Argentinian plastic recycler relies on Tomra
Reciclar S.A. processes up to 600 million plastic bottles per year thanks to Tomra’s equipment
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Plast Eurasia İstanbul 2022, the fair of the plastics continues to grow!
Plast Eurasia İstanbul Fair continues to grow in 2022 as it brought together the entire stakeholders of the sector in 2021 and offered a unique experience for the exhibitors and visitors, and became a gigantic trading platform by gathering 60.742 professional visitors from 138 countries and 852 leading companies from 39 countries…
Black plastics recycling: towards a circular economy
Black plastics have been notoriously difficult to detect, but recent technological developments have made it possible to sort them not only by color but also by polymer, unlocking economic value for recycling companies.
The fully automated waste sorting plant Roaf maximizes recovery rates thanks to Tomra’s sorters
Since it abolished the separate collection of plastics, the facility could boost its recovery rates of organics and plastics while maximizing its recycling efforts and keeping environmental impact low.
Lindner’s new plant delivers on automation, robotics and flow manufacturing
Only one year after the topping-out ceremony, the move into the new offices and the modern, 14,000 m² production area was completed in July this year.
The Italians at K
Almost 400 Italian companies in the plastics and rubber sector registered for the upcoming edition of K, taking place in Düsseldorf on 19-26 October 2022.
AMUT completes recycling project for customer in Romania
AMUT has completed the commissioning of a recycling plant for Pet Star Recycling, part of Pet Star Group, together with Pet Star Holding, a leading producer of preforms for PET bottles, in Romania.
Lindner at K: Shredding – Washing – Sorting. Efficient all-in-one plastics recycling solutions
At K 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany, Lindner will be presenting ground-breaking all-in-one solutions for the efficient plastics recycling of tomorrow in Hall 9, at Booth B17 & B19. Along with a wide range of product innovations, a special highlight is a new system solution to directly process post-consumer rigid plastics in an injection moulding process.
New Stadler PX Conveyor raises the bar on purity in sensor sorting
The new Stadler PX acceleration conveyor integrates the best features of the BB and DB conveyors for optical sensor sorting and takes purity to new heights.
K 2022 - Trend Report Europe
European plastics industry braces for increased instability, higher prices, and lower growth
Tomra to highlight 50 years of circular solutions at IFAT
At IFAT, Tomra will present its intelligent sorting technology and detail how these, combined with holistic approaches, support closing the loop on further material cycles.
The preparations for the 31st International Istanbul Plastics Industry Fair have begun
Plast Eurasia İstanbul Fair, organized by Tüyap in cooperation with PAGEV, is getting ready to bring everyone under one roof for the 31st time on November 23-26, 2022 in Istanbul.
Sortco protects customers from complaints and offers security for granulate quality
Flawless granulates for the highest optical requirements
Tomra Recycling chosen as equipment provider of DGrade’s new sorting plant in Abu Dhabi
DGrade opened its first sorting facility situated in Abu Dhabi to produce high-quality recycled plastic content for the industries with the help of Tomra’s Autosort and Autosort Flake.
Vecoplan has a brand-new website online
Vecoplan has completely redesigned its Internet site. The machine manufacturer offers visitors significant added value with its informative and highly interesting site content.
TOMRA celebrates 50th anniversary by announcing world without waste mission
TOMRA, the global provider of advanced collection and sorting systems, celebrates its 50th anniversary today.
The National Test centre Circular Plastics (NTCP) trusts in Lindner Washtech’s Modular Washing System
The NTCP (National Test centre Circular Plastics) has set out to examine the behaviour of different plastics during sorting and washing.
EPR unpacked - a policy framework for a Circular Economy
TOMRA - Circular economy packaging. The solution to packaging waste begins with mandatory EPR
STADLER designs and installs state-of-the-art light packaging sorting plant in Eitting, Germany for PreZero Recycling
The new facility is the most advanced light packaging sorting plant in Europe, capable of sorting the packaging fractions by color and, very importantly, even filter black plastics. This results in extremely high-quality output that can be recycled into new products. With an annual throughput of approximately 120,000 tons, it is also the biggest light packaging plant in Europe.
