TOMRA Feedstock plants
The Områ plastic sorting facility, Norway
TOMRA Feedstock, in collaboration with Plastretur (a non-profit organization responsible for the collection and recycling of plastic packaging in Norway), has built a new plastic sorting facility that has the capacity to receive all plastics packaging waste from the entire country of Norway. The facility, called “Områ,” is located in Holtskogen Business Park in Indre Østfold municipality, and following a commissioning process began regular operations in November 2025. At full capacity the plant will be able to sort up to 90,000 tonnes of plastic waste per year, turning it into clean fractions of plastic feedstock ready for recycling.
The name Områ (pronounced “ohm-rau”) was chosen to embody the project’s deeper purpose: in Norwegian, it conveys the idea of “to think about” and “to take care of” — reflecting a deliberate commitment to resource stewardship and conscious decision-making.
Stena Recycling serves as the operational partner of the Områ facility. For more information, visit www.omraa.no/en/.
AKR plastic waste treatment facility, Germany
The AKR facility is a plastic waste treatment and preparation plant operated by TOMRA Feedstock in Germany, following TOMRA’s acquisition of a 51% ownership stake in Alpha Kunststoffrecycling GmbH (AKR) in 2025. The facility is located near Munich and plays a strategic role in strengthening TOMRA Feedstock’s capabilities in preparing plastic waste for high‑quality recycling applications.
AKR focuses on treating pre‑sorted mixed plastics and polyolefins that would otherwise be sent to incineration. Through a combination of advanced optical sorting, dry‑cleaning, and agglomeration, the facility upgrades low‑value plastic waste into cleaner, more consistent feedstock suitable for mechanical and chemical recycling. The facility has a processing capacity of 30,000 tons p.a.
For more information, visit the AKR website.
TOMRA Feedstock has started the development of a facility located outside of Düsseldorf in Western Germany. When completed the facility will be able to treat up to 80,000 tonnes of mixed plastic coming from residual waste, sourced from the central European area, that would otherwise go to incineration or landfill.
The facility will produce sorted material fractions, mainly distributed in bales to recyclers. The goal is to help close the gap between plastic waste currently lost to incineration or landfill and the demand for high quality plastic feedstock for both mechanical and chemical recycling processes. A partner has been selected to manage the facility operations to ensure maximum efficiency and material quality.