Pfandring
Paul Ketz (special recognition)
The Pfandring is an additional mounting for bins in public spaces for returnable bottles and deposit cans. Passers-by can leave their empties in the Pfandring in good conscience, and deposit collectors are spared from groping around in the rubbish in an undignified manner. The concept helps to keep bottles and cans in the recycling loop. The design is functional and the colouring gives it a signal effect.
Award winner 2012 in the category »Nachwuchs«
»With the Pfandring, an otherwise discarded bottle becomes a gift – for those who really need it. A common problem is convincingly solved through straightforward additive design. The Pfandring is an ecological and societal wedding ring. In the first phase it can be retrofitted to the hundreds of thousands of collection containers already in use. In the medium term it can be integrated on to the same containers in production.«
Dr. Rainer Grießhammer, jury member