Tomra Recycling’s bottle-to-bottle sorting solutions in a new recycling plant.
The largest rPET producer in the MENA region chose Tomra Recycling’s bottle-to-bottle sorting solutions for its new recycling plant in Egypt.
Regrind from engineering plastic residues: New workshop creates space for further expansion
Krall Kunststoff-Recycling GmbH has further increased its floor area at its headquarters in Elsenfeld am Main. Including these additional 2100 square meters, Krall now has six workshops with a total floor area of 6800 square meters.
Stadler designs and builds new Gaia and Iren sorting plants in Asti and Parma
As the 2030 Agenda targets loom, environmental service companies are increasingly incorporating in their business plans investments in recycling facilities capable of bringing us closer to the zero waste goal by turning it into secondary raw materials that can be returned to the commercial cycle with minimal waste.
Mixed waste sorting changing the game at IVAR IKS in Norway
Tomra and a Norwegian waste sorting plant have demonstrated that mixed waste sorting prior to disposal is a superior solution to separate collection.
Dry recyclables and light packaging: the sorting challenge
The varying and constantly changing composition of waste materials poses a challenge for designers of sorting plants, which need to deliver consistently high purity rates while managing an increasing degree of complexity.
The Ferrero Group continues to make progress on its 2025 packaging commitment
The Ferrero Group is making further strides in its commitment to making 100% of packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025. As part of this journey, the business has announced new global partnerships with HolyGrail 2.0 and Consumer Goods Forum (CGF).
Stadler signs agreement for the construction of the largest mechanical sorting plant in Brazil
With an eye to the future, Stadler recently signed an agreement with Orizon Valorização de Resíduos to build the largest mechanical sorting plant in Brazil.
Tomra Recycling and Masotina: highly targeted plastic sorting boosts recycling volumes and purity
Based in Corsico in the Lombardy Region of Italy, Masotina S.p.A. operates one of Europe’s largest materials recovery facilities (MRFs) for the separation and recovery of plastic from municipal waste.
Ty Rhoad named new regional director Americas for Tomra Recycling
Tomra Recycling, the global leading supplier of sensor-based sorting solutions, announces Ty Rhoad as the new Regional Director Americas, taking over for Carlos Manchado Atienza.
Stadler completes installation of new mechanical sorting plant
Stadler has designed and installed the new 50,000 m2 mechanical waste sorting plant that will serve the island of Ibiza.
ALPLA Group: 50 million euros a year for recycling
Expansion and globalisation of recycling activities to be expedited between now and 2025
Tomra and Borealis open state-of-the-art plant
Tomra and Borealis have today announced the operational start of their advanced mechanical recycling demo plant in Lahnstein, Germany, the result of a partnership that marries chemistry with technology for unsurpassed results.
Successful accomplishment for Amut
2020 has been a busy year at Amut and we expect the new one to be even better. Our group has been working efficiently bagging several contracts which have been successfully delivered, in spite of the difficulties posed by a year like no others.
Tomra and Stadler chosen as technology providers for Viridor’s £15.4m Masons MRF transformation
In 2019, Stadler UK Limited was appointed by Viridor as one of two main contract partners for the £15.4m upgrade of its Masons Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) near Ipswich, modernising the facility as part of a ten-year Viridor-Suffolk County Council contract renewal.
Stadler opens new test and innovation Center in Slovenia
The new facility will play a dual role as a test center for customer demonstrations and training, and as an innovation center housing Stadler’s Research and Development activities focused on the plastic sorting process.
Tomra R1 behind the scenes: Developing a revolutionary recycling experience
On 5 November 2019, Tomra Collection Solutions unleashed a recycling innovation that was years in the making: the Tomra R1 reverse vending machine (RVM).
Tomra Insight - the powerful data platform for enhancing sorting efficiencies
Further development has enhanced the cloud-based platform’s ability to unlock the power of big data; web-based portal allows easy accessibility.