The All In Coffee Stencil: How Ocean Plastic Gave Glasgow 2026 Its Warmest Welcome
Quick answer: The All In coffee stencil was the official drinks mark of the "All In. All Welcome." campaign for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Cafés, bars and restaurants across Glasgow used the stencil to dust the All In symbol onto coffees and cocktails using cocoa, sherbet and matcha. Each reusable stencil was made from 27g of repurposed ocean plastic, sourced and made in Scotland by Ocean Kitchen Scotland.
Ocean Kitchen Scotland founder Ally (Alasdair) Mitchell was one of the campaign's official champions, and after the Games the stencils were gifted to Glasgow schools to keep the sustainability story going.
What was the All In coffee stencil?
The All In stencil was a small, reusable tool used by venues across Glasgow to top coffees, cocktails and mocktails with the official All In mark during the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Baristas and bartenders used it to dust the All In symbol onto drinks with cocoa, sherbet, matcha and other creative toppings, turning an everyday coffee into a visible piece of civic celebration.
The campaign, called "All In. All Welcome," was led by Circular Glasgow, part of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, with support from Sustainable Glasgow, Glasgow City Council's Sustainability team and Glasgow 2026. Over 60 venues took part, from The Clydeside Distillery and The Mackintosh Tearooms to Starbucks, Tantrum Doughnuts and Gordon St Coffee.
Why the stencil mattered more than it looked
On the surface, it was a nice bit of latte art. Underneath, it was a small object with a genuinely circular story:
- Made from ocean plastic. Every stencil was made from 27g of repurposed ocean plastic, collected from Scotland's coastline.
- Made in Scotland. The material was sourced and manufactured here, not shipped in.
- Reusable, not single-use. Unlike a paper stencil used once and binned, each All In stencil was designed to be used again and again across the Games.
- Given a second life after the Games. Once the Commonwealth Games ended, the stencils weren't thrown away — they were gifted to schools across Glasgow, where they now support classroom conversations about sustainability, creativity and circular design.
With 100 stencils in circulation, the campaign helped save an estimated 2.5kg of plastic waste — a modest number on its own, but a meaningful demonstration when roughly 1,000 tonnes of macro-plastic litter enters Scottish seas from land-based sources every year.
Ocean Kitchen Scotland's role in the campaign
Ocean Kitchen Scotland made the All In stencils, turning ocean plastic waste into the physical tool behind the campaign's biggest visual moment. Founder Ally (Alasdair) Mitchell was named one of the official "All In" champions alongside leaders from Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, Glasgow City Council and Glasgow 2026 itself, saying:
"It's brilliant to see discarded ocean plastic being given a second life through such a creative and visible city-wide campaign. This campaign shows how sustainability and design can come together in simple, practical ways that spark conversation and leave a lasting legacy beyond the Games."
This is exactly the mission Ocean Kitchen Scotland was built on. What started as one person picking plastic off Scottish beaches and moulding it into plant pots at home has grown into a Scotland-wide operation recycling rope, fishing net and broken fish boxes into knives, pots and tools — with more than 24 tonnes of ocean plastic recycled to date. The All In stencil is one more product in that same story: waste, collected from Scottish waters, made in Scotland, turned into something people actually use.
The bigger picture: Glasgow's circular economy ambitions
The All In stencil campaign was inspired by the Commonwealth Clean Oceans Plastics Campaign, connected to the King's Baton Relay, and it fed directly into Glasgow's wider sustainability ambitions. The city is working toward becoming a net zero carbon city by 2030, and initiatives like Circular Glasgow and the Sustainable Glasgow Charter exist to help businesses cut waste and emissions while keeping resources in use for longer.
Small, tactile objects like a coffee stencil are a deliberate part of that strategy — they turn an abstract idea (circular economy, ocean plastic pollution) into something a visitor can hold, use and photograph over a coffee.
Can I still get the All In stencil design?
The live "All In" campaign has now ended, but Circular Glasgow released a downloadable stencil template so people could recreate the look at home for their own coffee mornings or cocktail nights. You can still find and share creations from the campaign under the hashtags #Glasgow2026 and #CircularGlasgow.
If you're looking for the real thing — a stencil made from genuine, Scottish-sourced ocean plastic, built to be reused rather than downloaded and printed — that's where Ocean Kitchen Scotland comes in. It's the same philosophy behind everything we make: recycled Scottish ocean plastic, given a second life as a product with a story worth talking about.