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Plastics Recycling Awards Europe
2025 winners announced
content and its high potential to reduce emis-
sions for vehicle production.
Pretty Plastic ‘Second High’ panel wall cladding
by Pretty Plastic B.V, is the winner of the Build-
ing & Construction Product of the Year category.
The judges acknowledged the use of recycled
plastics in a closed-loop system to address the
growing demand for sustainable materials in the
sector.
This year’s winner of the Household & Leisure
Product of the Year category, covering all types
he winners of the eighth annual Plas-
tics Recycling Awards Europe were an- of domestic and leisure goods, is the aquaplus
Tnounced at the Plastics Recycling Show re. watercolour set, by C. Josef Lamy GmbH ×
Europe in Amsterdam. The 2025 winners exem- HolyPoly GmbH. The aquaplus re. was recog-
plify the best advances in the use of recycled nised for using a high percentage of recycled
plastics in products, as well as the latest innova- content in a product engaging a broad audience,
tions in technology and machinery that facilitate from children to adults.
plastics recycling.
The winner of the Plastic Packaging Product of
the Year category is kp 100% Tray2Tray PET
“Many of this year’s shortlisted entries showcase
innovations in plastics recycling that, just eight food packaging tray by Klöckner Pentaplast (Lin-
years ago, would have been considered unat- pac Packaging). This winning design promotes
tainable,” said Ton Emans, Plastics Recyclers closed-loop packaging recycling while guaran-
Europe’s President. “This demonstrates just how teeing enhanced on-shelf appeal for products.
far the industry has progressed since the incep- The Product Technology Innovation of the Year
tion of these awards and underscores the critical category winner is CleanStream by Berry
value that plastic recycling plays for the future of Global. This closed-loop system mechanically
European industry.”
processes recovered household waste polypro-
The winner of the Automotive, Electrical or Elec- pylene (PP) back into contact-sensitive packag-
tronic Product of the Year category, Colored PP ing. The winning innovation fosters regional cir-
Recycled Material Interior Trim Parts for Ford cularity and gained high marks for successfully
Transit and Ford Truck Vehicles by Ford Otomo- addressing the challenge of cosmetic applica-
tiv Sanayi A.S was highly praised by judges for tions while promoting reuse.
the high percentage of post-consumer recycled
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