Recycling Customer Stories
Our flexible sorting systems perform an extensive range of sorting tasks and can be found at numerous recycling sites around the world. Discover what TOMRA Recycling clients have been able to accomplish thanks to our partnership in planning, implementing, and optimizing automatic sorting machines to suit their specific needs.
Latest Customer Stories
Sulayr and TOMRA partner to scale tray-to-tray recycling in Europe
Sulayr Recycling, based in Granada, Spain, has strengthened its transparent-to-transparent, tray-to-tray PET recycling operations by integrating advanced sorting solutions from TOMRA Recycling. Specializing in complex and multilayer thermoformed PET trays, Sulayr transforms post-consumer material into new food-grade trays with full traceability. By optimizing its sorting infrastructure, Sulayr is establishing a stable and scalable model for circular PET packaging in Europe.
Cusiana and TOMRA Recycling redefine aluminum recycling with advanced multi-sensor sorting technology
Raffineria Metalli Cusiana S.p.a. (Cusiana), a major Italian secondary aluminum refiner supplying multinational automotive, construction and furniture companies across Europe, has established a strategic partnership with TOMRA Recycling to redefine aluminum recycling with advanced multi-sensor sorting technology.
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Faerch (Cirrec) and TOMRA Recycling partner to pioneer post-consumer food tray-to-tray recycling
Cirrec BV, part of the Faerch Group and located in Duiven, The Netherlands, has achieved a significant breakthrough in plastics recycling thanks to TOMRA Recycling's flakes solutions. As Faerch's dedicated recycling division, Cirrec specializes in circular solutions for plastics. Its mission is to enable true circularity in food packaging by transforming post-consumer PET packaging back into new food-grade trays of the same high quality.
Green Recycling and TOMRA Recycling drive the future of recycling through integrated service and automation
Green Recycling, an Essex-based waste management and recycling solutions provider, faced significant business demands. Tackling labour shortages required an urgent shift away from manual sorting. The company needed a partner that could guarantee maximum long-term plant performance with exceptional service support to minimise downtime, as well as data and insights for continuous efficiency and output quality.
See how Green Recycling boosts sorting efficiency
TRIMETAL pioneers next-gen metal sorting with TOMRA’s FINDER™ COLOR
In Saint-Étienne, France, TRIMETAL has established itself as a visionary player in metal recycling. With the installation of TOMRA’s brand-new FINDER™ COLOR, the company has become one of the first to test this next-generation color sorting technology under real-world conditions. The result: record purity for stainless steel, elimination of manual sorting, and flexibility to process other materials such as copper, brass, and electronic boards.
Learn how Trimetal optimizes metal recovery
Pioneering circularity in plastic film recycling: How AB Plasta and TOMRA are setting new standards in the Baltics
AB Plasta, part of the CEDO Group and one of Central Europe’s leading film recyclers, has successfully implemented an advanced flexible film recycling line in collaboration with TOMRA Recycling. By adapting the input material to the specific requirements of the sorting line and integrating AUTOSORT™ SPEEDAIR and TOMRA Insight, the plant achieves high purity and operational efficiency, supporting full circularity and compliance with EU PPWR regulations.
How AB Plasta and TOMRA are setting new standards
TOMRA Recycling and Gerhard Lang Recycling GmbH partner in pioneering aluminum alloy sorting project
Gerhard Lang Recycling GmbH has made history by becoming one of the first companies globally to implement TOMRA Recycling’s AUTOSORT™ PULSE system for the precision sorting of aluminum alloy stamping scrap generated from automotive production in early 2024.
TOMRA Recycling and Gerhard Lang Recycling GmbH
MDF removal wood recycling
TOMRA’s wood sorting technology enables Europe’s third-largest panelboard producer to manufacture premium panelboards with increased recycled content.
MDF removal wood recycling
Quick-change mixed waste processing
Santa Barbara County’s Resource Center efficiently sorts both MSW and single stream using the same circuit with TOMRA AUTOSORT™ units to successfully reduce landfilling
Quick-change mixed waste processing
Argentinian recycler Reciclar S.A. processes up to 600 million plastic bottles per year thanks to TOMRA
TOMRA and Reciclar S.A. collaborate to advance a circular economy for plastics in Latin America. The Argentinian plant, with a surface area of more than 22,000 m2, features the latest generation of TOMRA Recycling Sorting equipment.
Argentinian recycler Reciclar S.A. processes up to 600 million plastic bottles per year thanks to TOMRA
Alutrade Ltd recovers 99% pure aluminum thanks to TOMRA’s sophisticated new X-TRACT™ unit
Alutrade, the UK’s largest independent aluminum recycling company and extrusion specialist, is the first company in the world to reap the benefits of the sophisticated new sensor-based sorting solution.
