Ecover
Rubbish Café
Ecover
Rubbish Café
With a 40 year heritage minimising environmental impact, Ecover wanted to showcase the value of recycling plastics. The resulting Rubbish Café was a world-first experience – people could only enter if they ‘paid’ with recyclable plastic rubbish.

Everything was created with sustainability and shareability in mind: from reusable cork flooring to the eco-friendly wash-off pavement graffiti.
Eco-chef Tom Hunt created zero waste veggie and vegan bowls, whilst upcycling designer Max McMurdo ensured the café backdrop was Instagram worthy.
As you entered the message on circularity was clear – was your rubbish ‘doomed for landfill’ or did it go to the ‘reincarnation station’?



Made
You Look.
Reached 66% of ‘Conscious Consumers’ in the UK three times.
Made
You Care.
Over 1,000 visitors with 240 pledges to reduce plastic usage, 11,400 hits to microsite and a significant sales uplift for Ecover’s washing range.
Awards
- WINNER - The Drum Experience Awards – B2C Experiential Brand Campaign/ Event of the Year
- WINNER - The Drum Experience Awards – Grand Prix
- WINNER - AMEC Awards - Best use of measurement for a single event