This symposium, supported by the Victoria and Albert Museum, was held to celebrate and disseminate the findings of the EU funded project, Preservation of Plastic ARTefacts (PopART). It brought together academics, artists, designers, manufacturers, conservators and curators to discuss the impact of plastics on art and design and their future potential in our lives. A thread running through the papers and discussion was eco design and sustainable use of plastics. Christopher Pett, Managing Director of Pli Design Ltd, founded Pli in 2003. His aim has been to build a business with sustainable design and manufacturing principles at its heart from the beginning. The Reee chair, launched in 2008, is made from recycled Sony computer games consoles. Christopher talked about the potential of such recycled plastic in mass-production along with its challenges under the title Single-source recycled plastic in product design and manufacturing.