Make Every Resource Count
#EveryResourceCounts
Our mission is to enable a world without waste. In order to try to live every day by this approach, we created our Every Resource Counts™ page. Find out below how our business divisions make every resource count and how you can get involved.
TOMRA Food
Our TOMRA Food sorting and integrated post-harvest solutions help to maximize food safety and minimize food loss in several industries by making sure Every Resource Counts™. For instance, our Steam Peeler is the most efficient peeler in the industry, using 28% less steam than similar machines, and improving yield enough to give an extra 6 million people their annual serving of potatoes.
TOMRA Collection
In 2025, TOMRA reverse vending technology captured over 50 billion drink containers all over the world for Clean Loop Recycling and reuse, ensuring they do not end up in our streets, forests and oceans.
TOMRA reverse vending solutions keep litter out of nature and help avoid emissions associated with landfill or incineration, as well as those related to the production of new packaging materials.
As the only SBTi approved RVM provider, TOMRA Collection’s commitment to sustainability is aligned with the latest climate science.
TOMRA Recycling
Our sorting systems efficiently separate different kinds of materials to prepare them for recycling. This helps recover tons of plastic, paper, metals, textiles, wood, and more, preventing them from ending up in landfills or being incinerated.
TOMRA Reuse
TOMRA Reuse provides a complete system and infrastructure for reusable takeaway packaging for cities and events, reducing waste and optimizing resource usage. Our pilot project together with Aarhus Municipality has so far collected 1.4 million cups replacing single-use alternatives, with the most heavily circulated cups completing more than 33 loops of reuse. Now, Lisbon has signed up to become the first capital city to employ TOMRA Reuse’s system.
At Festuge event, Aarhus’ annual “party week” in early September, the system collected more than 150,000 cups, delivering a 94% return rate.
TOMRA Feedstock
TOMRA Feedstock utilizes our sorting technology to create new value chains for recovering the plastic waste that is typically incinerated or landfilled today. In November, we are opening Områ, a highly advanced plastic sorting facility that will enable Norway to fulfill its national ambition to take care of its own plastic packaging waste. Områ will process 90,000 tonnes of plastic packaging each year, sorting it into 10 high-quality fractions.
Save your energy
Unplug electronics and charging cords while not in use, hang clothes and bedding to dry instead of using a dryer, switch to LED lighting, and ask your energy company if you can switch to renewable energy (instead of coal, oil or gas). Lastly, and a little-known one — delete unwanted files from cloud storage and old emails (imagine all the energy used to keep old files that no one really wants!)
From here to there
Bike, walk, take public transport, or even ski (if you're in the right climate) to get to work or to get around instead of driving. If you must drive, switch to an electric car, or carpool. For longer-haul travel, try taking the train, or if possible, meet virtually. Taking even one less long plane trip per year can greatly reduce your carbon footprint.
Eat your veggies
Eating more vegetables and less meat and dairy is shown to dramatically reduce your personal carbon emissions because most vegetables require less water, land and energy to grow. On top of that, work on throwing away less food — only buy things in bulk when you either know you will eat it quickly, or if you know it will last a long time. When you throw away food, you are wasting precious resources.
Put your money where your mouth is
Think about buying less overall and buying things that will last. Clothes, electronics, and consumer goods are among the most harmful items because they are bought in bulk or not used for very long. Try to buy higher quality items or even better, used items, and commit to using them as long as possible. And investigate repairs before just getting rid of something. Lastly, think about where you are purchasing from — are they thinking about the environment or are they perpetuating the problem? Where you put your money makes a big difference.
Let your voice be heard
Reach out to your local policymakers, and vote for change for the environment and sustainability. Tell others how they can help make Every Resource Count. Give advice, share ideas, get out and volunteer. The more you tell others what you are doing to make a difference, the more people you will inspire.