RECOUP has revealed the shortlisted entries for the 2024 RECOUP Awards, which focuses on plastics resource efficiency and recycling and organisations aiming for a more circular plastics value chain.
Sponsored by REMONDIS, the winners of the awards are due to be announced on the 25th September, during the RECOUP Awards Ceremony & Networking Dinner.
The awards are split into three categories. For the ‘Best plastic product development for recyclability or re-use’ category, the shortlisted entries are Berry Global’s Abel & Cole Club Zero refillable milk and Omni Xtra+ PE film, Capri-Sun’s mono-material beverage pouch and the K3 r100 self-separating cup from Greiner Packaging UK & Ireland.
In the ‘Best innovation in equipment or technology’ category, the entries are Cauli Ltd’s CauliKiosk, an AI-powered reverse vending for reusable plastics; Ellipsis Earth’s AI waste platform; Polytag and Ocado Retail’s rewards for recycling and TOMRA Recycling’s GAINnextTM, designed to enable food-grade sorting.
For the ‘Recycled plastic product of the year’, all ambient soft drinks, waters and dilutes from Aldi UK have been shortlisted, as well as NEO WTR from Brookfield Drinks, Morph by Morph Bricks and the Nescafé Dolce Gusto Neo machine from Free The Sea (on behalf of Nestlé).
The awards are followed by The RECOUP Conference held at Kingsgate Conference Centre in Peterborough, UK on the 26th September. The conference sponsors include Berry Global, WRAP and ReZorce Zotefoams.
Last year RECOUP unveiled a project aiming to standardize the approach to collecting and analyzing litter, The Litter Composition & Pathways Project (LCPP). The LCPP seeks to develop a standardised and evidence-based approach for the collection and analysis of litter and produce a comprehensive data set.
In similar news, entries for the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2025 opened in August, with participants from every part of the plastics recycling chain in Europe invited to enter. The winners are due to be revealed at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in April, with the seven award categories covering various areas of plastics recycling and market applications for the circular use of plastics.
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