The Plastics Recycling Awards Middle East and Africa recognise and celebrate achievement in the Middle East and Africa plastics recycling industry. The awards offer an insight into current developments in recycling machinery innovation and sustainable plastic packaging. The lucky winners will be announced at the awards ceremony at the Plastics Recycling Show in Dubai at the Dubai World Trade Centre, 15-17 September.

About the award: This award recognises plastics recycling machinery innovation in the Middle East and Africa. Within this category, innovative machinery advancements which increase the efficiency and effectiveness of plastic recycling processes can be submitted. Developments and innovations in the fields of sorting, grinding, shredding, washing, filtering, extrusion and other stages of the recycling process can be submitted, given they are directly involved in the process of plastic recycling.

Who should enter: All types and sizes of plastic recycling machinery facilities.

Key Criteria: The machinery will be judged based on, among other aspects, the effectiveness, efficiency, innovation, performance, quality and cost-efficiency it brings to the overall plastic recycling process and based on how it contributes towards higher quality recycling. Submitted machinery innovations must not be older than 4 years.

The machinery innovation must be either:

• Designed in the Middle East or Africa

• Developed in the Middle East or Africa

• In operation in the Middle East or Africa

About the award: This award recognises sustainable plastics packaging companies in the Middle East and Africa.

Who should enter: All types and sizes of plastic packaging companies.

Key Evaluation Criteria:

• Demonstrating outstanding operation, innovation, practices and business expansion

• Forward-thinking business strategy including meeting the demand for sustainability, production excellence and top-quality customer support.

About the award: This award recognises individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the plastics industry in the Middle East and Africa.

Who can be nominated: Professionals, politicians, civil servants, citizens dedicated to the advocacy and advancement of plastics recycling

Key Evaluation Criteria:

• Years of experience in plastics recycling

• Notable achievements in the industry

• Tangible results/impact of plastics recycling initiatives

Please nominate individuals you feel would be worthy of such an honour Please note, you cannot nominate yourself.

Submitted entries must satisfy the following qualifying criteria:

- Submitted innovation must be designed, developed or manufactured in the Middle East or Africa and it must be a finished project in operation.

- Entries must disclose the origin of the waste (packaging, household, commercial, agricultural, building and construction, automotive, electrical & electronic waste streams etc.) from which recycled material is sourced. Evidence must be provided on request.

- Submitted machinery innovations must not be older than 4 years

- Submitted entries must promote sustainability, circular economy

Submitted entries are evaluated based on the basic and category-specific criteria. Entries which qualify are shortlisted and selected as finalists. During the second stage of evaluation, finalists are asked to submit any additional information that will help the jury panel evaluate the entries in detail. Scores are assigned for each entry. Entries with the highest total scores are selected as winners. In case of a draw, the jury chair is tasked with selecting the winning entry. In case where a conflict of interest arises, the specific jury member is excluded from evaluating the given category.

The jury panel reserves the right to move entries between categories based on their suitability. If you have any questions, please contact us.

If you are interested in entering the awards or want to find out more information, please contact us