Plastics Recycling Awards Europe Entry Deadline Extended to 12 January 2024

The entry deadline for the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2024 has been extended until 18.00 CET, Friday 12 January 2024. The judging panel for the 2024 awards has also been announced.

Shortlisted finalists will be announced on 13 March and showcased at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe taking place at the RAI, Amsterdam 19-20 June 2024. The winners of the seven categories will be presented with their awards on the second day of PRS Europe, 20 June 2024.

The seven award categories are: Plastics Recycling Ambassador, Building & Construction Product, Automotive, Electrical or Electronic Product, Household & Leisure Product, Plastic Packaging Product, Product Technology Innovation and Recycling Machinery Innovation.

To qualify for an award, entries must meet several 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.

Award winners in recent years have included diverse and innovative brands such as: Brabantia, Danone, Electrolux, Husqvarna, Philips, Polypipe, Procter & Gamble, Reckitt and Volvo Cars. 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.

After being named Plastics Recycling Ambassador 2023, Manfred Hackl, CEO of EREMA Group GmbH, has joined the awards judging panel for 2024. His fellow judges include Mik Van Gaever and Flor Peña Herron, the 2023 and 2022 Plastics Recycling Ambassadors. They will be joined by Ton Emans, President of Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE); Rune Thoralfsson, Owner and Director of plastic film recycler Norfolier GreenTec AS and Karen Laird, Editor of Sustainable Plastics.

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

For video highlights of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023 visit: https://youtu.be/P4SUYBsggL0

For more information and online entry to the Plastics Recycling Awards 2024 visit: https://prseventeurope.com

 

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_{About the Plastics Recycling Show Europe
The Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) is the annual exhibition and conference for plastics recycling professionals. It brings together key players from the plastics and recycling sectors to learn, network and capitalise on the business opportunities plastic recycling offers. The annual event is organised by Crain Communications and Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) and next takes place at RAI, Amsterdam in the Netherlands 19-20 June 2024. PRE is an organisation representing the voice of the European plastics recyclers who reprocess plastic waste into high quality material destined for production of new articles. Recyclers are important facilitators of the circularity of plastics and the transition towards the circular economy. Plastics recycling in Europe is a rapidly growing sector representing €8.7bn in turnover.}