In this week’s episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, we talk to Louisa Hoyes, Business Development Manager, Textiles at TOMRA, about the current state of affairs across the textiles value chain, and the solutions that exist to help close the loop and shift to a true circular economy for textiles.
In part two of this episode on chemical recycling, we delve deeper into the topic with John Sewell, Secretary General at Chemical Recycling Europe. This episode covers the global landscape as it stands today, the need for capacity, as well as the political support for chemical recycling technologies, among other things.
Join us as we chat to John Sewell, Secretary General at Chemical Recycling Europe, about the potential that chemical recycling has to help tackle plastic pollution. We start with the basics, covering what chemical recycling is and its relationship to mechanical recycling, and work our way through this complex topic. Keep an eye out for part 2.
How a product is manufactured, how it’s used, how long it lasts, and how it’s disposed of – these are all elements that must be thought of while designing products and packaging. In this week’s episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, we talk to Mateusz Wielopolski, founder of ÆVOLUTION, about his vision of circular product design. Don’t miss it.
In part two of our discussion with Jürgen Priesters, SVP, Business Development at TOMRA, we discuss what can be done now, and in the future to ensure that we meet recycling quotas and accelerate the transition towards a circular economy.
In our latest podcast, Jürgen Priesters, SVP Business Development at TOMRA, takes us through the first hundred years of waste collection systems in Germany, the current state of affairs, and what we can expect in the future. This is part one of a two-part episode.
Demand for aluminum is set to increase by over 40% by 2050. To meet that demand, we must collect and sort this material stream more effectively. In this episode, we talk to Frank van de Winkel, Business Development Manager, Metal at TOMRA, about the technologies that exist to help us achieve circularity for aluminum and other metals.
The amount of packaging waste that litters our environment continues to rise, and there has never been a greater need, first and foremost, for the circularity of post-consumer waste. In the latest episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, we talk to Laszlo Szekely, TOMRA’s Head of Plastics Applications, about how much plastic is in post-consumer waste streams, and the importance of collecting, sorting, and recycling these materials, among other things.
When talking about the circular economy, there are other waste steams than plastic that should be considered and handled in a way that allows us to maximize its use while minimizing its impact on the environment. Wood is a key example.In this episode, we will talk about wood with Jose Matas, who works to protect this precious resource as a Segment Manager Wood at TOMRA.
This month, global environmental communities shared, and celebrated innovation at IFAT — the world's leading trade fair for environmental technologies — for the first time since the pandemic began. In our latest episode, we talk to Philipp Eisenmann, Exhibition Director at IFAT, about the visitors and exhibitors that came to Munich from around the world, the key focuses of this year’s event, and more.
To accelerate the transition towards a circular economy, we need innovation and new business models, of course. But more than that, we need to maximize the use of the effective systems that already exist. In our latest episode, we talk to Dr. Debbie Fletcher, Director of Operations at Eunomia, about how we can leverage existing solutions to achieve our sustainability targets.
Asia is the largest continent in the world, with many complex and culturally unique regions. This makes the development of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) frameworks for each region a large, complex, and unique undertaking. In our fourth episode on EPR, we talk to Annupa Ahi, VP Public Affairs – Head of Asia Business Development and Strategy at TOMRA, about Asia’s current vision for circularity, how important EPR is in achieving that vision, and so much more.
Over the past two episodes, we have covered various aspects of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), but we have yet to hear from those who are most impacted from this policy principle – the producers themselves. Until now. In this week’s episode, we talk with Katharina Marquardt, Head of Sustainability and Technical Communications (DACH region) at Procter and Gamble (P&G). We discuss the ever-increasing sustainable packaging demands from consumers, how P&G is responding...
EPR provides the legal framework for producers to take responsibility for their product and packaging at all stages of their lifecycles and is fast becoming a recognized approach for ‘closing the loop’. But for EPR to really work, we must all play our part. In this week’s episode, Mike Noel, Public Affairs Director at TOMRA, shines a light on the role consumers play in EPR and Deposit Return Systems. We discuss why it is critical for consumer convenience to be built into the design...
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is an important policy principle in the transition towards a circular economy, as it can create a framework to capture valuable materials and ensure their quality is effectively preserved for use in multiple cycles. The concept is simple enough – producers take responsibility for the entire lifecycle of products and packaging they place on the market – from the initial design phase until they reach end-of-life and are prepared to be used in a new lifecyc...
