ANNOUNCING THE SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS 2021 FINALISTS! Our jury of 46 global experts from across the value chain has concluded its first round of judging – which means it’s time to reveal the finalists in this year’s edition of the world’s most prestigious sustainable packaging innovation competition.
T
he 2021 Sustainability Awards have attracted more submissions (309) and greater diversity of innovation than ever before. The hive mind of the jury faced a challenging task narrowing down the entries to just four finalists for each category, with many very impressive pieces of R&D narrowly missing out. As in previous years, there was an overwhelming number of solutions dedicated to circularity and design for recyclability, and once again the Pre-Commercialized category gave a thrilling glimpse of the breadth of innovation looming on the horizon. Meanwhile, the newly introduced category focusing on sustainable packaging innovation for the rapidly growing e-commerce sector met with an encouragingly strong response. Packaging Europe will be sharing individual features on each of the finalists over the coming months, culminating in the Sustainability Awards ceremony when the winners are revealed at FachPack, Nuremberg, Germany on 29th September. In the meantime, without further ado, here is a snapshot of the finalists:
Driving the Circular Economy category •
• •
•
Eco-blister packaging for Universal Electronics - STI Group & Vlastuin CDI (Germany). Monomaterial paper-cardboard blister, replacing plastic while reducing overall packaging volume. Creating a Circular Economy for FGrPP - NEXTLOOPP (UK). Project producing food-grade recycled polypropylene to replace virgin PP. RecycleMe initiative - Reclay Group & Coca-Cola (Austria). Crossindustry app that incentivizes Austrian consumers to support closed-loop recovery. The Recyclable Enviroliner - Labelcraft Products (Canada). The world’s first label release liner made with 100% recycled paper.
Resource Efficiency category •
• •
•
BOPE solution for frozen food - Syntegon Packaging Solutions B.V. & SABIC (Netherlands). A packaging concept for the frozen food industry with a substantial material reduction potential. Dry Molded Fiber - PulPac AB (Sweden). Fibre-moulding technology that can replace single-use plastics. Dynamic Packaging Configuration X Big Data - HelloFresh (Germany). Predicting packaging consumption autonomously and dynamically to cut over-packaging. NIVEA NATURALLY GOOD Body Lotion - Beiersdorf and ALPLA (Germany). Thin, rollable bottle to minimise product waste and packaging footprint.
Machinery category • • • •
Digital sealing systems - watttron GmbH (Germany). Precise temperature control in sealing, enabling 30% energy reduction. Ecoshell - ACMA S.p.A. (Italy). Novel paper-based box format forming technology. Inspecta Be - Piovan Group (Italy). Bringing gas chromatography mass spectrometry inspection to the production line. Frugal Bottle Assembly Machine - Frugalpac (UK). The world’s first paper bottle machine.
Best Practice category • •
PageWide Technology Sustainability Impact - HP Inc. (Israel). Comprehensive print technology solution for circular economy in packaging lifecycle. MOSSUP - Searious Business (Netherlands / Morocco). Project to combat single-use plastic waste through Moroccan retailers. Packaging Europe | 21 |