Alutrade Ltd recovers 99% pure aluminum thanks to TOMRA’s sophisticated new X-TRACT™ unit
The fully automated plant ROAF maximizes recovery rates thanks to TOMRA’s optical sorters
TOMRA’s optical sorters maximizes recovery rates for ROAF, a fully automated Municipal Solid Waste sorting plant.
The fully automated plant ROAF maximizes recovery rates thanks to TOMRA’s optical sorters
Swancote and TOMRA partnership marks first UK application of optical sorting in an AD facility
A partnership between TOMRA and Swancote Energy has resulted in the first application of optical sorting technology in an Anaerobic Digestion (AD) facility in the UK.
Swancote and TOMRA partnership marks first UK application of optical sorting in an AD facility
TOMRA Recycling chosen as equipment provider of DGrade's new sorting plant in Abu Dhabi
DGrade opened its first sorting facility situated in Abu Dhabi to produce high-quality recycled plastic content for the industries with the help of TOMRA’s AUTOSORT™ and AUTOSORT™ FLAKE.
TOMRA Recycling chosen as equipment provider of DGrade's new sorting plant in Abu Dhabi
TOMRA Recycling’s new AUTOSORT® boosts sorting accuracy of plastic contained and food packaging
Asahi Koseki, the first company in Japan to introduce the new AUTOSORT® unit, now reaping the benefits of increased productivity and improved operations.
TOMRA AUTOSORT® boosts sorting accuracy of plastic and food packaging
PENYAPSAN keeps packaging waste sorting operations uninterrupted thanks to TOMRA
PENYAPSAN, a packaging waste sorting facility situated in Pendik Municipality, continues its operations with high efficiency thanks to TOMRA's after-sales services.
PENYAPSAN keeps packaging waste sorting operations uninterrupted thanks to TOMRA
The largest rPET producer in the MENA region chose TOMRA’s bottle-to-bottle sorting solutions
BariQ for Techno and Advanced Industries celebrates the signing for constructing a new PET bottle-to-bottle recycling plant that will feature the latest plastic sorting systems from TOMRA Recycling in Giza Governorate, Egypt.
The largest rPET producer in the MENA region chose TOMRA’s bottle-to-bottle sorting solutions
Re-Gen Waste chooses TOMRA’s innovative sensor-based technology to transform sorting processes
TOMRA Recycling’s sensor-based sorting solutions have been chosen to upgrade the processing and quantity of recycled fractions at one of Europe’s most advanced materials recycling facilities (MRFs) in Northern Ireland.
Re-Gen Waste chooses TOMRA’s innovative sensor-based technology to transform sorting processes
Blue Group chooses sensor-based sorting technology from TOMRA as part of Cireco’s MRF upgrade
A multimillion-pound plant refurb and investment in new equipment from TOMRA Recycling has helped boost material recovery rates and more than doubled capacity at Cireco’s state-of-the-art MRF in Dunfermline, Fife, on Scotland’s east coast.
Blue Group chooses sensor-based sorting technology from TOMRA as part of Cireco’s MRF upgrade
RELUX installs TOMRA's X-TRACT for efficient battery sorting
RELUX uses TOMRA's X-TRACT equipped with the latest battery sorting technology, enabling a successful recovery and recycling of different battery types.
RELUX installs TOMRA's X-TRACT for efficient battery sorting
Mixed waste sorting changing the game at IVAR IKS in Norway
TOMRA and a Norwegian waste sorting plant have demonstrated that mixed waste sorting prior to disposal is a superior solution to separate collection.
Mixed waste sorting changing the game at IVAR IKS in Norway
MTB and TOMRA join forces in metal recycling
MTB, a well-known recycler of non-ferrous metals, has recently expanded its plant with a Zero Waste Metal sorting line equipped with two TOMRA machines.
MTB and TOMRA join forces in metal recycling
Biffa upgrades its Aldridge MRF with the latest sensor-based sorting technology from TOMRA Recycling
Leading waste management company, Biffa, has invested in the very latest in sensor-based sorting technology from TOMRA as part of an equipment upgrade.
Biffa upgrades its Aldridge MRF with the latest sensor-based sorting technology from TOMRA Recycling
New life for recycled aluminium: Centro Rottami, Indinvest and TOMRA
Centro Rottami supplies Indivest with recycled aluminium that has been sorted by TOMRA machines to produce an ecological billet with 85% recycled content.
New life for recycled aluminium: Centro Rottami, Indinvest and TOMRA
Interecycling Sociedade de Reciclagem relies on TOMRA’s FINDER with NIR sensor for WEEE separation
Interecycling, S.A., a Portuguese company associated to the Marcovil - Metalomecânica de Viseu, S.A. Group, relies on TOMRA Recycling for its new line of separation of metals and plastics.