‘Climate change is the challenge of our lifetime’. In this special episode, Volker Rehrmann, Executive Vice President and Head of TOMRA Recycling/Mining and Circular Economy, talks about this challenge: how we rose to it in 2021, and how we may continue to rise in 2022. We discuss breakthrough technologies, discoveries, and solutions to mitigate the effects of climate change, as well as how collaboration has been shown to enhance growth and performance in the waste management indu...
Governments and policy makers can only do so much in the fight for a waste-free future. To help inspire real change, we need leaders with a deep drive to make a difference, a passion for problem solving, and the knowledge to back it up. We need more leaders like Dr. Ramesh Ramachandran, the newly-appointed CEO of Minderoo Foundation’s No Plastic Waste initiative. In our 10th podcast, we chat to Dr. Ramachandran about what sets Minderoo apart from the rest (spoiler alert: actions speak lo...
Here’s the truth: All plastics, whether bio-based or traditional, have the same negative effect on the environment if they are left to burn or take up space in landfills. Clarissa Morawski, co-founder and CEO of Reloop, is back to remind us that no matter what a material is made of, we need to collect and process it properly if we’re going to ensure that it ends up being turned into something valuable (and stays out of landfills and incinerators). This is the 2nd part of our...
We have a plastic pollution problem, and we have massive garbage patches floating on the surface of the ocean to remind us that we need to do whatever it takes to solve it. We can no longer sit on the sidelines, and no one knows that better than Emily Penn. In this episode, we talk to skipper, dedicated ocean activist, public speaker, and advisor Emily Penn about the many challenges we face today when it comes to the health of our oceans. We also touch on microplastics, and Emily'...
In this episode, Clarissa Morawski, co-founder and CEO of Reloop, explores the complicated matter of moving towards a circular economy – the challenges, as well as the solutions that will help us keep products and materials in the loop for as long as possible, and, by extension, help us regenerate our natural systems and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Reloop is focused on building a world where resources remain resources. To achieve that, they work with governments, industry, and socie...
If the goal is to collect and recycle as much waste as possible before it ends up being burned - then this episode covers one crucial solution in making that goal a reality. We sat down with Arnoud te Winkel, Area Sales Manager at TOMRA, to chat through a waste model that has proven to increase the amount of high-value material that we recover from household waste. Waste destined for recycling, not incineration. We discuss the entire process, from start (the collection...
In this episode, Tom Eng, Senior Vice President and Head of Recycling at TOMRA, joins us to talk about a solution that can help lessen our dependency on virgin materials and enhance the circularity of high-quality recycled content for new products and packaging. To increase our recycling rates, we need to recover valuable materials before they end up in landfills and incinerators. That’s where Mixed Waste Sorting comes in. In this podcast, we touch on the challenges and benefits o...
In this episode, Harald Henriksen, Head of TOMRA Collections, takes listeners through a TOMRA first – and a global first – 100 days to help rid a country of their plastic beverage container litter. Due to TOMRA’s level of experience, high-performing service, and unparalleled digital solutions, the Lithuanian government chose us to implement a national Deposit Return Scheme (one of the most effective solutions to plastic waste litter). Harald explains how the system works, as well ...
In this episode, Wolfgang Ringel, Senior Vice President of Governmental Affairs at TOMRA, talks Deposit Return Schemes (DRS): the benefits, the challenges, and the future of this tried and tested plastic waste solution.DRS fits into TOMRA’s holistic approach to waste management (as highlighted in the new white paper, Holistic Resource Systems), and in this episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, you’ll find out exactly how, and why from a man who has spent the past 30 years in the business of climat...
In this episode, Oliver Lambertz, Vice President, Head of Business Development at TOMRA Sorting, discusses Norway’s #1 waste management model for collecting the most household plastic waste. For consumers, source separation can be inconvenient, complicated or confusing, which is how post-consumer waste ends up being incinerated instead of recycled. Enter the advanced mixed waste sorting facility that changed the game. Oliver discusses the benefits of such a...
In this episode, Volker Rehrmann, Executive Vice President and Head of TOMRA Recycling/Mining and Circular Economy, talks about the newest division at TOMRA, and how its approach to waste management can help us achieve the EU’s ambitious, but achievable green objectives.TOMRA’s holistic approach to waste management (as highlighted in the white paper, Holistic Resource Systems), looks at three tried-and-tested recycling solutions: Deposit Return Schemes, Separate Collections, and Mixed Waste S...
