2025 Finalists
Best Practice
- Coveris – ReCover Paper recycling facility
- Sonoco – Smart, recyclable food cans for FareShare charity donations
- Trayak – EcoImpact Sustainability Intelligence platform for data analytics
- ICIS – ICIS Pyrolysis Oil Pricing Index
Climate
- DS Smith and Krones – Fibre-based Lift Up shrink-wrap alternative and LitePac Top for bottle multipacks
- Sonoco – Ecopeel three-piece can
- Ardagh Glass Packaging – Hydrogen electrolyzer for melting glass
- Ambipar – Sustainable Biocapsules Project, reusing pharma packaging waste for reforestation
- Flexpenser – Flexpenser one-way valve/pump
Driving the Circular Economy
- Glacier and 100+ Accelerator – Glacier Recycling AI for automated recovery and real-time data
- DHL Express – Reusable Pallet Wrap
- Procter & Gamble – VersoVita solvent-based dissolution recycling technology
- RAWS – RAWS plastic degradation technology
E-commerce
- Henkel – Technomelt E-COM G5 Eco Cool low-temperature hot melt
- Xampla and Just Eat Takeaway – Plastic-free, Morro-coated food-to-go box
- Guangzhou Procter & Gamble – Paper pulp spherical packaging box
- Procter & Gamble – Versafiller paper-based honeycomb structure
Machinery
- CMC Packaging Automation – CMC Super Vertical 3D Vertical Bagger and Auto-Packer
- Hotel Emporium – LiquiFill bath liquid refill system
- Ranpak – Cut’it!™ EVO Multi-Lid automated height reduction and box closing machine
- SIPA – XFORM RENEW direct flake-to-preform technology
- Voidless – Voidless P2 automated packaging system for right-sized boxes
Recyclable Packaging
- Sharpak – SharpTek mono-PET tray for berries
- COPAR Smart Packaging – Flow wrap for sausages, made from wheat straw and HyperBarrier paper
- Blue Ocean Closures – Fiber-based closure for nutraceutical supplements
- Koehler Paper – Koehler NexPlus Advanced barrier paper for Wynn Petfood primary packaging
- Mondelēz International – MonoPaper outer packaging for Veritable Petit Beurre de LU
Renewable Materials
- Zafree Papers and 100+ Accelerator – Tree-free, unbleached pulp and kraft liner
- Graphic Packaging International – PaperSeal™ Shape paperboard tray for Pilgrim’s Europe and Sainsbury’ss
- UPM Specialty Papers, Orkla Suomi, and Walki Group – Paper packaging for Panda Milk chocolate
- Pack2Earth – Low-CO2, home-compostable biomaterials made from plant matter and minerals
- Mondi Group – Ad/Vantage StretchWrap for pallet wrapping
Climate
(Pre-Commercialized)
- Paramount Planet Product – Biodegradable nano-cellulose straws
- Paramount Planet Product – Biodegradable nano-cellulose flat sheets
- Avery Dennison – Vidre+ smart label for fresh produce
- BioTip – Eye D sensors for real-time food quality monitoring
Driving the Circular Economy
(Pre-Commercialized)
- Sonoco – HORIZON lightweight metal overcap
- BOTTLESS – Airless Pak refillable airless packaging system
- Beontag – Beontag Carrier eWave industrial-grade UHF label
- Gemini Corporation – Gemcorp Recycling’s upcycled multi-layered plastic pellets
- Klingenberg – Nomadbox reusable shipping carton
Recyclable Packaging
(Pre-Commercialized)
- Papacks – Moulded fibre, cellulose-based Fiber-Bottle
- Unilever – High-barrier, recyclable paper pack for Knorr Soups
- Veritiv – Helicot Paper Tube
- Solenis – TopScreen TC744 water-based barrier coating for cupstock
- Coexpan and Emsur – Resealable mono-PET food tray
Renewables
(Pre-Commercialized)
- HUID – HUID Pyber, a fibrous packaging material derived from onion waste
- Shenzhen JF Bio Products – BALK biobased, pressure-sensitive hot melt adhesive
- Tampere University of Applied Sciences – Coffee-based biopolymer inks
- Ecohelix – Ecohelix WOODMER Seal biopolymer heat seal coating
- NantBioRenewables – Compostable protein tray containing ocean calcium
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