Interecycling Sociedade de Reciclagem relies on TOMRA’s FINDER with NIR sensor for WEEE separation
TOMRA Recycling’s X-TRACT dramatically improves productivity of industrial waste management
Contributing to the circular economy by enabling the recycling of high-quality woodchips and other valuable secondary resources from industrial waste
TOMRA Recycling’s X-TRACT dramatically improves productivity of industrial waste management
La Charente relies on TOMRA technologies for sorting cardboard and packaging waste from its region
TOMRA Recycling has supplied Calitom, the public waste management body in Charente, with optical sorting machines and ongoing support since 2015.
La Charente relies on TOMRA technologies for sorting cardboard and packaging waste from its region
TOMRA Recycling and MASOTINA: highly targeted plastic sorting boosts recycling volumes and purity
Thanks to the latest generation of TOMRA’s technology, MASOTINA is today reaping the benefits of ‘tailor-made’ plastic sorting solutions.
TOMRA Recycling and MASOTINA: highly targeted plastic sorting boosts recycling volumes and purity
A collaboration for shaping the future of recycling in Mexico: TOMRA Recycling & Indorama Ventures
Supported by TOMRA’s advanced sorting machines the expansion of line 2 in Indorama Ventures EcoMex was concluded this year.
A collaboration for shaping the future of recycling in Mexico: TOMRA Recycling & Indorama Ventures
Quality product at a higher quantity
PNW Metal Recycling Inc. makes new products, quadruples Zorba product offering with new WENDT-TOMRA ASR processing plant
Quality product at a higher quantity
Premier Surplus
Premier Surplus automates E-waste processing with TOMRA AUTOSORT® FINES to take efficiencies to the next level.
Premier Surplus
TOMRA and STADLER deliver the world’s first fully automated textile sorting plant in Malmö, Sweden
TOMRA and STADLER delivered the fully automated sorting plant for Sysav Industri AB, which sorts pre- and post-consumer mixed textile waste, in Sweden.
TOMRA and STADLER deliver the world’s first fully automated textile sorting plant in Malmö, Sweden
TOMRA and STADLER UK Limited chosen as technology providers VIRIDOR'S £15.4M Masons MRF transformation
STADLER and TOMRA worked in close collaboration from the earliest stages of the tender enquiry to ensure plant and equipment met Viridor’s requirements.
TOMRA and STADLER UK Limited chosen as technology providers VIRIDOR'S £15.4M Masons MRF transformation
TOMRA’s sensor-based technology enables high-volume, high-quality sorting for Ecoparque Pernambuco
TOMRA innovative sensor-based sorting solutions are operating in the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Treatment Center at EcoParque Pernambuco.
TOMRA’s sensor-based technology enables high-volume, high-quality sorting for Ecoparque Pernambuco
TOMRA’s latest generation AUTOSORT® boosts plant capacity and purity levels of recovered paper fractions
Having worked together for more than 20 years, the partnership between TOMRA Sorting Recycling and leading German recycling company, Koppitz Entsorgungs-GmbH, has reached a new milestone.
TOMRA’s latest generation AUTOSORT® boosts plant capacity and purity levels of recovered paper fractions
Wellman International
In the Netherlands, on the banks of the river Rhine, Wellman International uses digital sorting data from our TOMRA Insight dashboard to optimize their sorting process and to improve the recyclability of packaging.
Wellman International
TOMRA Sorting Technology helps Tokzin in the production of high-quality PET Flakes
Some leading recycling companies in China are already seizing new opportunities and upgrading their recycling facility to embrace these new opportunities. Tokzin, a sorting plant producing high-quality PET flakes, proves that investment pays off.
TOMRA Sorting Technology helps Tokzin in the production of high-quality PET Flakes
Luhai builds national resource recycling base with TOMRA's sensor based-sorting technology
Luhai, an integrated waste management company located in Xiamen, China, turns waste into high-value products since 2000.
Luhai builds national resource recycling base with TOMRA's sensor based-sorting technology
Burkasan has chosen TOMRA’s sorting technology to recycle HDPE bottles in its new plant
Burkasan uses TOMRA in its new plastic recycling plant: equipped with AUTOSORT® and AUTOSORT® FLAKE is capable of sorting 5 tons of waste per hour.
Burkasan has chosen TOMRA’s sorting technology to recycle HDPE bottles in its new plant
TOMRA sorting boosts paper recovery at Ireland's largest household recycling facility
Cutting-edge sensor-based sorting technology from TOMRA has been deployed to boost paper recovery at Ireland’s largest household recycling facility.
