Happy World Oceans Day! We here at Free Plastic love our oceans, and are doing what we can to help them by developing new ways to recycle ocean plastic! What does Free Plastic look like by the numbers? We’re so … Read More
Meet Our Serving Boards
Hundreds of pounds of scrap hardwood that was to be thrown away was gifted to us last year, and we decided to mix all these off cuts & disposable scraps with our river concepts to create serving boards. Some serving ... Read More
Learning From Our Waste
In my previous positions in both the marine & automotive industries, working with epoxy meant a TON of waste. All of the mixing sticks, spreaders, mixing tubs, gloves, etc were single use, and quickly disposed, with no option to recycle. ... Read More
Free Plastic at Apple Aventura
Last month for Earth Day, we joined O, Miami at Apple Aventura to discuss the latest in recycling. O, Miami taught us how to write Urban Haikus, and then we crafted the Earth-inspired poems using over 400 of our 5-inch ... Read More
Year 4 in Review
We can’t believe it’s been FOUR YEARS!!! And this year we have a lot to celebrate!! We started off the year with a nice surprise: Free Plastic had a writeup in South Florida Gay News. Considering our team is made … Read More
Our Cherry Table
Our newest coffee fable is made from salvaged cherry and 1kg (2.2 pounds) of unrecyclable ocean plastic farmed from South Florida beaches. Some plastics are too dangerous for us to recycle via heat, and with the strict recycling rules found ... Read More
Surfside Baynanza
Thank you to everyone that came out to Surfside to participate with us and O, Miami for the 41st Baynanza Biscayne Bay cleanup! Baynanza is a celebration of Biscayne Bay and its significance as one of the most important ecological ... Read More
The Pixel Table
Today we'd like to introduce the next iteration of one of our favorite products, the ocean plastic coffee table! The Pixel Table is inspired by Pejac's Fossil Series. The lumber for our table was recovered ocean lumber found on a ... Read More
2023 KBCF Aqua Party
This year for the Key Biscayne Community Foundation’s Aqua Party we are happy to be supplying the Foundation with 300 keychains, 4 Lazy Susans, and 2 Charcuterie Boards, all made from recycled plastic! We are grateful for the Foundation’s support … Read More
The End of Our Trophy Line
Congrats to all of the recipients of 2022 ICU baby HOPE Parade award winners! These 13 trophies recycled 663 grams of unrecyclable ocean plastic — nearly 1.5 pounds. They also represent the end of this product line. As Maya Angelou … Read More