Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2024 Open for Entries

Winners will be announced at Plastics Recycling Show Europe in June

The Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2024 are now open for entries. Brand owners, manufacturers, retailers, product designers, packaging producers and designers, raw material suppliers, plastics recycling machine manufacturers and suppliers of recycled plastic products from across the whole value chain are invited to enter the prestigious awards.

The seven award categories covering key areas of plastics recycling innovation and the major market applications for the circular use of plastic are:

Automotive, Electrical or Electronic Product
Building & Construction Product
Household & Leisure Product
Plastic Packaging Product
Product Technology Innovation
Recycling Machinery Innovation
Plastics Recycling Ambassador

“Now in their seventh edition, the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe are Europe’s benchmark for recognising innovation in the circular use of plastics,” said Ton Emans, PRE President. “Since the first awards, we have seen outstanding progress in the evolving technology and applications for plastics recycling. We hope the awards will motivate the industry actors to further boost the use of recycled plastics and accelerate the achievement of recycling targets.”

“The seven award winners will be announced on the second day of the Plastics Recycling Show Europe at the RAI, Amsterdam from 19-20 June 2024, where finalists will also be on show in a feature area. This display always attracts very strong interest from the show’s many thousands of visitors,” said Matt Barber, Global Events Director at Crain Communications. “Winning a Plastics Recycling Award Europe is a sustainability landmark for any brand, and we expect even stronger competition from this year’s entries.”

The Plastics Recycling Awards Europe are organised jointly by Plastics Recyclers Europe and Crain Communications, organisers of PRS Europe.

To qualify for an award, entries must meet a number of criteria including that products and innovations must be designed, developed or manufactured in Europe; products must contain a minimum of 50% recycled content and all entries must promote sustainability and circular economy. Detailed criteria and qualifying features for each category are on the website. The closing date for entries is Friday, 8 December 2023.

The Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023 winners were:

Automotive, Electrical & Electronic Product: Electrolux 700 GreenZone MaxiSpace fridge freezer by Electrolux and Coolrec
Building & Construction Product: Ridgidrain by Polypipe Civils & Green Urbanisation
Household & Leisure Product: Gardena Eco Line by Husqvarna Group
Plastic Packaging Product: Container for fertilizer made of recycled plastics by PreZero Polymers GmbH, Kunststoff Recycling Grünstadt & Compo GmbH
Product Technology Innovation: Avient Color Prediction Service by Avient Corporation
Recycling Machinery Innovation: Two-stage process for more energy efficient plastics recycling by ENGEL Austria GmbH
Plastics Recycling Ambassador: Manfred Hackl from EREMA Group GmbH

For more information and online entry to the Plastics Recycling Awards 2024 click below:

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