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# Nouns Yo-yo : Recycled Play for Global IRL Proliferation
## TL:DR;
- Produce **500 Nouns Yo-yos** from recycled plastic, in partnership with [Precious Plastic Bandung](https://www.instagram.com/preciousplasticbandung/)
- Distribute them globally to [Nouns Beyond Screens](https://www.instagram.com/nounsbeyondscreens/), [Noun Coffee](https://www.instagram.com/noun_irl/), [Nouns House](https://www.instagram.com/nouns_house/), [Nouns Deli](https://nounsdeli.com/), and at [ETH Devcon 2026](https://devcon.org/en/)
- Promote a plastic waste reduction campaign by transforming waste into Yo-yos
- Engage a professional yo-yo player to showcase skills at the [World Yo-yo Contest 2026](https://iyyf.org/)
- Host a playful yo-yo challenge via nouns.gg
- Seeking **$17,500 USDC** in funding to bring this project to life
# What is Yo-yo?
Yo-yo is a simple yet joyful activity that blends play, focus, and mindfulness through rhythmic movement. Its repetitive motion naturally creates a calming flow state while remaining fun and engaging. Accessible to all ages and backgrounds, anyone can play it without prior experience. Beginners enjoy the basic motion, while advanced players explore tricks as creative expression. This simplicity makes the yo-yo a universal tool for connection and positive social interaction. *[learn yo-yo tricks for beginners.](https://yoyotricks.com/yoyo-tricks/beginner-tricks/)*
# Precious Plastic Bandung
[Precious Plastic Bandung](https://www.instagram.com/preciousplasticbandung/) is a community-based recycling initiative that transforms plastic waste into functional products using open-source machines developed by Precious Plastic, founded by Dave Hakkens. They collaborate with designers, students, schools, and creative communities, including institutions such as [ITB](https://www.instagram.com/p/DT6vR7Ekl0y/?img_index=1) to produce furniture, recycled plastic sheets, and lifestyle products. Beyond creating tangible products for local use, Precious Plastic Bandung focuses on circular economy education and community empowerment. The initiative is connected to the global [Precious Plastic](https://www.preciousplastic.com/) movement, which has helped recycle over 1,400 tons of plastic worldwide and create sustainable economic opportunities.
# Nouns Yo-yo
- We are producing **500 Nouns Yo-yos** with designs that embody the nounish aesthetic, are visually engaging, and environmentally conscious.
- Collaboration with **Precious Plastic Bandung** ensures sustainable production.
- Each yo-yo highlights **“NOUNS YO-YO”** on the top and **“nouns.wtf”** at the bottom, while two embossed Noggles logos on the sides reinforce brand identity.
- Serving as a tangible medium, the yo-yo enables IRL proliferation at crypto events and competitive yo-yo communities.
- It provides a playful, physical way to communicate the Nouns story, creating long-term real-world impact.
- Accessible to everyone, including those without any web3 experience.
# Our Positioning in Nouns DAO
| Differentiating Factors | Nouns Yo-yo | Kendama | Nouns Breakers |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------- | -------------- |
| Physical Products (Can be produced, products can be distributed globally, anyone can play it) | √ | √ | x |
| Social and Environmental Impacts in Line with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (made from recycled plastic, promoting the use of plastic waste) | √ | x | x |
| Spreading Nouns in a fun way (inviting others to play, easy to play, fun onboarding) | √ | √ | √ |
| Competitive Ecosystem (world tournaments, local communities around the world) | √ | √ | √ |
| Total Points | 4/4 | 3/4 | 2/4 |
Nouns Yo-yo is not just a new product, but a strategic evolution of Nouns DAO’s physical initiatives, combining play, sustainability, and global accessibility into one simple and meaningful object. Made from recycled plastic, it turns waste into play while offering a low cost, inclusive, and easily scalable way to onboard new audiences into Nouns. Especially beyond web3, fully aligned with the DAO’s playful, open, and public-good values.