TOMRA sorting boosts paper recovery at Ireland's largest household recycling facility
Automation of URBASER-managed Las Dehesas Waste Treatment Centre with TOMRA Technology
URBASER, the environmental management company with 128 plants in different Spanish cities, has automated two lines at the Las Dehesas Waste Treatment Centre through the incorporation of six AUTOSORT units.
Automation of URBASER-managed Las Dehesas Waste Treatment Centre with TOMRA Technology
TOMRA helps China's Jinlijia achieve high efficiency in its scrap-metal sorting operation
The efficiency of Jinlijia's sorting and recovery of non-ferrous metals, including stainless steel, was significantly enhanced by installing the FINDER.
TOMRA helps China's Jinlijia achieve high efficiency in its scrap-metal sorting operation
Montello S.P.A. and TOMRA: when excellence chooses excellence
Montello S.p.A. uses the latest sensor-based technology of 40 TOMRA machines to give a new lease of life to tonnes of post-consumer plastic.
Montello S.P.A. and TOMRA: when excellence chooses excellence
Aurubis AG
In 2008, Aurubis AG, headquarters in Hamburg, Germany, became the first company to implement TOMRA Sorting’s comprehensive electronic scrap process – a recycling solution which has since been deployed in a variety of custom formats by a number of other recycling plants.
Aurubis AG
Dedisa
The DEDISA waste management plant is located in the prefecture of Chania, of the island of Crete, in the south of Greece and serves a population of 155 000 inhabitants, which represents around 25% of the island’s total population.
Dedisa
DAREH-Ep
New system, equipped with 10 AUTOSORT units and one X-TRACT unit, enables Békéscsaba to process 120,000 tonnes of MSW waste a year.
DAREH-Ep
SUEZ Regene Atlantique, France
SUEZ Regene Atlantique is a French plant owned by the SUEZ group which specializes in the recovery and recycling of PET bottles.
SUEZ Regene Atlantique, France
Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park: putting Circular Economy thinking into practice
Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park is a world-class waste treatment facility, which aims to deal with black bag waste in a sustainable way.
Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park: putting Circular Economy thinking into practice
Granada Eco-center: technology at the service of efficient material recovery
Granada Eco-Center, in Alhendin (Granada), with a nominal capacity of 450,000 tons per annum, is totally automated and is one of the leading facilities in waste recycling at the national level, and had a 10.8% waste recovery rate on inputs last year.
Granada Eco-center: technology at the service of efficient material recovery
MERC - Metropolitan Electronics Recycling Center, South Korea
A better value product by replacing DMS by sensor-based sorting – Separating WEEE in South Korea
MERC - Metropolitan Electronics Recycling Center, South Korea
Sorting and recycling municipal solid waste (MSW) in Xiamen city, China
TOMRA Sorting Recycling is playing a pivotal role in the implementation of automatic sorting at the MSW plant in Xiamen
Sorting and recycling municipal solid waste (MSW) in Xiamen city, China
Ecopark 4, Spain, trusts AUTOSORT for the efficient automation of its separation processes
Ecopark 4 in Hostalets de Pierola (Barcelona), part of the infrastructure of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB), uses ten of TOMRA Sorting Recycling's AUTOSORT optical separators, which currently recover 90% of sortable material.
Ecopark 4, Spain, trusts AUTOSORT for the efficient automation of its separation processes
Atelier Fouesnantais
TOMRA’s unique application for sorting graphic paper within the recovery of fibrous or flat material fractions for selective collections has now become a hot topic in France.
Atelier Fouesnantais
Upgrading of plastics with AUTOSORT at Balsamo Reciclagem, Brazil
Balsamo Reciclagem upgraded its plant with the installation of the innovative AUTOSORT optical sorter.
Upgrading of plastics with AUTOSORT at Balsamo Reciclagem, Brazil
Jin Yi Polyester Fiber, a polymer fiber specialist, Hebei, China
Polymer fiber specialist Jin Yi Polyester Fiber installed nine TITECH autosort units to sort PET bottles and remove impurities in 2011 and 2013.
Jin Yi Polyester Fiber, a polymer fiber specialist, Hebei, China
Evolve Polymers, UK
Even to the trained eye it is impossible to tell the difference between a clear PVC and PET flake, so when Evolve Polymers challenged TOMRA to sort the 'impossible' to a new level of purity, the foundations were laid for a partnership that would result in a world first for plastics sorting.
Evolve Polymers, UK
MSW Sorting at Tratamiento de Residuos La Rioja, Spain
X-TRACT waste sorting system delivers benefits at La Rioja Eco-Park, Spain. It enables the Eco-Park to guarantee the minimum quality required in the product obtained and thereby increase the overall performance of the process.
MSW Sorting at Tratamiento de Residuos La Rioja, Spain