GreenPak was awarded the national winner of the 2021 Energy Globe Award, for its flagship project – iBiNs.

GreenPak Coop is a not-for-profit Producer Responsibility Organisation that organises the separation, collection and recycling of post-consumer packaging waste using different methods in Malta.

The company operates a network of recycling points in spaces where the public finds a set of colour-coded large waste bins for disposing plastic, metal, paper and glass packaging waste.

In the words of the prestigious environmental awards, the technology incorporated in the iBiNs project provides accurate information to the public as to where the closest iBiN is located. Anyone with a smart-phone is able to use the web-app as it includes an inbuilt Google Maps feature. This is described as an environmentally better service as waste is separated by material and creates less traffic.

The company’s recycling project was cited as increasing public usage by 39 per cent, resulting in a 24 per cent increase in the quantity of waste collected, and a 22 per cent reduction in unnecessary collection trips, saving some 21,500 litres of fuel and reducing traffic movements and vehicle emissions.

With more than 180 participating countries, the ENERGY GLOBE Award is currently one of the most prestigious environmental awards.

It is awarded annually to projects saving our environment by personal action, sustainable projects or campaigns for raising awareness in sustainability.