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 

Press Clearance  If there is any specific information in your entry that is sensitive and should not be published, then please indicate this clearly within your entry. 

Amends  Once you have registered and completed the entry process you can return and log into your account and amend your entry until the nominations closing date. YOU CAN ENTER MULTIPLE CATEGORIES IF REQUIRED DURING THE SUBMISSION PROCESS. 

Permissions To enter you are required to be the copyright holder, or I have obtained the relevant permissions to use all materials included with this application

Data Protection By registering your details, you indicate your consent for us to contact you with regards to the awards and to provide information about selected products, events and services our parent company, our affiliated companies and from carefully chosen third parties. If you do not wish to be contacted please indicate this where prompted on the entry forms.

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.