Upcoming events.
Upcoming Events
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).
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.
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.
PAMF San Carlos Earth Day
Earth Day event at the San Carlos location of Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Event will take place in the main lobby.
Open to the public.
Belmont Earth Day
Celebrate Earth Day in PPP in Belmont at Twin Pines Park. Details to follow
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
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.
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
Meet & Sort & Shred.. And maybe melt!
If you are free we’d love to see you this Saturday February 8th from 1-5:00 PM in San Carlos Ca. We will be sorting a lot of donated and found plastic as well as making clipboards and flower pots to raise funds for our 1m cold press, outreach activities, and plastic free product give aways for future events (more on that in the next update).
Some important details about this meeting:
Please wear closed-toe shoes.
Children must be 13 years or older and accompanied by an adult.
Directions and other info will be sent after sign up.
Meet & Melt
If you can come in to the shop in San Carlos, please sign using the link below and help us get ready by sorting donated plastic and making items.
Sort-n-Melt Signup Link: https://forms.gle/EG844e24zNV7ER587
Meet & Melt
If you can come in to the shop in San Carlos, please sign using the link below and help us get ready by sorting donated plastic and making items.
Sort-n-Melt Signup Link: https://forms.gle/EG844e24zNV7ER587
Meet & Melt
If you can come in to the shop in San Carlos, please sign using the link below and help us get ready by sorting donated plastic and making items.
Sort-n-Melt Signup Link: https://forms.gle/EG844e24zNV7ER587
Meet & Melt
If you can come in to the shop in San Carlos, please sign using the link below and help us get ready by sorting donated plastic and making items.
Sort-n-Melt Signup Link: https://forms.gle/EG844e24zNV7ER587
2024 Bay Area Maker Faire
We will be at the Bay Area Maker Faire in Vallejo California October 18-20 helping folks turn plastic waste in to useful items. We'll be hosing some of our friends and partners so please check back or follow us on Instagram.
2024 Bay Area Maker Faire details: https://makerfaire.com/bay-area/