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material recovery, improve operational perfor- recycling techniques, Stadler’s collaboration on
mance, meet ambitious recycling targets, and the ROAF MSW sorting plant near Oslo has set a
deliver long-term value.” new standard for municipal waste management.
This fully automated facility sorts mixed house-
Nordic countries have set high environmental hold waste, recovering plastics and biowaste us-
goals, requiring waste management solutions ing advanced optical sorting technology. With
that prioritise resource efficiency, carbon neu- long-term goals of achieving a 70% recycling
trality, and circular economy principles. rate by 2030, the facility has already improved
recycling rates significantly.
An example of Stadler’s success is the Materi-
als Recovery Facility (MRF) in Finland, developed In December 2024, Stadler was awarded a con-
in collaboration with Remeo Oy. This facility, lo- tract by IVAR IKS to design and install a new
cated in the Greater Helsinki Region, incorpo- MSW sorting plant in Stavanger, further enhanc-
rates AI technology, advanced processes, and ing Norway’s recycling capabilities. This upcom-
a high level of automation to recover materi- ing facility, which will have a processing capacity
als from both Commercial & Industrial (C&I) and of up to 40 tons of waste per hour, is projected
Construction & Demolition (C&D) waste. With an to be completed by spring 2027.
annual capacity of up to 180,000 tonnes, it sup-
ports Helsinki’s recycling needs and contributes Stadler’s work with Veolia PET Norge AS in Fet-
to Finland’s recycling rate of 70%. sund is another example of its expertise in plastic
recycling. The high-performance sorting system
While Nordic countries share a common sus- for PET beverage bottles from take-back sys-
tainability ethos, each market presents distinct tems integrates screening and advanced sorting
challenges, different regulatory frameworks and technologies, ensuring high purity and efficiency,
cultural expectations. meeting Norway’s high standards for efficiency
and sustainability.
In Denmark, Stadler partnered with Dansk Re-
tursystem to create an automated high-capacity Stadler delivered the world’s first fully automat-
plant to process PET bottles and aluminium cans ed textile sorting plant in Malmö, addressing a
collected through the country’s advanced de- major gap in textile recycling. The facility uses
posit return system. The high level of automa- near-infrared (NIR) technology to separate dif-
tion and flexibility of this plant ensures extreme- ferent textile fibres, enabling efficient recycling
ly efficient recycling of cans and bottles and is and supporting the transition to a circular econ-
a shining example of a successful private-public omy in the fashion and textile industries.
collaboration for a circular economy.
Source – RECYCLING magazine
In Norway, which has a specific focus on reduc-
ing plastic waste and encouraging advanced
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