GET INVOLVED
Want to join in?
There are many ways you can be a member!
Collectors
Save, clean and deliver bottle caps.
Individuals: Tackle the plastic waste problem by bringing us all the plastic bottle caps you and your family collect.
Businesses: Boost your community impact by setting up mini collection point(s) at your business for plastic bottle caps. Rally your team to join forces in rinsing, collecting and delivering them!
Community Groups: Collecting, washing, drying and colour sorting lids is a great activity for community and disability support groups. We love working with these groups and supporting their efforts to connect and uplift their members.
SORTERS
Wash, sort and shred bottle caps.
Volunteers: Volunteer some of your time to join us in our workspace to wash, dry and sort the bottle caps before experiencing the fun of shredding them!
Work Sampling: Are you finishing school, have a disability and want some practical hands-on experience in the workplace? Joining us to wash, sort and shred bottle caps is a great way to learn about work in a place where people support each other.
Community Groups: Many hands make light work! If you are part of a community group that can commit to a couple of hours a week, a month or a year, we’d love to hear from you.
Makers
Pour, melt and mold shredded caps into something new.
Machine Operators: Are you at the end of schooling, have a disability and want to do hands-on work in a workshop with machines? Come join us! You can learn about and use our injection mold and extruder machines to make amazing products using our clean, shredded bottle caps.
Mentors: Retired from working with plastics or machinery? Share your skills with young people and help teach injection molding and extrusion to the next generation! Volunteer with us today and make a difference by passing on your valuable knowledge and shaping the future of the industry.
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Sellers
Process orders and dispatch our amazing products.
Order Processors: Are you at the end of schooling, have a disability and want to try working in a retail environment? Come join us! You can learn about and practice processing online orders for our gorgeous recycled products and sending to our beloved buyers.
Mentors: A huge shout out to our long time GSL members who know the shop routines like the back of their hand and want to train others in how to sell our precious and beautiful recycled products.
Order Packers: Are you at the end of schooling, have a disability and want to do hands-on work in an online retail environment? Come join us! You can learn about choosing, packing and sending off customer orders and adding little touches to let our buyers know we appreciate their business.
Buyers
Visiting, selecting and buying our amazing products.
Raw Material: We only supply our raw material to manufacturers. You will find our shredded plastic in a range of colours and types in the Precious Plastic Bazaar.
If you are a plastics manufacturer and want to skip sorting, washing and shredding then contact us directly.
Online Markets: Visit our online store to purchase our products and support the initiative.
Local Community & Makers Markets: You’ll find us at local markets sharing our knowledge of recycling and offering our one-off designs and prototypes. You won’t find anything we sell at these markets online. Come along and visit us!
