the waste

The workshop uses bottle caps collected by the charity Les Bouchons d’amour and Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital. You can also bring your own waste: bottle caps collected beforehand or a type of waste from your organisation (bottles, pipes, document holders, bags, etc.), sorted and shredded in advance.

2. The manual shredder

Participants shred the bottle caps themselves. A simple task, accessible to everyone, which really puts their strength to the test!

3. Selecting the glitter

In addition to the crushed bottle caps, everyone chooses glitter to fill the machine. The colours are random: each item is unique.

4. Choosing a mould

Each participant chooses the object they wish to make from the moulds you have selected.

5. Injection moulding

Participants operate the injection moulding machine themselves to mould their object from recycled plastic, then take their creation home with them.

Items to make

• Ruler
• Comb
• Key ring
• Flower pot
• Spinning top
• Mobile phone stand
• Beads, buttons, rings

Animation formats

Large format

Everything is included for your large-scale events (over 100 people for 4 hours): 2 activity leaders, a counter and decorations, 9 pots of colour, a choice of 3 moulds, a manual grinder and a large injection mould. Approximately 30 seconds per item.

Medium format

The same concept with one facilitator: counter and decorations, 9 pots of colour, 2 moulds of your choice, a manual grinder and a large moulding machine. Approximately 2 minutes per item, for up to 100 people over 4 hours.

Small format

For small-scale events: one facilitator, without a counter, decorations or manual grinder, 6 pots of colour, one mould of your choice and the large injection mould. Approximately 2 minutes per item, up to 100 people over 4 hours.

Options and customisation

Bespoke items and moulds

Based on an idea or a 3D file, a bespoke mould is designed to reflect your event: medals, tokens, coins, key rings, bracelet beads, garlands… (please allow an extra 1 to 2 weeks’ notice).

The mural option

As a complement to the workshop, your participants create a mural live at the event, tailored to your event’s theme: you provide your logo and colours, participants stick the tiles onto the mural as they visit the stand, and the finished mural is presented to you to decorate your premises.

Why choose this recycling workshop for your team-building event or corporate evening?

• A hands-on CSR activity: your teams see waste transformed into an object in a matter of minutes.
• Fun and accessible to all: crushing, choosing colours, operating the machine – no special skills required.
• A useful and unique keepsake: each participant takes home their own creation.
• Customisable: your own waste materials, bespoke moulds and a mural featuring your logo.
• Flexible: three formats, from small-scale activities to large-scale events.

General information

• Duration: formats designed for 4 hours of activity
• Capacity: up to 100 people over 4 hours for small or medium-sized formats; more than that for large-scale formats
• Venue: at your premises or your event venue (terrace, seminar room, lounge, shop…), anywhere in France
• Notice period: ideally 1 to 3 weeks