Full Circle Awards 2026
The Full Circle Awards celebrates everyday people across Ireland who are helping to create positive change through circular living. Every year we invite people around the country to nominate their local circular champions. These are ordinary individuals are making an extraordinary impact through their actions, ideas, and commitment to a more circular future.
The Full Circle Awards celebrates everyday people across Ireland who are helping to create positive change through circular living. Every year we invite people around the country to nominate their local circular champions. These are ordinary individuals are making an extraordinary impact through their actions, ideas, and commitment to a more circular future.
Award Categories
Repair and Reuse Champion
For individuals who regularly repair, repurpose, or extend the life of items, including clothing, tools, furniture or electronics.
Community Circular Champion
Honouring people who lead or support community initiatives like sharing libraries, swap events, food waste solutions, or local repair cafés.
Creative Circular Design
For artists, designers and innovators who create circular solutions through product or system design that eliminates waste, reuses materials or transforms waste through upcycling.
Circular Living Advocate
For individuals who live by and promote zero waste, low-impact lifestyles, including educators, content creators and everyday role models.
Best Community Campaign
Spotlighting Ireland’s best circular economy campaigns run by community groups.
Circular Sports Champion
For athletes, teams or organisations that champion circular economy principles through equipment reuse, sustainable facilities or innovative sports-related circular initiatives.
What Winners Receive
The Full Circle Awards recognise outstanding circular economy action and innovation across Ireland, celebrating the people and projects helping to make reuse, repair and sustainable living part of everyday life.
€2,000 Prize
Each category winner will receive a €2,000 prize to support and recognise their circular work.
Handcrafted Trophy
Winners will receive a unique handcrafted trophy made from upcycled materials.
Media Exposure
Shortlisted nominees and winners will be promoted through Circular.ie, social media and associated press coverage.
