PRESS RELEASE
Wiesbaden, January 26, 2017
EPRO nominates finalists for "Best Recycled Plastics
Product Award"
Winners of the "Best" Recycled Plastics Product Award 2017 will be awarded
at the IdentiPlast in Vienna / EPRO member RIGK GmbH among the judges
The European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery
Organisations, (EPRO) Best Recycled Plastic Product Award
2017 winners will be chosen and announced at IdentiPlast in
Vienna (22.-23.02.2017). This prestigious award recognises
innovation and sustainability in products and designs made
from recycled plastics within Europe. Short listed in 2017 in
the Product category are entries from the Germany, Spain and
UK while the Design category includes entries from Spain and
Ireland.
Creating increased and sustained demand for recycled plastics in products is
essential to improve resource efficiency and highlight the possibilities within the
market place. Aspirational circular economy systems need strong and consistent
demand from the consumer for more products made from recycled plastic materials
and showcasing the products available across the UK and Europe helps to stimulate
that demand.
Peter Sundt, EPRO, Secretary General, stated that “the EPRO award for best
recycled plastic product is meant as an inspiration not only for the participants of this
competition, but for everyone in society doing their little extra effort to bring us closer
to a circular economy. We will then all be winners.“
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The judges were impressed both the number of entries and how many of products
showed long term sustainability and innovation. All the delegates at IdentiPlast
2017 will have an opportunity to view the short-listed products and vote on the
winning entry on the first day of the Conference, on Wednesday, 22nd February 2017
with the award being presented at the Conference dinner.
The short-listed entries in the Product category are;
Counterplas Ltd. (www.counterplas.co.uk), UK with the Loft stilt
INCOPLAS sa/nv, (www.incoplas.com), Belgian, with the EUR range of bottles made
from HDPE circular compound
Papier-Mettler KG, (www.papier-mettler.com), Germany with reusable bags for life
made from back of store waste
Roofeco System SL, (www. roofecosystem.com), Spain, with an engineered modular
rooftile system
SP-Berner with the Venus outdoor furniture range
There are two short-listed entries in the Design category from;
Mi-bin Ltd (www.mibinltd.com), Irland, the Mi-bin multifunctional intelligent bin
SP-Berner Plastic Group, S.L.U. (www.sp-berner.com), Spain, the Miami Set selfassembly outdoor furniture
This award shows businesses and public sector organisations just some of the
products that are now available to purchase across Europe with green credentials.
This clearly indicates how the industry is putting into action closed loop projects
which consequently tick green procurement boxes and the environmental benefits
that this brings.
The 2015 EPRO Best Recycled Plastic Product winner was the HAG Capisco
modular chair
2015 EPRO Best Recycled Plastics Product: The HÅG Capisco modular chair is made of recycled materials, and
designed for easy disassemble without using specific tools. HÅG is a brand of © Scandinavian Business Seating.
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As a certified specialist company for trademark users (fillers, distributors, traders and importers),
RIGK GmbH (www.rigk.de), founded in 1992, organises the recovery of used, empty packaging and
plastics from its German customers and arranges the safe and sustainable recycling of them. In
addition, the company provides advice on the development of individual recovery and recycling
solutions. On an international level, RIGK is represented in Romania and Chile. The Romanian
subsidiary (www.rigk.ro) also undertakes the recovery and recycling of used packaging and plastics
there. RIGK Chile SpA (http://www.rigk.de/profil/rigk-chile-spa.html) advises local industry in
establishing their systems and complying with legal environmental and recycling constraints. The
shareholders of RIGK GmbH are well-known manufacturers of plastics and packaging. RIGK GmbH
has been a member of EPRO since 2006, where it established the working group for the recycling of
agricultural plastics waste.
EPRO, the European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations
(www.epro-plasticsrecycling.org), is a pan-European partnership of specialist organisations that are
able to develop and deliver efficient solutions for the sustainable management of plastics waste, now
and for the future. EPRO members are working to optimise national effectiveness through
international co-operation: by studying successful approaches, evaluating different solutions and
examining obstacles to progress. By working together EPRO members can achieve synergies that will
increase efficient plastics recycling and recovery. Currently 19 organisations in 14 European
countries, South Africa and Canada are represented in EPRO.
Contact for the European Award:
For further information, contact Anne Hitch at RECycling Of Used Plastics Limited,
+ 44 (0) 1733 375676, or [email protected].
IdentiPlast 2017; is the13th international Conference on the Recycling and Recovery of Plastics
information and registration for the event is available at www.identiplast.eu
More Information:
RIGK GmbH
Claudia Hoese
Marketing und Kundenbetreuung
Friedrichstr. 6, D-65185 Wiesbaden
Tel.: +49 (0) 6 11/ 30 86 00-12, Fax: -30
[email protected]; www.rigk.de
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