7 NEWS PETplanet Insider Vol. 26 No. 12/25 Official opening of Norway’s new national facility for sorting of plastic packaging waste The state-of-the-art facility “Områ” has been officially opened as Norway’s new national facility for sorting all types of plastic packaging waste, including material that previously could only be sent for incineration. Jointly owned by TOMRA (65%) and Plastretur (35%), the facility has the capacity to process 90,000 t/a of plastic, transforming plastic packaging waste into uniform polymer fractions ready for recycling. Områ uses advanced sensor-based technology to sort mixed plastic waste into ten separate monofractions – including PE, PP, PET, PS, and others – enabling improved recovery and increased recycling rates. It is claimed to represent one of the most advanced installations of its kind globally. Tove Andersen, President and CEO of TOMRA, said: “This facility has the capacity to receive and transform all of Norway’s household plast ic packaging waste into recyclable fractions, essentially closing the loop for plastics. It is a cornerstone piece of infrastructure providing reliable offtake for mixed waste sorting facilities, and can help recover more resources from source separated material.” The new facility, located at Holtskogen, just outside Oslo, will serve as a reliable offtake solution for municipalities and waste management companies considering the introduction of automated mixed waste sorting (MWS), a crucial step for increasing recycling rates without depending solely on household source separation. By 2030 the EU requires minimum 55% plastic packaging waste to be recycled (i.e., collected and recycled at scale) under the forthcoming PPWR. Today, approximately one-third of Norway’s plastic packaging waste is recycled; the rest is mostly incinerated. The name Omr å ( p r o - nounced “ohm-rau”) was chosen to embody the project’s deeper purpose: in Norwegian, it conveys the idea of “to think about” and “to take care of” — reflecting a deliberate commitment to resource stewardship and conscious decision-making. www.omraa.no www.tomra.com CREATING FUTURE STANDARDS Japan’s leading Aseptic PET Filling System Provider. Our website Our solution high quality reliable technology safe & secure
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