BIR seeks recycling heroes

Bureau’s Global Recycling Foundation accepting nominations for Recycling Heroes 2023 awards.

The Global Recycling Foundation, chartered by the Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), has chosen “Creative Innovation” as the theme for its 2023 search for “Recycling Heroes.”

The foundation, based in London and led by former BIR president Ranjit Baxi, says it is “now looking for nominations for the award of Recycling Heroes 2023 from individuals to business leaders, sole traders to multinational businesses, and towns and cities that have continued actively to recycle during one of the toughest economic periods for many years.”

“The whole world is going through difficult economic times and many countries are suffering the consequences of climate change," Baxi says. "It is vital that everyone should play their part, and recycling is an important element in the struggle against global warming. In past years our Recycling Heroes have demonstrated that every individual and business great or small can have a positive impact.”

The foundation says the need for “creative innovation” in how people recycle materials is greater than ever.

This year, the Global Recycling Foundation says it will be awarding an additional 10 prizes of $250 to find out “who can produce the most innovative reuse of everyday items. It might be a telling image, art or an idea for a new commercial application to recycle [material] into a useable product—e.g., furniture, clothing, tableware [or] building material.”

Other winning entrants will receive $1,000, and their ideas will be publicized on the foundation’s Global Recycling Day social media channels next March. Winners will be announced on Global Recycling Day March 18, 2023.

The foundation says entries can be emailed to info@globalrecyclingfoundation.org.

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