Circular Tech Awards 2025
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Refurbished Channel Categories
OEM Distributor
OEM distributors play a critical role in the management and distribution of secondhand, refurbished and remanufactured phones across Europe. This award celebrates excellence is service, supply chain, sustainability and customer satisfaction.

Refurbished Channel Categories
Online Retailer
The Best Online Retailer award is open to any e-tailer selling refurbished or reconditioned smartphones in the Europe.

Refurbished Channel Categories
Online Marketplace Smartphones
The Best Online Market Place for Smartphones award is open to any marketplace selling refurbished or reconditioned smartphones in the Europe.

Manufacturers Categories
Mobile Accessories
Are you leading the way when it comes to circularity? The mobile accessories market is highly competitive but home to exciting developments in sustainability, material innovation and circular programmes.

Manufacturers Categories
Logistics Company
This category will recognise excellence in the design, implementation, and management of logistics operations that specifically enable and optimise the circularity of mobile phones. This award wouldn’t just be about efficient shipping; it would delve deep into a company’s commitment and measurable success in minimising waste, maximising resource value, and extending product lifecycles within the secondary market.

Manufacturers Categories
Circularity by Design Smartphones
This award is for brands that have launched a smartphone over the last 18 months that follows key circular principles around design, longevity, repair, reuse and recycling.

Repair, Trade In and Diagnostics
Repair Services
Are you leading the way on repair? Introduced a programme for channel partners, repairers and consumers to make their device last as long as possible? We want to hear about your repair initiatives and policies that are driving the circular economy forward and keeping smartphones in play for as long as possible.

Repair, Trade In and Diagnostics
Trade-In Programme
Trade in programmes play an important role in the circular tech economy. Network providers across Europe are creating new programmes and incentives to drive up trade in rates and offer more value to their customers. Submit your entry now and showcase your success in the Best Trade In Programme by Network.

Repair, Trade In and Diagnostics
Diagnostics Software
This award is to celebrate the best and most innovative software provider for device testing and diagnostics.

Finance
Foreign Exchange Solution Provider
The Best Foreign Exchange Award is open to any provider operating in the European market

Finance
Financing Company
The Best Foreign Exchange Award is open to any provider operating in the European market

Communication, Impact and Innovation
Marketing Campaign Of The Year
We’re on the look out for the industry’s stand out marketing and advertising campaigns. This category is open to networks, brands, recyclers and refurbishers. It’s about impact, creativity and results. Submit your work from the last 18 months and be in with a chance of winning the Best Marketing Campaign of the Year.

Nirmaljot Singh
Communication, Impact and Innovation
Circular Lifetime Achievement
This award is to celebrate an individual who has been a passionate supporter and driver of the circular economy in the 2nd hand smartphone industry. We want to recognise the people who are driving legislation, transparency, closer collaboration or technical innovation.

Fergal Donovan
Communication, Impact and Innovation
Circularity Hero
This award is to celebrate an individual who has been a passionate supporter and driver of the circular economy in the 2nd hand smartphone industry. We want to recognise the people who are driving legislation, transparency, closer collaboration or technical innovation.

Communication, Impact and Innovation
Manufacturer Approved Mobile Device Distributor
This award is to celebrate an individual who has been a passionate supporter and driver of the circular economy in the 2nd hand smartphone industry. We want to recognise the people who are driving legislation, transparency, closer collaboration or technical innovation.

Communication, Impact and Innovation
Innovation
This award is for changemakers, start-ups and industry innovators. Got a service, product or solution that has disrupted the market to progress circular practices or models in the smartphone industry. Launched an innovative e-waste service or AI driven solution that’s shaking up the circular tech industry?


Headline Sponsor
Sunstrike International
With 25+ years shaping the global IT supply chain, 1M+ devices processed annually, and hubs spanning London, Dubai, Miami, Hong Kong & New Delhi, Sunstrike is showing the world what circularity at scale looks like.

Innovation Category Sponsor
Refurbed
Refurbed is the leading marketplace for refurbished electronics. Our products are up to 40% cheaper than new, and more sustainable. They are restored using up to 40 separate steps, after which they function, look and feel brand-new.

Media Partner
Circular Connect
The Circular Connect newsletter Where 1,200+ circular economy, reverse logistics, and sustainability professionals receive the latest industry and investment news!

Media Partner
FYOOCHA
FYOOCHA crew has got your back when it comes to used and brand-new gadgets. From smartphones and tablets to laptops, we have it all in our distribution portfolio. We’re proud to be the official reps of M360 diagnostics & utility app and the go-to distributors for Blackview in Ukraine. Let’s connect and keep the tech vibes strong!

Media Partner
Recircle Impact
ReCircle Impact’s mission is to power the circular economy by making unused objects visible, valuable, and mobile. We build AI-supported tools that connect households, recyclers, and recirculation platforms, helping them identify, recover, and reuse objects at scale, reducing waste, saving resources, and accelerating the shift to a more sustainable future.
Our first event was a beaming success and we were able to celebrate the industry’s biggest and brightest innovators and circularity heroes in front of an amazing crowd of our industry peers. It was such a pleasure to host an evening that brought so many wonderful people under the same roof for great food, entertainment and celebration. Take a look at last year’s photo gallery below!










