RedCrea; Reciclaje, educación y creatividad

A complete educational guide to train young generations in the recycling processes and management of plastic residuals.

Awareness about plastic waste, how to turn plastic waste into useful material, and how to handle the machines to recycle it for high school and college students.

A network of recycling laboratories that work along different schools (high schools and colleges) so that students can build different projects proposed in a practice book (that we provide) using plastic waste collected by themselves and through donations from the neighborhood. This practices will support them to let their creativity flow and turn it indo usable products.

Train High School and College students in the use of machines to transform plastic and develop recycled projects and products with the support of a practice book to make different objects that will benefit their own communities .

Our team is composed of industrial design students, all trained in the use of equipment such as the shredding machine, the injection machine, and the sheet press machine. We also had the chance to work at another laboratory from the government (LARZ-Laboratorio de Reciclaje de Zapopan) focusing our work on teaching elementary school students about recycling.

As mentioned before, we had the chance to work with another laboratory, which focused on educating children from elementary school on how to recycle plastic (mainly focusing on plastics number 2 and 5). While working there we helped develop different dynamics and processes to improve the tours around the facilities, as well as helping college students develop their own school projects. During this process we have identified the best techniques and machines for beginners to include in the practice book.

We encourage students to learn how to use different machines to promote the Circular Economy in their communities by offering the necessary equipment and guidance to train them. We also offer a practice book for the students where we establish learning goals and desired results while they make different objects.

We plan on establishing three laboratories in Zapopan and close cities, contacting at least 15 schools, welcoming 1800 students, generating 18000 projects, and transforming 2.7 tons of plastic for each laboratory during the school period (40 weeks). We also intend to establish partnerships with CNC and laser cut workshops for students’ availability.

Shredder machine, Injection machine, Sheet press machine.

Working in another laboratory we have supported 15 schools, welcoming 1800 students, generating 18000 projects, and transforming 2.7 tons of plastic for each laboratory during the school period (40 weeks).

Financial and man-power to manage each laboratory.

Tecnológico de Monterrey and LARZ for assessment and development guidance. As well as CNC and laser cut workshops to improve the attention to the students.

Business Model

We plan on charging schools, depending on the situation with the practice books, which will become a basic guide for anyone who wants to develop their products. We will also receive donations from the communities and students (economically and in-kind), government support, sponsors and product selling.