Marble Plastics

Circular systems only work when they actually get used. Yesterday morning, Pact Collective was featured on the TODAY Show for building a real take-back program for beauty packaging across the U.S. We’re proud to help turn that material into design-grade surfaces used in retail environments nationwide. A great example of what it looks like when circularity moves from idea to implementation. Watch below 👇 https://lnkd.in/eBKNjwJm

This is a full-circle moment for us. Joseph Klatt's early work with Ohio EPA helped spark the idea that waste could be a valuable production input—not just something to manage, but something to build with. Grateful for the feature and for the continued work to advance circular solutions in Ohio!

Every sheet has a story. The best way to understand it is to see the process up close. Last week, Aaron Kuck and Katie from BBCO visited our shop to watch 100% recycled plastic sheets come to life, from raw waste to polished, project-ready surfaces. Seeing the full transformation sparks ideas you cannot get from photos alone. That is why we invite architects, designers, and brand/sustainability teams to get hands-on with the material, ask questions, and explore what is possible. A simple tour often turns into a creative session filled with ideas for what we could build together. 📍 Working on circular spaces or sustainable products? Let us know if you would like to visit. We would love to host you.

Did you know that up to 40% of 3D printing filament ends up as waste? That’s why the Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence is partnering with Ohio State Design, Neighborhood Design Center, Marble Plastics and local makerspaces to turn 3D printer waste into meaningful, community-designed products. Along the way, students and community members will learn how design and sustainability can go hand in hand. We’re proud that this initiative is rooted in Central Ohio and thrilled to be part of it. As a manufacturing partner, Marble Plastics will share our approach to localized recycling and provide material for student and youth-led design projects. It’s a chance to show what scalable circular manufacturing can look like in practice. It’s pretty incredible what communities can build when we work together. Let’s go.

It’s a soap dish. And a statement. This soap dish was once a pile of discarded beauty packaging. Through our partnership with Pact Collective, a nonprofit solving hard-to-recycle beauty waste, we’ve transformed the hard-to-recycle into something unexpectedly elegant. We don’t add color. What you see is the raw mix of post-consumer beauty packaging, layered, melted, and molded into a durable product that sparks important conversation. Small product. Big story. That’s the power of circular design.

We teamed up with Are You Mad to create stools, tables, trays, and coat hangers from 100% recycled plastic to bring a major retailer’s vision to life. The custom colorway and unique CNC-cut forms were engineered to reflect the brand while keeping 300+ pounds of would-be waste out of landfills. This project is a powerful example of how circular design can elevate a brand experience. It’s not just about aesthetics. It’s about turning waste into something meaningful, memorable, and made to last. This is the kind of work we love, helping brands tell a story of sustainability and impact in every detail.

Who knew “trash” could look this good? This custom countertop inside Credo Beauty is made entirely from empty beauty bottles 😲 Through Pact Collective, a nonprofit uniting the beauty industry to tackle hard-to-recycle packaging, consumers drop their empties in Pact bins at member retailers. From there, the material is washed, shredded, and transformed into striking retail fixtures and small products that embed circularity directly into the brand experience. It’s a powerful way to turn would-be waste into something that tells a richer story about responsibility, innovation, and shared values. We’re proud to partner with Pact and forward-thinking brands like Credo Beauty that don’t just talk about solutions to packaging waste. They build them.