OTS - TOMRA's Circular Economy Conference: Collaboration to "Close the Loop on Plastics" - High-quality recycling starts with targeted collection
2021. October 07. 09:00
Mühlheim-Kärlich, 7 October, 2021 (APA/OTS) - According to
calculations by the World Bank, approximately two-thirds of
household waste is still incinerated or landfilled. In its 4th
global conference, industry leaders joined TOMRA, the Norwegian
specialist for waste collection and sorting, to continue to set the
course for sorting and recycling significantly more plastic from
household waste in the future. Along with presentations and
discussions, the conference also included a tour of a
state-of-the-art plastic waste sorting and recycling demo plant, a
joint venture between TOMRA, Borealis and Zimmermann in Lahnstein,
Rhineland-Palatinate. Here, conference participants witnessed how
post-consumer plastic packaging is sorted from household waste,
thus safeguarding recyclable materials from being lost to
incineration. The plant directly processes the plastics into
high-quality recyclate of virgin material quality, replacing fossil
fuels in primary production and reducing CO2 emissions.
"It's actually quite simple: decades of experience have shown
time and again that any pre-sorting of waste determines the
recycling result," explained Tove Andersen, the new President and
CEO of TOMRA at the two-day "Closing the Loop on Plastic"
conference in Frankfurt on October 5 and 6. "Our goal must be to
recycle plastic waste in a way that keeps it in circulation for as
long as possible. The more straightforward green legislation is,
the faster we will be able to keep this material in a closed loop
worldwide."
A recent study by London-based think tank Eunomia, commissioned
by TOMRA, found that by significantly increasing recycling rates
and improving resource management practices, greenhouse gas
emissions worldwide could be reduced by 2.76 billion metric tons of
CO2 equivalent per year - comparable to more than 600 million cars
on the road annually.
In collaboration with partners across the plastics industry,
TOMRA has an ambitious plan of enabling collection of as much
material for recycling as possible as well as increasing the amount
of this material that is recycled in a closed loop. This would be a
decisive step towards reducing CO2 emissions and conserving
resources.
Register here to receive the conference summary video.
-https://solutions.tomra.com/tomra-talks-2021-video
Media Contacts:
Mithu Mohren
Phone: +49 2630 9150 450
Email: Mithu.Mohren@tomra.com
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About TOMRA Circular Economy
TOMRA was founded on an innovation in 1972 that began with the
design, manufacturing and sale of reverse vending machines (RVMs)
for automated collection of used beverage containers. Today TOMRA
provides technology-led solutions that enable the circular economy
with advanced collection and sorting systems that optimize resource
recovery and minimize waste in the food, recycling and mining
industries and is committed to building a more sustainable future.
TOMRA has ~100,000 installations in over 80 markets worldwide
and had total revenues of ~9.9 billion NOK in 2020. The Group
employs ~4,300 globally and is publicly listed on the Oslo Stock
Exchange (OSE: TOM).
For further information about TOMRA, please see www.tomra.com
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