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Plastic Sorting & Recycling Basics
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RegisterCommunity plastic recycling · Adelaide
Recycling you can see and hold.
ReCraft runs hands-on workshops in local libraries and community centres. You learn to sort plastic properly, then we turn the clean HDPE into things people can actually use.
Starting with HDPE (resin code 2). Check what we accept →
Plastic bottle lids
Shredded HDPE
Pressed-plastic sandals
Pressing plastic into sheets12 lids
make one coaster
How it works
Collect → Sort → Remake
Three steps, and you can see every one of them. That's the point. When you can watch your lids become a coaster, recycling stops being a mystery.
- 01
Collect
Bring in clean HDPE: milk bottle lids, shampoo and detergent bottles. You collect at home, school or work and drop it to a workshop.
- 02
Sort
We check every piece together. We read the resin codes, take off labels and pull out anything that isn't HDPE. Nothing goes into the shredder unchecked.
- 03
Remake
Clean plastic is shredded, melted and pressed into keychains, coasters and tiles, and later into planters, stools and benches for local spaces.
Upcoming workshops
Come and get your hands dirty
Sessions run at libraries and community centres around Adelaide. Most are free, and kids are welcome with an adult.
Made in Adelaide
What your lids turn into
Every piece is pressed from plastic sorted at our workshops, so no two speckles are the same.
No greenwashing
We count what we actually do.
Recycling one bag of lids won't save the planet, and we won't pretend it does. We weigh what comes in, what we reject and what we make, and we publish those numbers. That way you, your school or your council can see exactly what happened.
Read our values- Weighed in
- Every drop-off, in kilograms
- Rejected
- Contaminated or wrong plastic, also weighed
- Remade
- Number of products and furniture pieces
- Reported
- Shared after every pilot and term
Residents, families & schools
Book a workshop
Free and low-cost sessions at libraries and community centres across Adelaide. Bring a bag of clean lids if you have them.
Councils & businesses
Partner with us
Run a 90-day pilot in your area. We bring the workshops and the machines, and you get clear, honest numbers at the end.