Previous Winners

Eurocomitalia, wins “Best Recycled Product” with Cavalluccio - for 2011.

EPRO (European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations) has awarded Cavalluccio, manufactured by Eurocomitalia, Italy as this years winner. 

TEFAL wins “Best Recycled Product” with Enjoy Kitchen Tools - for 2010

EPRO (European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations) has awarded Enjoy Kitchen Tools, manufactured by TEFAL - SAS, France as this years winner.  

Following the success of the first Best Recycled Product Competition in 2009, earlier this year, EPRO invited the plastics industry across Europe to provide examples of products containing recycled plastics.

The competition aims to promote the cycle of plastics, as well as increase the request for recycled materials. Once again the competition has been a great success, over the two years the competition has lasted, we have seen over 60 entries from 13 countries.  The entries were judged by a panel from across Europe, including representatives from EPRO, Plastics

 Europe and EuPR. The awards were presented on 9^th November at a key plastics industry event - Identiplast 2010, in London.

The top three places were awarded as below:

1. Enjoy Kitchen Tools, TEFAL SAS - France

2. eko84®, Retail Shopping Trolley, Keo S.r.l – Italy

3. FORMaBLOCK, Innovation in low cost construction, FORMaBLOCK - UK

Worth the effort - Hundreds of thousands of tonnes recycled plastics are used as material for new products. Sometimes the material is cheaper and sometimes the recycled material is just superior to an alternative. The competition therefore focused on several criteria’s: The entries had to contain at least 50 per cent recycled plastics. They also had to be made out of recycled used plastics packaging, entered the market and made sales in since 2008 and of course, it has to be manufactured in

Europe.

The results of the this year competition show that global operating and well- known companies such as TEFAL  recognise that recycled plastics is a valuable raw material for their products. 

 “The competition brings home the reality of what can be achieved when we all work together. For the consumer who makes the effort to collect their used packaging for recycling this competition provides some great examples of what can be achieved.  For the industry we hope that it creates interests and confidence in the versatility and value of considering used plastics packaging as a material option for products. For all, we hope that more and more, used plastic packaging is seen as a valuable resource and not waste.  We thank everyone for supporting the competition and look forward to seeing what’s new in 2011” commented Eirik Oland, Head of EPRO Communication.

Car seat for children wins, “Best product containing recycled plastics”- competition, for 2009

EPRO (European association of plastics recycling and recovery organisations) has awarded car seats for children, manufactured by the French company, TEAM-Tex, as “Best product containing recycled plastics for 2009.

Earlier this year EPRO sent an invitation to the plastics industry calling for examples of products containing recycled plastics. This was done to promote the cycle of plastics, as well as increase the request for recyclables. The plastics industry has embraced the competition, and EPRO has received entries from all over Europe, 13 countries all together. A jury from across Europe has judged the entries and decided this year’s winner.

The top three places were shared by four companies and at least six countries.

1.   Car seat for children, produced by Team-Tex, France

2.   Bottle- to- pen, pen, produced by Pilot, in France

3.   The Nobody Chair, designed in Denmark, produced in Sweden and raw  materials delivered by Wellman International

3.   Rfresh PET, PET trays for food, produced by Linpac in Germany and UK

Overview of the 2009 entries

Indeed, consumers may be assured: Hundreds of thousands of tonnes recycled plastics are used as material for new products. Sometimes the material is cheaper and sometimes the recycled material is just superior to an alternative. The competition therefore focused on several criteria’s: The entries had to contain at least 50 per cent recycled plastics. They also had to be made out of recycled used plastics packaging. And of course, it has to be manufactured in Europe.

Through this competition EPRO want to raise the awareness of the consumers, who spend time on a regular basis sorting their used packaging.  These products will be the evidence that shows that – yes – recycling is worth the effort, and highlights the range of options and applications for ‘recycled plastics packaging’.

“EPRO have been delighted by the level of interest in the competition and highly encouraged to see how far the ‘recycled products’ industry has advanced.  We are grateful to those organisations that entered the competition and re assure you that it was not easy to agree on our winner and runners up.  We plan to hold this competition each year and it will be interesting to see new products in 2010” commented, Francis Huysman, Co Chairman, EPRO.