Meet The Team
Precious Plastic Monash, Semester 1, 2025
Upper Management
Upper Management is made up of the leads of each division, including a Team Lead. They are responsible for the direction of the team and the wider vision for the future. They progress goals and ensure all members are achieving their best.
Division Management
Division and Upper Management is made up of the leads and managers of each division. Together they drive the direction and everyday task management on a more micro level. Division managers are primarily responsible for weekly tasks, while leads look ahead at longer intervals.
Polymers
The Polymers Project is concerned with the research of polymer material properties to improve our team’s collection, sorting and manufacturing of recycled plastic. Its findings seek to serve the team, university and broader community alike.
Technical Research & Developement
The Technical Research and Development team is in charge of researching new and emerging technologies, processes, plastic materials and tools and developing the current and future machines. They are primarily responsible for our well-renowned Integration Unit, but also maintain and develop our other machines like ovens, sheet presses and granulators.
Beyond Plastic
Beyond Plastic is a sub division of Technical Research and Development. They specifically focus on researching biodegradable alternatives to plastic as well as different methods to produce products. Our BP division is new and unique, developing new solutions to plastic reduction in a materials based way.
Products
The Products team is responsible for developing and producing products. They plan to create products that reflect the community’s needs and expectations. The development of new and innovative products are intended to drive engagement and sales in the market.
Outreach
The Outreach team is responsible for planning, organising and implementing all the events, which aim to educate the community. Most of our attendees are students of all ages, as well as sustainable members of the community. Our Outreach division also creates resources which are available as open source to the public.
Marketing
The Marketing division is responsible for all of PPM’s social media accounts in addition to the PPM website. They are also involved with developing behaviour change campaigns and promoting internal operations and achievements using PPM’s public platforms.
Operations & Partnerships
The Operations and Partnerships division coordinates PPM events and manages partnerships and sponsorships. The events can range from Networking night to team social events. The Finance Officer is a part of this division and manages all financial tasks for PPM such as budget, reimbursements and invoicing.
