THE finalists have been announced for the inaugural Plastics Recycling Awards Europe.
Winners will be revealed on the second day of The Plastics Recycling Show Europe, which takes place in Amsterdam from April 24-25.
The awards are divided into five distinct categories: Recycled Plastic Consumer Lifestyle Product of the Year, Best Building & Construction Product, Best Recycled Plastic Packaging Product, Best Technology Innovation in Plastics Recycling and Plastics Recycling Ambassador of the Year.
Ton Emans from Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) said, “The standard of entries we have received for the inaugural Plastics Recycling Awards Europe has been outstandingly high. The finalists demonstrate the vast array of consumer and industrial applications in which recycled plastics and recycling technology are being used. They make a huge contribution towards conserving resources, reducing CO2 and sustaining the circular economy.”
The full list of finalists are as follows:
Recycled Plastic Consumer Lifestyle Product of the Year – Using recycled plastics to improve everyday life
- Ubicity; bench made from recycled pens, BIC with TerraCycle, Govaplast and Plas Eco
- Plastic side table made from recycled fishing gear, GreenWavePlastics
- Green Planet Paddleboard made from EPP boxes, GREEN PLANET Investment s.r.o.
- H-bench, public furniture made from 100% recycled plastics, ECO-oh!
- Trash bins made from recycled toothbrushes, CURAPROX
- Grundig vacuum cleaner made from WEEE recycled plastics, Arcelik AS
- Recycled Park, floating park made from recycled plastics, Recycled Island Foundation
Best Building & Construction Product – Judges’ criteria include sustainability and durability
- XXX bench, custom urban furniture 3D printed from recycled plastic, The New Raw
- Plastic cable duct, Multiport GmbH
- Wedge-shaped CIRCO® profile, Fortum Waste Solutions Oy
- Beaulex®, rainwater buffers, DS Smith Plastics
- RECHIP construction panels, Crompton Mouldings Ltd
Best Recycled Plastic Packaging Product – Minimum 50% recycled plastic content
- Lenor Inspired by Nature bottle, Procter & Gamble
- BPP i9 plastic pallets, Cabka-IPS and Drankenpallet Beheer Nederland BV
- Recycled plastic hangers, Braiform
- Memo Box, INTERSEROH Dienstleistungs GmbH
- Systalen PRIMUS HDPE regranulates, Der Grüne Punkt – Duales System Deutschland GmbH
- Food waste reduction EcoCube, Greenmotion
- Plastic beverage crate, DS Smith Plastics
- Fairy Ocean Plastic Bottle, Procter & Gamble
Best Technology Innovation in Plastics Recycling –innovative material or process technologies for recycling plastics
- re360 Manufacturing Execution System for plastics recycling processes, EREMA
- Odour Reduction Technology for recycled plastic granulate, Starlinger
- ErgisMark® technology for sorting multi-layer plastics, Ergis
- ERA Melt Filter double filtration system, FIMIC
- Newcycling® technology, generating pure PE regranulate from mixed film fractions, APK AG
- BarrierPack, functional and recyclable PE-based laminate packaging, Mondi
- Mistral+ Film Top Speed LDPE film sorting technology, Pellenc ST
- The Full PE Laminate mono material flexible packaging, Borealis
- Xtreme Renew, preforms made from 100% rPET flakes, SIPA & EREMA
- VD 1100 combined shredder-granulator for plastics recycling, Vecoplan AG
Plastics Recycling Ambassador of the Year – Individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to plastics recycling
- Carlos Marinez Lapuente, CMplastik Recycling SL
- Gian De Belder, Packaging Technologist, Procter & Gamble
- Dr Manica Ulcnik-Krump, Managing Director, Interseroh Plastics Research and Development
- Monique Maissan, CEO and Founder, Waste-2Wear
- Willemijn Peeters, Ocean Ambassador and Founder, Searious Business
