Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2025 winners announced at PRS Europe

The winners of the eighth annual Plastics Recycling Awards Europe were announced on the second day of the Plastics Recycling Show Europe, which took place in Amsterdam on 1 and 2 April. The 2025 winners exemplify the best advances in the use of recycled plastics in products, as well as the latest innovations in technology and machinery 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,” said 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.”

Speaking at the awards ceremony, Karen Laird, jury chair of the Awards said that “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 winners and prizes awarded in each of the seven categories of the Plastics Recycling Awards 2025 are summarised below:
- Automotive, Electrical & Electronic Product: Colored PP Recycled Material Interior Trim Parts for Ford Transit and Ford Truck Vehicles, Ford Otomotiv Sanayi;
- Building & Construction Product: Pretty Plastic “Second High” panel by Pretty Plastic;
- Household & Leisure Product: aquaplus re, by C. Josef Lamy × HolyPoly;
- Plastic Packaging Product: kp 100% Tray2Tray by Klöckner Pentaplast (Linpac Packaging);
- Product Technology Innovation: CleanStream by Berry Global;
- Recycling Machinery Innovation: GAINnext by Tomra Recycling;
- Plastics Recycling Ambassador: Olivier Vilcot, Former General Manager, SRP.

All seven winners received a winner’s trophy, with a 3D-printed base made from 100% recycled ABS plastic car dashboards and multi-colour top, which is laser-cut from compressed HDPE beach clean-up bottle caps.