2024 Vinyl Recycling Award
The “Vinyl Recycling Award” recognizes the efforts of vinyl supply chain members with operations in North America that find new solutions and/or markets for PVC end-of-life or scrap materials, increase use of recycled vinyl content, and/or engage in partnerships with companies in take-back programs.
The Vinyl Sustainability Council is taking award submissions until October 1, 2024.
Note: The deadline has passed. The next round of submissions will open up in early 2025.
Award criteria:
- Open to all vinyl supply chain members with operations in North America, except companies that employ individuals who are a director or officer of the Vinyl Institute (VI) who are involved in selecting winners are not eligible to enter.
- The product or program must have been put into practice in North America within a 21-month period: January 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024.
- Provide the following as applicable:
Product:
- Date the product was launched
- Amount, stated in percentage of unit weight, of recycled content included in the new product
Program:
- Date program was implemented
- Amount, stated in percentage of waste or net weight of material (lb), diverted from landfill as a result of the program.
Other- new additives, recycling technology, or infrastructure that enables increased recycling of vinyl.
- Implementation date
- Amounts, if applicable, of vinyl material that benefited from this new technology etc.
- Your submission must include two or more images in the form of one or more mediums: photos, video, media coverage, webpage links (any digital assets that showcase your efforts) etc. that tell the story about your innovation and its effect on one or more stakeholder group. The submitting organization is responsible for securing the right to use these images for the award submission and promotional uses.
- Limit one submission per organization.
- The individual making a submission represents that s/he is authorized to submit the information on the organization’s behalf, and none of the information submitted is proprietary or confidential information. By submitting an entry, the organization grants the Vinyl Institute (VI) and the Vinyl Sustainability Council (VSC) an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to use (or not use), edit, reproduce, distribute, and prepare derivative works based on all or any part of the information provided for any purposes (including promotional purposes), including, but not limited to, social media, print ads, white papers, website, web banner ads and submission for external innovations awards on behalf of the vinyl industry. If any individuals are depicted in submission materials, the person making the submission represents that such individuals have consented to the use of their name, image, or likeness for promotional and other purposes.
- Submission Deadline: October 1, 2024 at 11:59 pm ET, award winners will be notified by or before October 14, 2024 via email to the company contact listed on the form. If the VI/VSC is unable to contact a winner within five (5) business days of notifying the representative via email, an alternate may be selected.
The VI/VSC shall not be responsible for: late, lost, incomplete, inaccurate, misdirected, or undelivered submissions; lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider, website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications; technical failures; computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties; or other errors or difficulties of any kind, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with administration, the processing or selection of submissions.
Number of awards:
The VSC reserves the right to issue more than one award or not to issue an award, or to issue less than the stated number, if an insufficient number of eligible submissions are received.
Evaluation and selection:
A committee will be selected by the VSC to review all submitted entries.
