ISRI seeks nominations for 2018 Design for Recycling Award
ISRI seeks nominations for 2018 Design for Recycling Award
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The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), Washington, has announced it is accepting entries for the 2018 Design for Recycling (DFR) Award.
The DFR Award is ISRI’s highest award given annually to the most “outstanding contribution to products designed with recycling in mind,” ISRI says. It recognizes proactive steps made by manufacturers who have actively incorporated DFR principles into products and processes.
“Effective recycling really begins at the point a product is first conceived,” says Robin Wiener, president of ISRI. “The Design for Recycling Award recognizes companies, designers and manufacturers with clearly established mindsets that stand above others when producing products that can be recycled both safely and efficiently. When their product reaches the end of life stage it can be recycled in a manner that benefits the environment and the economy.”
ISRI inaugurated the award more than 10 years ago. Previous winners include Cascades Fine Papers Group, Coca-Cola Recycling Co., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Dell Inc., LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, and the 2017 winner EcoStrate SFS.
To be eligible for ISRI’s DFR Award, a product must be designed/redesigned and manufactured to:
- contain the maximum amount of materials that are recyclable;
- be easily recycled through current or newly designed recycling processes and procedures;
- be cost-effective to recycle whereby the cost to recycle does not exceed the value of its recycled materials;
- be free of hazardous materials that are not recyclable or impede the recycling process;
- minimize the time and cost involved to recycle the product;
- reduce the use of raw materials by including recycled materials and/or components; and
- have a net gain in the overall recyclability of the product while reducing the overall negative impact on the environment.
Interested parties can enter online here before the Feb. 23, 2018, deadline. Applicants will be notified by March 16, 2018. The winner will be officially recognized at the ISRI 2018 Convention and Exposition, April 14-19 in Las Vegas.
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Source: Recycling Today
ISRI seeks nominations for 2018 Design for Recycling Award
<![CDATA[The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), Washington, has announced it is accepting entries for the 2018 Design for Recycling (DFR) Award. The DFR Award is ISRI’s highest award given annually to the most “outstanding contribution to products designed with recycling in mind,” ISRI says. It recognizes proactive steps made by manufacturers who have actively incorporated DFR principles into products and processes. “Effective recycling really begins at the point a product is first conceived,” says Robin Wiener, president of ISRI. “The Design for Recycling Award recognizes companies, designers and manufacturers with clearly established mindsets that stand above others when producing products that can be recycled both safely and efficiently. When their product reaches the end of life stage it can be recycled in a manner that benefits the environment and the economy.” ISRI inaugurated the award more than 10 years ago. Previous winners include Cascades Fine Papers Group, Coca-Cola Recycling Co., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Dell Inc., LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, and the 2017 winner EcoStrate SFS. To be eligible for ISRI’s DFR Award, a product must be designed/redesigned and manufactured to: contain the maximum amount of materials that are recyclable;be easily recycled through current or newly designed recycling…