Upcoming events.
Upcoming Events
PPP at the Truckee Roundhouse Maker Show
Join PPP at the Truckee Roundhouse makerspace at the Truckee Tahoe Airport for this beloved celebration of art, community, and ingenuity at their 10th annual Maker Show!
More details here: https://www.truckeeroundhouse.org/makershow
Belmont Earth Day
Celebrate Earth Day with Peninsula Precious Plastics in Belmont at Twin Pines Park. You can find our bright green canopy/booth next to the senior center!
Academy Day
Academy Day is a celebration of the Academy’s anniversary, and each year we reflect on the community and philanthropy that make everything we do here possible.
Sustainable San Mateo County 27th Annual Sustainability Awards Celebration
Peninsula Precious Plastics (PPP) is being awarded a 2026 Sustainability Award for its exceptional leadership in environmental education and circular-economy innovation. Led by CEO Nicholas Schick, PPP has transformed from a student-led initiative into a premier regional STEAM hub. They have trained students from 12 Bay Area schools and major universities, including Stanford and UC Berkeley, in the use of open-source machinery to repurpose “unrecyclable” plastic. Their “maker space” provides partners free access to expensive equipment that repurposes items that can’t be recycled through municipal recycling programs into furniture, clipboards, sunglasses, art installations and more, preventing literally tons of plastic from entering landfills and ecosystems, and significantly reducing the carbon footprint associated with plastic production. Schick and his team empower the next generation to view plastic waste as a valuable resource, while supporting local businesses and nonprofits and diverting tons of waste into functional items. PPP is proving that hands-on learning and action are the key to localizing global environmental solutions.
Meet & Melt for Academy Day
We need your help sorting donated plastic and making stuff from upcycle plastics. We are preparing for Academy Day 2026 at the California Academy of Sciences and need to build up material to raise funds for CAS and our educational outreach and operational expenses (keeping the lights on).
Meet & Melt for Academy Day
We need your help sorting donated plastic and making stuff from upcycle plastics. We are preparing for Academy Day 2026 at the California Academy of Sciences and need to build up material to raise funds for CAS and our educational outreach and operational expenses (keeping the lights on).
Meet & Melt 11/15/25
We need your help sorting donated plastic and making stuff from it. We are preparing for the holidays and need to build up items to raise funds for our educational outreach and operational expenses (keeping the lights on). We are also making combs for hygiene kits to be handed out later this month.
Bay Area Maker Faire 2025
Join us September 26 through 28th on Mare Island for the Greatest Show On Earth. Bay Area Maker Faire 2025!!!
Meet & Melt 9/13/25
We need your help sorting donated plastic and making stuff from upcycle plastics. We are preparing for Bay Area Maker Faire 2025 and need to build up material to raise funds for our educational outreach and operational expenses (keeping the lights on).
PPP @ NightLife - Claudes 30th Birthday!!
Peninsula Precious Plastics will be at the California Academy of Sciences NightLife Program
Rubbish Bags Workshop with Peninsula Precious Plastics Sunday
Bag Workshop is 4-8 pm this Sunday, August 24th, in Palo Alto, California
The bag workshop is a great opportunity to learn how to make useful repurposed bags, which Tara does beautifully!
If you know people interested in textiles or fashion and repurposing, please forward the information. This is a great opportunity to learn and create.
The bags can easily be made in maker spaces, schools and universities to teach sustainable techniques, once people learn how to produce sturdy sheets of pleather in Tara’s workshop.
We are also hoping to learn how to make tarps and table covers from repurposing plastic bags and/or packaging as Tara does. Making banners from plastic sheets is also a possibility…
Link to Signup: https://forms.gle/tVttZEXVVvCUaja27
PPP @ OpenSauce 2025!!!
Please join Peninsula Precious Plastics at Open Sauce 2025 in San Mateo, California at the San Mateo County Event Center!
PPP @ OpenSauce 2025!!!
Please join Peninsula Precious Plastics at Open Sauce 2025 in San Mateo, California at the San Mateo County Event Center!
PPP @ CalAcademy's NightLife
Peninsula Precious Plastics will be at the California Academy of Sciences NightLife Program
Earth Day, Every Day - Foster City Library
Join Peninsula Precious Plastics and the Foster City Citizens Sustainability Advisory Committee, in partnership with the Foster City Library and sponsors, Peninsula Clean Energy and the City of Foster City, to an in-person Earth Day Celebration at the Foster City Library!
CLICK HERE for more details!
PPP @ CalAcademy's NightLife
Peninsula Precious Plastics will be at the California Academy of Sciences NightLife Program
Make & Sort
Please join us in San Carlos California to sort, shred and make items for us to sell at the California Academy’s NightLife! Please use this link to sign up.
Make & Sort
Please join us in San Carlos California to sort, shred and make items for us to sell at the California Academy’s NightLife! Please use this link to sign up.
Make & Sort
Please join us in San Carlos California to sort, shred and make items for us to sell at the California Academy’s NightLife! Please use this link to sign up.
PPP @ CalAcademy's NightLife
Peninsula Precious Plastics will be at the California Academy of Sciences NightLife Program
Make & Sort
Please join us in San Carlos California to sort, shred and make items for us to sell at the California Academy’s NightLife! Please use this link to sign up.