Creating value out of waste for a sustainable future

TOMRA - Sorting systems for optimal resource recovery
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Organisation or Company
TOMRA
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Type of organisation or company
Private company
Country
Germany
Other
Norway
Language for original content
Danish,
Dutch,
English,
Finnish,
French,
German,
Italian,
Polish,
Portuguese,
Spanish,
Swedish,
Other
Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Russian, Turkish
Key Area
Consumption,
Waste management,
Secondary raw materials,
Innovation and investments
Sector
Innovation and investment,
Machinery and Equipment,
Packaging,
Plastics, Polymers and Rubber,
Recycling,
Waste management & Secondary Raw Materials
Scope
Global
Ongoing
Yes
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Description

TOMRA Recycling is an innovator in the field of sensor-based sorting solutions for the recycling industry, and has continued to develop and optimise its expertise since it began in 1972. TOMRA’s cutting-edge sorting technologies retain valuable resources by extracting high-purity fractions from mixed waste and metal streams in the most remote parts of the world. Its technology and equipment have been used in the world’s most advanced recycling plants.

Main activity field
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
Identified challenge (s)
Lack of circular infrastructure
Quality issues
Quantity issues
Useful application of recycled materials
Main results

TOMRA Recycling’s expertise and technology have been used around the world to sort and recover various materials, including:

Perhaps one of the most advanced, fully-automated facilities for sorting municipal solid waste can be found in Norway.