Previous Winners of the BPF Bottlemakers Award For Plastic Packaging

2025:  First Editions Ltd: Foamo Coffee Cup- Redefining Reusable

First Editions has taken home the Bottlemakers Award with their Foamo Coffee Cup, an innovative packaging solution that caught the attention of the Horners committee for its creative approach to everyday packaging challenges. The product combines lightweight design with next generation foaming technology to create a durable cup that uses 50 per cent less plastic than typical alternatives, is fully recyclable, and significantly minimises environmental impact.

2024: Hawkins Mutes Blowmoulded Brass Instrument Mutes

Hawkins’ Mutes are crafted from high-quality ABS plastic, known for its durability and stiffness, giving exceptional acoustic properties. This choice of material not only guarantees the longevity of the mutes but also delivers a rich, warm tone that resonates with musicians and audiences alike. Interestingly, one of the key elements of production is their utilization of blow moulding, which not only ensures uniformity in each mute but also allows for intricate and complex designs that enhance the acoustic properties of the mutes, and increases the strength of the finished parts.

2023: Closed Loop Paint Containers

Berry Superfos' Closed Loop Paint Containers collect waste paint and re-engineer it into new paint, while the plastic containers in which the paint was originally packed are recycled into new paint cans for the recovered paint.

2022: Coveris Cheese Pouches

Their specially developed film is the first-of-its-kind, enabling grated cheese pouches to move from a mixed, nylon laminate (one the hardest materials to recycle), to a new fully recyclable PE barrier monolaminate. The packaging is easily recyclable through front-of-store plastic film collections, matches the 90-day shelf life of previous packaging and delivers like-for-like functional performance as the non-recyclable solution. 

2021: ReZorce®

ReZorce® Circular Packaging won for for its fully recyclable beverage carton in a shining example of how technical developments in plastics can help us move towards the circular economy. Designed to take the place of difficult-to-recycle multi-material beverage cartons, it represents a significant step forward in plastic packaging applications..

2019: Zero Waste Cup™

Zero Waste Cup™ will replace disposable 'to-go' paper cups found at coffee shops, campuses, sporting events and festivals. The lowest cost insulated and reusable cup available today, it's made using EcoCore® — a new platform technology for injection moulding that'll underpin low-cost transitions from single-use to reusable packaging.

2018: The Boot Buddie

The Boot Buddy has won the Horners Bottlemakers’ “gong” as a creative innovation to clean muddy footwear. Judges awarded Boot Buddy Ltd with the prize because of the technical innovation used in its manufacturing process, and minimal water usage in their efficient boot cleaning product.

2017: First Editions Ltd

First Editions Ltd have developed an innovative technology that enables digital print to be applied directly to a bottle’s surface.  The process transforms the UK manufactured 100% LDPE bottles from a traditional sports bottle to something very unique.

2016: Ice Bottle

Initially created for the cosmetics market, the glass-like bottle is produced using injection stretch blow moulding. The result is a stackable bottle with a sleek, high-end, almost architectural look.

The ICE bottle was praised by the judges for the way it demonstrates what is possible with plastics at the premium end of the market and for its unique, eye-catching design.

Made from a copolyester supplied by Eastman, the square shoulders of the bottle also allow for a simple engraving process that can be easily read. It has sparked interest from many parts of the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) industry.

2015: Logoplast

This year’s Horners Bottlemakers Award winner went to the 1.5 litre Ribena bottle made by Logoplaste UK. The PET bottle was designed to deliver optimum performance, while providing a clear sustainable advantage over existing products. 

It's design is in keeping with existing smaller Ribena bottles, while boasting an impressive aesthetic appeal and delivering excellent impact resistance; both in the supply chain and in the home. 

The bottle has a number of design features which allow it to run on the existing glass bottle filling lines, and during the filling process it was able to overcome the challenging internal pressures. 

The new 1.5L Ribena bottle now includes ribs to support the vacuum and a honeycomb base for strength and support.