The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) announced the winners of the first ever Re|focus Sustainability Innovation Awards. The three categories recognized the best in materials, design and end-of-life innovations, all of which were assessed by a judging panel of experts in recycling and sustainability from members of PLASTICS and the SPE Sustainability Division.
The winners include:
Materials
•Dell for its Latitude 5000 Notebook which contains a structural material for a notebook computer housing that is 50 percent recycled content by weight and still meets the toughest durability requirements.
Design
•Tarkett for the ethos® Modular Carpet Tile with Omnicoat Technology which was created using recycled material from disposed windshields and safety glass.
End-Of-Life
•Circular Polymers/Broadview Group for the Rotary Impact Separator which disassembles post-consumer carpet into clean face fiber, clean backing fiber and a limestone granulate.
PLASTICS received 39 submissions, spanning from 11 industry sectors and nine countries around the world.
“The winners of the 2019 Sustainability Innovation Awards provide inspiration to our industry by bringing sustainability to the forefront of their business,” said plastics’ vice president of sustainability Kim Holmes. “The submissions received were creative and these particular innovations display real promise in commercial applications that show how we can scale these new technologies.”
Published in the April 2019 Edition
