TOMRA's Circular Economy Conference: Collaboration to "Close the Loop on Plastics"
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MUHLHEIM-KARLICH, Germany, Oct. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
High-quality recycling starts with targeted collection
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 [ https://solutions.tomra.com/tomra-talks-2021-video ]to receive
the conference summary 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
Source: TOMRA
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