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A new chapter for circular plastics in Europe begins today with the official opening of Områ, Norway’s new national facility for sorting all types of plastic packaging waste—including plastic that previously had no other option than to go to incineration.

Jointly owned by TOMRA (65%) and Plastretur (35%), the state-of-the-art facility has the capacity to process 90,000 tonnes of plastic per year, transforming plastic packaging waste into uniform polymer fractions ready for recycling.

Områ uses advanced sensor-based technology to sort mixed plastic waste into ten separate monofractions — including polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polystyrene (PS), and others — enabling improved recovery and increased recycling rates. This innovation closes the loop for plastics and represents one of the most advanced installations of its kind globally.

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