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  • A person with blue hair at a vending machine as another person directs them on how to use it.
  • Tags of varying colours featuring carabiners clipped onto wire mesh with wooden pegs.
  • A person with a carabiner clipped to their jean belt loop, holding keys.
  • A hand holding a range of different coloured pens.
22 Feb – 3 May

Loopy Lab

  • Family and kids
  • Activity

Single-use plastic waste is not waste, it's a precious resource.

See how plastic waste – like bottle tops – can be transformed into useful, enduring and beautiful products. After collecting discarded milk bottle tops from cafes around the market, the team at the Purpose Precinct give them a thorough wash, and shred them up, ready for you to make some magic.

Pick your colour shred, then crank the handle to make your own custom pen or carabiner.

Hours

Date Times
Sun 22 Feb
  • 11am - 3pm 11:00am - 3:00pm
Sun 1 Mar
  • 11am - 3pm 11:00am - 3:00pm
Sun 8 Mar
  • 11am - 3pm 11:00am - 3:00pm
Sun 22 Mar
  • 11am - 3pm 11:00am - 3:00pm
Sun 5 Apr
  • 11am - 3pm 11:00am - 3:00pm
Sun 19 Apr
  • 11am - 3pm 11:00am - 3:00pm
Sun 3 May
  • 11am - 3pm 11:00am - 3:00pm

Location

Outside Purpose Precinct F19 at Queen Victoria Market
The Purpose Precinct
F Sheds
Melbourne 3000

Open in maps location for The Purpose Precinct

Price and bookings

Adult / general $15

Booking not required

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9629 4222
  • email address: hello@purposeprecinct.org
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