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The winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 were announced today at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam.

Environmental concerns surrounding unrecycled plastic waste have prompted a rise in alternative ‘sustainable’ solutions which look and feel like traditional plastic but can be composted at end of life, helping to combat excess waste.

This was the message of the first speakers at the conference running in parallel with the Plastics Recycling Show that opened this morning at the RAI, in Amsterdam.

Recyclass has published a new, practical guide called the Design Book, specifically aimed at designers and manufacturers of plastic packaging.

While the German machinery maker said it will have something to "add" at K 2022 in October, it officially will have an unveiling on the first day of the show, Oct. 19.

NextWave Plastics, a consortium of multinational technology and consumer brands who are taking measurable strides to keep plastic in the economy and out of the ocean, has added three new members to its ranks.

A new collaboration between Neste, Covestro and South Korean petrochemical company SK geo centric is enabling the production of a major polyurethane raw material based on renewable raw materials via mass balance.

K 2022 officials are excited about being able to hold the world's first international plastics trade show since 2019, but are tempering their optimism because of concerns about the economy.

Canada's government is going ahead with a long-discussed, legally enforceable ban on the manufacture and sale of six types of single-use plastics and is considering tighter rules on using the chasing arrows symbol.

While the figures for the global production of plastics and rubber machinery reached a new high in 2021, in Europe, the sector once again was found to have to some extent underperformed.