The winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe – this yr of their eighth run -were introduced on 2 April on the Plastics Recycling Present Europe in Amsterdam. These awards try to laud one of the best advances in the usage of recycled plastics in merchandise, in addition to the newest improvements in expertise and equipment that facilitate plastics recycling.
“Many of this year’s shortlisted entries showcase innovations in plastics recycling that, just eight years ago, would have been considered unattainable,” stated Ton Emans, Plastics Recyclers Europe’s President. “This demonstrates just how far the industry has progressed since the inception of these awards and underscores the critical value that plastic recycling plays for the future of European industry.”
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 quality of the submissions rise significantly, which has not made the job of selecting a winner for each of the seven categories any easier.”
The winner of the Automotive, Electrical or Digital Productof the Yearcategory, Coloured PP Recycled Materials Inside Trim Components for Ford Transit and Ford Truck Automobiles 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 High’ panel wall cladding by Fairly Plastic B.V, is the winner of the Constructing & Development Product of the Yr class. The judges acknowledged the usage of recycled plastics in a closed-loop system to handle the rising demand for sustainable supplies within the sector.
This yr’s winner of the Family & Leisure Product of the Yr class, protecting all varieties 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 participating a broad viewers, from kids to adults.
The winner of the Plastic Packaging Product of the Yr 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 Yr 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 purposes whereas selling reuse.
The Recycling Equipment Innovation of the Yr class rewards machines that enhance the effectivity and effectiveness of plastic recycling processes. This yr’s winner is GAINnext by TOMRA Recycling, which the judges praised for its potential to unlock an ever-growing uptake of recyclates in new purposes, together with contact-sensitive ones.
The distinguished class of the Plastics Recycling Ambassador of the Yr offers particular recognition to people who’ve made an impressive contribution to European plastics recycling. In a really shut contest from a subject of candidates who’ve all made distinguished contributions to European plastics recycling, the judges selected Olivier Vilcot, Former Common Supervisor of SRP.
All seven winners obtained a winner’s trophy, with a 3D-printed base constituted of 100% recycled ABS plastic automotive dashboards and the multi-colour high, 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 Components for Ford Transit and Ford Truck Automobiles, Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A.S.
- Constructing & Development Product: Fairly Plastic ‘Second High’ 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 Common Supervisor, SRP
