PlasLOC+: our flagship innovation — recognised through awards and industry lists

PlasLOC+ is D R Baling’s flagship innovation. Over the past months, the work behind PlasLOC+ has been recognised repeatedly through awards, industry lists and third-party coverage. We see this as earned proof: independent validation that the approach stands up to scrutiny.

Awards & recognition

Four independent signals, one conclusion: PlasLOC+ is moving from innovation to standard.

• Yorkshire Business of the Year Awards 2026 — Sustainability Winner
  Recognition for sustainability leadership and practical impact in the recycling sector, announced at the awards evening in Leeds.

• National Sustainability Awards 2025 — Innovation Award (Winner)
  A clear signal that the innovation behind PlasLOC+ is being assessed as more than a concept — and recognised for real-world application.

• Environment 100 (ESS Expo) 2025 — Included in the list
  Sector visibility through inclusion in the Environment 100 list, highlighting organisations and individuals driving environmental progress.

• Forbes Solicitors ‘Trailblazers Awards’ 2025 — Business Pioneer (Winner: John Mills, Technical Polymers Consultancy)
  The official case explicitly references the collaboration with DRB on PlasLOC+, highlighting the innovation partnership behind the product’s development and rollout.
  (Note: this award is formally awarded to John Mills; DRB is referenced via the collaboration in the published case.)

What PlasLOC+ delivers in practice

PlasLOC+ enables sites to take crude steel out of baling operations at scale. Depending on the setup, this can require baler adjustments to run PET wire. That delivers practical outcomes: less steel in the process, lower Scope 3 exposure at material level, and a lower carbon impact — increasingly relevant as carbon reporting tightens and frameworks such as CBAM put more focus on embedded emissions.