Puig Drinks, Ecomercat Ciutadella, Manacor Hospital and AV Puig de Sant Pere, Rezero Balearic Awards 2025

PalmThis Thursday, July 3rd, coinciding with International Day Without Plastic Bags, Rezero celebrated its 20th anniversary with an open and participatory evening in the courtyard of the Museum of Mallorca. The event brought together around 100 people and also served as the venue for the 5th Rezero Balearic Awards, which recognize leading projects in waste reduction and the promotion of reuse, conscious consumption, and the circular economy in the Balearic Islands.

The winning projects of the 2025 edition are Bebidas Puig, in the business category, for "keeping alive a model based on the reuse of glass containers for almost a century, combining tradition, local production, and local logistics"; Ecomercat Ciutadella, awarded in the retail category, for "its commitment to organic food, local products, bulk products, and a distribution model rooted in and committed to food sovereignty"; the Hospital of Manacor, in the public administration category, for having integrated "with rigor and continuity an exemplary environmental management system within the healthcare field, with pioneering measures to reduce the use of plastics and optimize resources", and the Puig de Sant Pere Residents' Association, in the entity category, for the Repair Café Palma project, an open space to combat obsolescence through the daily life of the neighborhood."

Also finalists were Helado Rural de Menorca, for its small-scale artisanal production with returnable glass containers; the Sa Canova estate, for circular economy and agroecological innovation projects such as Eco-H'Aljub; Alpargatería La Concepción, for highlighting local commerce and artisanal footwear manufacturing; BioMarket Fonoll Marí, for its organic, local and bulk offering in Ciutadella; the Pollença City Council, for promoting reuse at festivals, creating reuse spaces and supporting conscious consumption; UIB School of Hospitality Management, to integrate food waste prevention and surplus donation into its educational model; Por el Mar Viva, for its work in denouncing and taking direct action against marine pollution; and C.IN.E. Sineu, to demonstrate that culture, and specifically the Ciclop festival, can also be a benchmark in zero waste.