The TOMRA Transformation Journey

Circular Economy - Innovating through collaboration TOMRA TOMA TOMRA TOMIA AUTOSORT Post consumer waste Pre- Washing sorting Flake Compoun Productio ding n sortin g The demo plant covers the process from post consumer waste to production of recycled polymers. 笸腦 PET PE PE PE PP PP PVC PUR PS Other 8% 30% 19% 10% 8% 6% 19% TOMRA and Borealis, in collaboration with Zimmerman, opened a demo plant for advanced mechanical recycling with the purpose of generating material for brand owners and converters to qualify, validate and prove fit for use in their applications. TOMRA PET is the main polymer type in the market for high quality recycled plastics. However, PET accounts for less than 10% of plastic packaging*. Proving other polymer types is an important enabler of plastic circularity. Henkel "One major challenge towards more circular packaging is the availability of high-quality recycled plastics that can be used in the packaging of our brands." Dr. Thorsten Leopold, Director International Packaging Technology Home Care Henkel *) https://www.plasticseurope.org/application/files/1115/7236/4388/FINAL_web_version_Plastics_the_facts2019_14102019.pdf 47

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