PLASTICS Announces Proud Winners of 2020 Re|focus Awards

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) announced winners of the 2020 Re|focus Sustainability Innovation Awards program.

Chicago-based PureCycle Technologies was selected as the winner of its Leadership in Innovation Award, whereas the People’s Choice Award for the year was won by Sugar Land, Texas-headquartered Accredo Packaging. It must be noted that Accredo Packaging had won a Sustainability Innovation Award for Best Design earlier this year.

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PureCycle was recognized for its use of post-consumer and post-industrial polypropylene in consumer-facing applications. The proprietary technique produces near virgin-quality resins from recycled feedstock by removing contaminants, odors and colors. The AccredoFlex RP Gen2 pouch- an all-polyethylene, fully recyclable stand-up pouch manufactured using wind and solar energy won the People’s Choice Award.

Although the Association was forced to move the awards to virtual voting due to special circumstances on account of the Covid-19 pandemic, it saw very high participation from previous attendees of the conference and plastics industry experts. The awards demonstrate and recognize sustainability and recycling innovations within the plastics industry, said Ashley Hood-Morley, Senior Director of Sustainability and Materials, PLASTICS.