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| The Områ facility located in Holtskogen, Norway |
After a two-year building process, the new Områ plastic sorting facility in Norway (jointly owned by TOMRA Feedstock, a business unit within TOMRA focused on creating plastic feedstock by sourcing and sorting plastic material from the waste streams that would otherwise not be recycled, and Plastretur, the Norwegian non-profit organization responsible for the collection and recycling of plastic packaging in Norway), is now approaching an important milestone. Beginning on April 28, the warm commissioning process at the facility will get underway with the first bale of plastic waste being put on the conveyor belt.
According to Joachim N. Amland, Senior Vice President and Head of TOMRA Feedstock: “We are pleased with the name we have chosen – Områ evokes some important associations that we think make it an excellent choice for Norway’s first national facility designed to capture all types of plastic from the waste stream and give it a new life as a raw material for new plastic products.”
“Sorting is essential to increase the degree to which plastic can be recycled. By sorting plastic into the purest monofractions, it can then be recycled and used again. In this new national facility we are using TOMRA’s most advanced sensor technology and machine learning capabilities to be able to deliver the quality of raw material that recyclers need. TOMRA Feedstock looks forward to optimizing the plant throughout the summer during the ramp-up period, and we encourage all municipalities in Norway to channel as much of their plastic waste as possible to Områ,” continues Amland.
The Områ plastic sorting facility will enable Norway to fulfill its national ambition to take care of its own plastic waste. It will be an important part of the new national infrastructure for the collection and recycling of plastic, and provide motivation for further investments within the recycling industry nationally. Områ is equipped with state-of-the-art TOMRA sorting technology and solutions at a scale not previously deployed in Norway.
