Celebrate Earth Day 2021 by helping us farm some plastic and cleanup a beach at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park on Thursday, April 22 from 10 am to 12 noon. Register today via the registration form below. This cleanup … Read More
Plastic Poetry 001 | Miami Norland Senior High School
In April 2021, Free Plastic and O, Miami installed their first in a series of public art works entitled Plastic Poetry. Plastic Poetry is a series of community activations that mashes up an educational workshop on the realities of recycling … Read More
Plastic Poetry’s Beach Cleanup at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center
Our first cleanup was held on Saturday, February 27, 2021 from 3 to 5pm at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center. We had 12 participants and they collected over 50 pounds of pollution! And, from that 50 pounds of waste, we were ... Read More
Plastic Poetry on Key Biscayne
Join us this Thursday, February 18th at 7pm for the first installment of a series of online workshops that mashes up recycling plastics, plastic pollution, beach cleanups, public art, and of course, poetry! Plastic Poetry is the latest project from … Read More
The Children’s Trust | Youth Advisory Committee Trophies
Our latest drop was two sets of trophies for The Children’s Trust. The trophies are for high school students participating in the Youth Advisory Committee – a youth leadership program designed to nurture the next generation of change-makers committed to positive … Read More
Year One | Building Free Plastic
In the spring of 2019, Free Plastic was born. Our earliest functional efforts were spent doing research and feasibility of production processes. Shortly thereafter in June, we held our first public workshop at the Museum of Discovery and Science in … Read More
Plastic Poetry with O, Miami
First of all, a huge THANK YOU to O, Miami for having us today!! It was such a great way to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. And, thank you to everyone that participated! We loved sharing a part … Read More
Free Plastic Lecture on Key Biscayne
Join Free Plastic on Thursday, September 19th, 2019 at 7:00pm on Key Biscayne for our lecture on recycling community plastics and plastic pollution. We will be discussing how we can make a positive impact with local recycling of plastics. Nathan … Read More
Free Plastic Phase 2: Infrastructure
We aren’t in hiding. We didn’t drown in ocean plastics (although it felt like a certain plastic farmer was trying to do just that). We didn’t give up, and we didn’t take a vacation (but wow, does a vacation sound … Read More