No. We made the difficult decision to wind down in 2025. This website stays online as an archive of what we did, and as a way to reach us with questions – but Wecycle itself no longer operates.

It started with learning that almost all sorted plastic is sent all over Europe for recycling, which mostly consists of incineration. We saw that as a huge loss of valuable material, plus a lost opportunity for greater innovation in plastic recycling and circular economy systems.

We worked with types 2, 4 and 5, since they possess better qualities for recycling. We had hoped that with more research and infrastructure it would become possible to take on other types too.

Theoretically no, practically yes. The designs of the machines were made by Precious Plastic, and our own technical volunteers as well as volunteering engineers from Engineers Without Borders deserve all the credit.

All of the plastic we used was plastic waste, and all of it was sourced locally. That meant most of it came from different sources in and around Oslo, though we sometimes used plastic from other parts of Norway (such as ocean plastic, for example).  

All funding and revenue went towards covering our expenses. Any additional financial resources were reinvested into the organisation for research and for expanding our influence in the community around Oslo. That is how we kept true to our values as a non-profit organisation.