**Please read the entry criteria carefully before entering to ensure your entry is eligible**

The awards are FREE OF CHARGE to enter

Basic criteria

Submitted entries must satisfy the following qualifying criteria:

- Submitted products/innovations must be designed, developed or manufactured in Europe.

- Products 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, and at least 20% of the total must be post-consumer recycled content. For plastic packaging products, 35% of the total product must be made from post-consumer recyclates.

- Entries must disclose the origin of the waste (packaging, household or commercial, agricultural, building and construction, automotive and electrical & electronic waste streams etc.) from which the recycled material is sourced. Evidence must be provided on request.

- Products must be made of conventional plastics (submitted products or projects must not include biodegradable or oxo-degradable content)

- Products must have been commercially released or their commercial release must take place before the date of the Plastics Recycling Show Europe (5-6 May 2026)

- Products 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.

Disclaimer

Reoccurring entries will not be considered. Furthermore, an entry cannot be submitted in more than one category. If you have any doubts about the category in which your product should be submitted, please contact the organising team. 

The jury panel reserves the right to move entries between categories based on their suitability.

Judging process

Submitted entries are evaluated based on the basic and category-specific criteria. Entries which qualify are shortlisted and selected as finalists.

During the second stage of evaluation, finalists are asked to submit any additional information that will help the jury panel evaluate the entries in detail. Scores are assigned for each entry according to different criteria (e.g., recyclability, innovativeness, etc.). Entries with the highest total scores are selected as winners. In case of a draw, the jury chair is tasked with selecting the winning entry.

In case of a conflict of interest (i.e. jury company applying) the specific jury member is excluded from evaluating the given category.

If you have any questions, please contact us