PLASTICS is proud to have awarded these five honors since 2019. Take a look at the previous winners of the Plastic Sustainability Innovation Awards.
Leadership in Sustainable Innovation Award Winner – Polycarbin for their Circular Economy for Laboratory Plastics and Carbin Counter Platform
Polycarbin has a complete closed loop system for collecting, recycling, and re-manufacturing laboratory plastic products such as pipette tips, tubes, tube racks, etc. They also provide tracking software, Carbin Counter, that relays the information back to users in the form of meaningful metrics including scope 3 emission reductions, water conservation, landfill diversion, and more.
Plastic Sustainability Innovation in Design – Eastman for their New Molecular Recycling Facility
Eastman’s new material-to-material molecular recycling facility in Tennessee is the largest in the world with the capacity to process 110,000 metric tons of polyester waste that would otherwise go to landfill or incineration. Eastman’s process reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 20-50% when compared to traditional processes.
Plastic Sustainability Innovation in Material – Bantam Materials for their Prevented Ocean Plastic
Bantam Materials UK Ltd. Creates a market for discarded PET in countries with severely lacking recycling systems. Through this work, they have directly supported the construction of 13 collection centers, generated over 500,000 bottle collector workdays, created nearly 2,000 jobs, and prevented more than two billion bottles from entering the ocean.
Plastic Sustainability Innovation in End of Life – Ultra-Poly Corporation for their ELV Bumper Recycling Program
Ultra-Poly Corporation developed a complete reverse logistics collection program with autobody shops for bumper covers, a previously wasted material. They recycle about 1.2M lbs./yr. The recycled pellets are now in commercial production of a Wheel Outer Liner for GM heavy Duty pick-up trucks, completing vehicle to vehicle circularity.
People’s Choice Award – PureCycle Technologies for their PureFive Ultra-Pure Recycling Process
The game-changing polypropylene recycling technology that PureCycle uses consists of seven main process stages that help close the loop on plastic waste while making recycled plastics more accessible at scale. The unique purification process uses extraction and filtration to remove color, odor, and other impurities from PP waste resulting in an industry-first Ultra-Pure Recycled resin that can be recycled and reused multiple times.
Leadership in Sustainable Innovation Award Winner – Amcor Rigid Packaging for their:
Sustainable Innovation in Design Award Winner – Avient Corporation for their Color Prediction Service (CPS).
Sustainable Innovation in Materials Award Winner – Envision Plastics for their EcoPrime® Fit for Food Contact HDPE and PP PCR.
Sustainable Innovation in End-of-Life Award Winner – ExxonMobil for their ExxtendTM Technology for Advanced Recycling.
People’s Choice Award Winner – Solvay for their Amodel® Bios PPA. Amodel®.
Leadership in Sustainable Innovation Award Winner – Ford Motor Company – for their:
Sustainable Innovation in Design Award Winner – Klockner Pentaplast for their kpNext™ R1: recyclable PET blister film.
Sustainable Innovation in Materials Award Winner – Starlinger Viscotec for their rPET100: Heat Resistant and Fully Recyclable Material.
Sustainable Innovation in End-of-Life Award Winner – JP Industrial Products for their AERO Screening Technology (Aspiration-Elutriation-Reduction-Optimization).
People’s Choice Award Winner – Novoloop, Inc. for their Oistre™ Thermoplastic Urethane (TPU).
Leadership in Sustainability Innovation Award winner – Chevron Phillips Chemical for converting difficult-to-recycle plastic waste into top-quality raw materials.
Sustainable Innovation in Design Award winner – Garçon Wines for their 100% PET flat wine bottle.
Sustainable Innovation in Materials Award winner – Ford Motor Company for their composite incorporating biomaterial from coffee.
Sustainable Innovation in End-of-Life Award winner – Digimarc Corporation for their digital watermarking solution, or “digital recycling passport”.
People’s Choice Award winner – Ford Otosan for their automotive fan shroud produced with 50% recycled material.
Leadership in Sustainability Innovation Award winner – PureCycle Technologies for their physical separation and purification process.
Sustainable Innovation in Design Award & People’s Choice Award winner – Accredo Packaging for their AccredoFlex® RP™ Gen2 pouch that is made with polyethylene (up to 25% biobased resin) and fully recyclable.
Sustainable Innovation in Materials Award winner – Vartega for their reclaimed and recycled carbon fiber.
Sustainable Innovation in End-of-Life Award winner – Eastman for their Carbon Renewal Technology (CRT).
Leadership in Sustainability Innovation Award winner – UBQ Materials for their propriety conversion process of converting household waste into new materials.
Sustainable Innovation in Design Award winner – Tarkett for their ethos® Modular Carpet Tile with Omnicoat Technology which was created using recycled material from disposed windshields and safety glass.
Sustainable Innovation in Materials Award winner – Dell for their Latitude 5000 Notebook containing 50-percent recycled content by weight.
Sustainable Innovation in End-of-Life Award winner – Circular Polymers/Broadview Group for their Rotary Impact Separator which disassembles post-consumer carpet into clean face fiber, clean backing fiber and a limestone granulate.
People’s Choice Award winner – iMFLUX for their philosophy and method for injection molding called the “Green Curve”.