# Yo-yo as tools for On Boarding
- Distribute 500 Nouns Yo-yos as follows:
- 40 pcs to [Nouns Beyond Screens, Malaysia](https://maps.app.goo.gl/vd4aPD1Lixni4UzS9)
- 40 pcs to [Noun Coffee, USA](https://maps.app.goo.gl/VwRS8KAqgMijV8Es7)
- 40 pcs to [Nouns House, Brazil](https://maps.app.goo.gl/EzGrvhqbc4sGPswC8)
- 40 pcs to [Nouns Deli, Australia](https://maps.app.goo.gl/cHGvKXUEtYAJUkMu5)
- 20 pcs to amateur and professional players, as well as content creators
- 20 pcs for the trick challenge contest
- 100 pcs for Nouns events at ETH Devcon 2026
- 30 pcs for the World Yo-yo Contest 2026
- 170 pcs for sale, with proceeds donated through [Precious Plastic V5](https://www.preciousplastic.com/v5)
- Establish a Nouns Yo-yo Team aiming for the 2026 World Yo-yo Contest
- Produce engaging trick content featuring the Yo-yo in combination with Precious Noggles
# Challange through nouns.gg
- Launch a yo-yo trick challenge with $1,000 USDC in prizes
- Hosted on nouns.gg, where Nouners select the top submissions
- Designed to grow Nouns’ presence in the yo-yo community and amplify promotion via participant-created content
# Timeline (5 month)
- **Month 1**
- Yo-yo design and mold R&D
- Mold fabrication and production
- Launch of X and Instagram social media channels
- **Month 2-3**
- Production of yo-yo prototypes with input from professional players
- Scaled manufacturing and direct supervision in collaboration with Precious Plastic Bandung
- Final packaging and quality assurance
- Story-driven social media activation showcasing the yo-yo creation process through documentary videos
- **Month 4-5**
- Deliveries to Nouns Beyond Screen, Nouns House, Nouns Deli, and Nouns School
- ETH Devcon inventory scheduled for subsequent shipment
- Publishing a mini-documentary showcasing the product and its plastic waste upcycling initiative
- Hosting a trick challenge on nouns.gg
- Launching the worldwide Nouns Yo-yo movement via social media, competitive scene and IRL activation
# Deliverables
- **500 Nouns Yo-yos** produced from recycled plastic in collaboration with **Precious Plastic Bandung**, featuring a nounish design, embossed Noggles, and quality-tested playability.
- **Global IRL distribution & activation** across Nouns Beyond Screens, Noun Coffee, Nouns House, Nouns Deli, and ETH Devcon 2026.
- **Plastic waste upcycling campaign**, telling the story of transforming waste into a playful, tangible Nouns artifact.
- **Professional yo-yo player onboarding**, positioning Nouns on the global stage at the **World Yo-yo Contest 2026**.
- **Community engagement** via nouns.gg, launching a fun yo-yo challenge powered by user generated content.
- **Content**, **documentation** & **reporting**, **capturing impact**, and **reach**.
# Budget
| Description | Amount | Cost (USDC) |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | ----------- |
| Mould Development : Yo-yo Design, Design Consultation, Mould Design, Mould Production | 2 unit | 2,300 |
| Yo-yo : Plastic ore, Bearings, Nuts, Bolts, Strings, Packaging Design, Cardboard Packaging | 500 unit | 6,500 |
| Shipping Cost : Indonesia to Malaysia, USA, Brazil, Australia, and India. | 5 country | 3,500 |
| Marketing & Documentation : Social Media Strategy, Photography & Videography, Content Creation, DIY Instruction, Pro Player On Boarding | 1 package | 1,500 |
| Team Compensation : Management, Collaboration, Production Supervision, Quality Control | 5 month | 2,500 |
| Contest & Challange : nouns.gg contest, social media challange | 1 time | 1,200 |
| Total | | 17,500 |
Transaction : send **$17,500 USDC** to [nouns-yoyo.eth](https://etherscan.io/address/0x7879e571FD8CE1283e5ACb5BeF347d4E181140F8)
# Team
- **[0xishal](https://x.com/0xishal)** as Team Lead
- Previous project at Nouns DAO props [483](https://nouns.wtf/vote/483) & [709](https://nouns.wtf/vote/709)
- Founder [Nounscraft](https://x.com/NounsCraft) & [Nounsweek](https://x.com/nounsweek)
- With my experience working on two previous proposals, I am confident that I can deliver the best results for Nouns Yo-yo.
- **[Ramdhan](http://https://)** as Design & Technical Lead
- Managing Director of [Precious Plastic Bandung](http://**https://**)
- Has partnered with over 10 companies to repurpose plastic waste into various sustainable products
- Some collaborations are with [Monash University](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/monashmsdi_recently-we-had-the-pleasure-of-hosting-ramdhan-activity-7178544203268829184-NsRY/), [ITB](https://www.instagram.com/p/DT6vR7Ekl0y/?img_index=1), [Paragon](https://iddc.kemendag.go.id/gdi/product/2409020006), [One Army](https://www.onearmy.earth/news/rocking-out-with-guitar-picks-in-indonesia), and many more.
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