Plastics Recycling Show Europe Awards 2025

The awards offer an insight into current developments in recycled material usage, product design and innovative manufacturing.
Finalists will feature in a dedicated area at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in April at the RAI in Amsterdam. The lucky winners will be announced at the awards ceremony during the event.

Categories

• Automotive, Electrical or Electronic Product
  • This category covers interior or exterior plastic components incorporated in the design of automotive products, as well as electrical and electronic appliances.
  • Plastic parts incorporated in the design of cars, trucks or motorbikes which are made of recycled materials are eligible.
• Building & Construction Product
  • Plastic products used in construction destined both for outdoor and indoor applications are covered within this category. A wide range of products can be submitted, including flooring, piping, window frames, insulation, roofing, doors, wall coverings, landscaping products, outdoor furniture, etc.
• Household & Leisure Product
  • Any plastic product present in households and used for everyday activities, including leisure activities and sports, or any other product that improves everyday life falls under the scope of this category. Domestic goods, sports and leisure equipment, fashion accessories, furniture, and any other product, apart from electronic & electric appliances, can be submitted.
• Plastic Packaging Product
  • This category covers products used for consumer plastic packaging. Entries with innovative designs that improve recyclability of a packaging are encouraged. The submitted product must be a consumer good and produced for commercial packaging use (including food and non-food applications, e.g. dairy products, drinks, washing liquids, etc.).
• Product Technology Innovation
  • This category covers technology innovations that facilitate the production of recyclable products and or the use of recycled content to produce plastic products. Any technology development that helps to eliminate or overcome current obstacles to recyclability or the use of plastic recyclates in innovative high-end applications, qualifies under this category. The technology innovation will be judged based on, among other aspects, the effectiveness, efficiency, innovation, performance, quality, and profitability of the process, as well as the improvements it brings in terms of the recyclability of products.
• Recycling Machinery Innovation
  • Within this category, innovative machinery advancements which increase the efficiency and effectiveness of plastic recycling processes can be submitted. Developments and innovations in the fields of sorting, grinding, shredding, washing, filtering, extrusion and other stages of the recycling process can be submitted, given they are directly involved in the process of plastic recycling.
• Plastics Recycling Ambassador
  • This award will be presented to an inspirational individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the European plastics recycling industry in the last 12 months. This category is open to industry professionals, politicians, civil servants, NGO activists, citizens or any other individual dedicated to advocating for and advancing the recycling of plastics.

Award Information

• Platinum Package and Gold Package
  • Winners Presentation 2nd April 2025
  • Awards ceremony will take place at the PRSE exhibition
  • The ceremony will be recorded and archived on the PRSE website and across social media
  • Sponsor representative to announce the winner on stage and present the trophy (filmed and photographs taken)
  • 30 second sponsor advertisement to be played during the ceremony
  • Name of the sponsor to appear on the category winner’s trophy
  • The awards video will be displayed on the PRSE website for a year
• Platinum Cost:  €8400
• Gold Cost: €6300

Eligibility Criteria

• Submitted entries must satisfy the following qualifying criteria:
  • Submitted product innovation must be designed, developed or manufactured in Europe and it must be a finished product (it must have been commercially released its commercial release is planned for 2025).
  • Product must be made from post-consumer or pre-consumer recycled plastics, not including production scrap (material used back in internal processes).  Products must contain at least 50% recycled content, of which at least 40% must be post-consumer.
  • Entries must disclose the origin of the waste (packaging, household, commercial, agricultural, building and construction, automotive, electrical & electronic waste streams etc.) from which the recycled material is sourced. Evidence must be provided on request.
  • Product must be made of conventional plastics (submitted products or projects must not include biodegradable or oxo-degradable content).
  • Product must not be older than 2 years, while the submitted technology and machinery innovations must not be older than 4 years.
  • Products must be recyclable (see definition here).
  • Submitted entries must promote sustainability, circular economy and they must reflect the following aspects: fitness for purpose, market need and market potential.

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