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ager of Syndicat national des Régénérateurs de ralfsson, Owner and Director of plastic film recy-
Matières Plastiques (SRP) has joined the awards cler Norfolier GreenTec AS.
judging panel for 2026, as has Beatriz Santos,
Associate Editor of Sustainable Plastics. Their The Plastics Recycling Awards Europe are or-
fellow judges include the 2024 and 2023 Am- ganised jointly by Plastics Recyclers Europe and
bassadors Erica Canaia, CEO, FIMIC; Vicente Ol- Crain Communications, organisers of PRS Eu-
mos Jorge, CEO and Founder, SINTAC Recycling rope.
and Manfred Hackl, CEO of EREMA Group GmbH. Source - https://www.plasticsnews.com
Also on the panel are Ton Emans, President of
Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) and Rune Tho-
NORWAY OPENS NEW NATIONAL PLASTIC PACKAGING
WASTE SORTING FACILITY, OMRÅ
♦ Polyethene (PE).
♦ Polypropylene (PP).
♦ Polyethene terephthalate (PET).
♦ Polystyrene (PS).
♦ And others.
This closes the loop for plastics, representing
one of the most advanced installations of its kind
globally.
orway is celebrating its official opening “Områ is more than a facility — it’s a missing link
of Områ, its new national facility for sort- in Europe’s circular economy,” said Tove An-
Ning all types of plastic packaging waste. dersen, President and CEO of TOMRA. “This fa-
This includes plastic, which previously had no cility has the capacity to receive and transform
other option but incineration. Jointly owned by all of Norway’s household plastic packaging
TOMRA (65%) and Plastretur (35%), the facility waste into recyclable fractions, essentially clos-
can process 90,000 tonnes of plastic per year, ing the loop for plastics. It is a cornerstone piece
transforming plastic packaging waste into uni- of infrastructure providing a reliable offtake for
form polymer fractions ready for recycling. mixed waste sorting facilities and can help re-
cover more resources from source-separated
Områ will utilise advanced sensor-based tech-
nology to sort mixed plastic waste into ten sepa- material.”
rate mono-fractions, including:
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