The winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe – this 12 months of their eighth run -were introduced on 2 April on the Plastics Recycling Present Europe in Amsterdam. These awards try to laud the most effective advances in the usage of recycled plastics in merchandise, in addition to the newest improvements in know-how and equipment that facilitate plastics recycling.
“Lots of this 12 months’s shortlisted entries showcase improvements in plastics recycling that, simply eight years in the past, would have been thought-about unattainable,” stated Ton Emans, Plastics Recyclers Europe’s President. “This demonstrates simply how far the business has progressed for the reason that inception of those awards and underscores the crucial worth that plastic recycling performs for the way forward for European business.”
Talking on the awards ceremony, Karen Laird, Editor in Chief of Sustainable Plastics and jury chair of the Awards stated, “We congratulate all finalists. We’ve seen the standard of the submissions rise considerably, which has not made the job of choosing a winner for every of the seven classes any simpler.”
The winner of the Automotive, Electrical or Digital Productof the Yearcategory, Coloured PP Recycled Materials Inside Trim Elements for Ford Transit and Ford Truck Autos by Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A.S was extremely praised by judges for the excessive share of post-consumer recycled content material and its excessive potential to cut back emissions for automobile manufacturing.
Fairly Plastic ‘Second Excessive’ panel wall cladding by Fairly Plastic B.V, is the winner of the Constructing & Development Product of the 12 months class. The judges acknowledged the usage of recycled plastics in a closed-loop system to deal with the rising demand for sustainable supplies within the sector.
This 12 months’s winner of the Family & Leisure Product of the 12 months class, protecting all kinds of home and leisure items, is the aquaplus re. watercolour set, by C. Josef Lamy GmbH × HolyPoly GmbH. The aquaplus re. was recognised for utilizing a excessive share of recycled content material in a product partaking a broad viewers, from youngsters to adults.
The winner of the Plastic Packaging Product of the 12 months class is kp 100% Tray2Tray® PET meals packaging tray by Klöckner Pentaplast (Linpac Packaging). This successful design promotes closed-loop packaging recycling whereas guaranteeing enhanced on-shelf enchantment for merchandise.
The Product Expertise Innovation of the 12 months class winner is CleanStream® by Berry World. This closed-loop system mechanically processes recovered family waste polypropylene (PP) again into contact-sensitive packaging. The successful innovation fosters regional circularity and gained excessive marks for efficiently addressing the problem of beauty functions whereas selling reuse.
The Recycling Equipment Innovation of the 12 months class rewards machines that enhance the effectivity and effectiveness of plastic recycling processes. This 12 months’s winner is GAINnext by TOMRA Recycling, which the judges praised for its potential to unlock an ever-growing uptake of recyclates in new functions, together with contact-sensitive ones.
The distinguished class of the Plastics Recycling Ambassador of the 12 months offers particular recognition to people who’ve made an impressive contribution to European plastics recycling. In a really shut contest from a area of candidates who’ve all made distinguished contributions to European plastics recycling, the judges selected Olivier Vilcot, Former Normal Supervisor of SRP.
All seven winners obtained a winner’s trophy, with a 3D-printed base comprised of 100% recycled ABS plastic automotive dashboards and the multi-colour prime, which is laser-cut from compressed HDPE seaside clean-up bottle caps.
The Plastics Recycling Awards Europe are organised collectively by Plastics Recyclers Europe and Crain Communications, organisers of the Plastics Recycling Present Europe.
Plastics Recycling Awards 2025 winners
- Automotive, Electrical & Digital Product: Coloured PP Recycled Materials Inside Trim Elements for Ford Transit and Ford Truck Autos, Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A.S.
- Constructing & Development Product: Fairly Plastic ‘Second Excessive’ panel by Fairly Plastic B.V.
- Family & Leisure Product: aquaplus re., by C. Josef Lamy GmbH × HolyPoly GmbH
- Plastic Packaging Product: kp 100% Tray2Tray® by Klöckner Pentaplast (Linpac Packaging)
- Product Expertise Innovation: CleanStream® by Berry World
- Recycling Equipment Innovation: GAINnext by TOMRA Recycling
- Plastics Recycling Ambassador: Olivier Vilcot, Former Normal Supervisor, SRP