Som allerede antydet, Vietnam med sine ca. 100 millioner innbyggere ser ut til å være ensbetydende med store muligheter for Tomra! Prossesene virker allerede å være godt i gang, med diplomatisk drahjelp fra norske myndigheter, som man kan lese her.

Og Vietnam er ikke den eneste, folkerike asiatiske nasjonen som sliter fælt med plsstforurensning, for å si det forsiktig. De som følger med her på tråden, vet f.eks. at Tomra allerede også er i dialog med indiske og filippinske myndigheter. Også der understøttet av norsk diplomati.

Potensialet for selskapet i Sørøst-Asia fremstår i det hele tatt som så stort at det nesten er vanskelig å ta det innover seg.


ECONOMY & MARKETS

WASTE PLASTICS

Tomra-CEO Tparticipates in NPAP plastic talks panel

Tomra was invited to the National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) Plastic Talks in Ha Noi, Vietnam.

01.09.2023

The company’s CEO and President, Tove Andersen, took part in a panel discussion with industry representatives to discuss the UN’s Global Plastic Treaty.

Millions of tons of plastic exit the recycling system every year. Vietnam is no exception. According to a new report by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and World Bank, the country in Southeast Asia wastes nearly 3 billion U.S. dollars’ worth of recyclable plastics annually due to the lack of waste management infrastructure. Of the 3.9 million tons of PET and polyolefins (PO) produced in Vietnam, only 33% are collected for recycling. With global warming becoming more evident and plastic production and pollution increasing at a rapid pace, Vietnam is set to act against plastic pollution and mitigate climate change. The country set ambitious targets, including a 50% reduction of plastic litter leakage into the ocean by 2025, the introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policies and formalizing the informal waste sector. In response to Vietnam’s commitment to the cause, it has been invited to become a member of the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) to support the realization of the Paris Agreement.

Plastic pollution and its aftermath are not a regional challenge. It has global impacts. To end plastic pollution, UN member states are committed to developing an agreement to end plastic litter leakage. First discussed in Nairobi in March 2022, the UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution has the power to catalyse the swift implementation of waste management and recycling systems, address the plastic pollution crisis at scale and forge the path towards a circular economy for plastics.

To reach the country’s ambitions and examine the UN Global Plastic Treaty with industry experts, the National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP), together with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), called for the NPAP Plastic Talk on August 28, in Ha Noi, Vietnam. The NPAP is a platform that brings together governments and other important stakeholders to act on plastic waste and pollution. The hybrid event is considered one of the measures Vietnam is taking to move forward in its fight against plastic pollution. Hosted by the UNDP and NPAP, the conference explored “How can business contribute to a Global Plastics Treaty.”

Agenda topics included: discussions about the different viewpoints and contributions of the private sector to the framework definition; implementation of the legally binding agreement on plastic pollution; and how the business coalition can foster partnerships in developing an ambitious and effective global agreement on plastics. Furthermore, presenters and panelists talked about the opportunities and challenges for plastic producers in Vietnam, considering that there are more opportunities than challenges.

Tomra, one of the founding members of the Business Coalition for the Global Plastic Treaty and an impact leader in the industry, has been invited to join the plastic talks to share its point of view on the treaty, its expertise, and recommendations. During NPAP, Annupa Ahi, Vice President of Public Affairs at TOMRA Asia, held a presentation on “The role of Asian and Vietnamese Enterprises in the UN Plastic Treaty.” Additionally, Tomra CEO Tove Andersen joined the concluding panel discussion with representatives from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the Norwegian Embassy, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), Tomra, and the Viet Nam Plastics Association.

Tove Andersen explains: “Waste management in Asia is still in its infancy. The region has vast potential and opportunities to bring materials back into the loop. I see that Vietnam is taking on these challenges and is turning them into valuable opportunities for the country and society alike. We at TOMRA appreciate the collaboration we have with Vietnam and are confident that we can leverage our partnerships to help the country implement the necessary infrastructure and technologies to reach its goals. The concepts and technologies exist, but it is up to the countries and the industry to embrace these and make the most out of them.”

Part of the actions Vietnam is taking to tackle plastic pollution include the introduction of an EPR scheme in 2024 and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to reach its net-zero goals. Vietnam was the first country in Southeast Asia to enact an EPR scheme in 2022. Andersen paid particular attention to how Tomra supports Vietnam in negotiating the treaty and businesses, pointing out that Tomra’s close collaborations with the Norwegian Embassy, the Business Coalition, and the NPAP, combined with its advanced technologies for collection and waste sorting, will enable Vietnam to unleash opportunities, collect recyclables, and sort and recycle them into high-quality secondary materials.

“We believe that Tomra’s Holistic Resource System, which combines existing waste management practices to maximize collection of materials for recycling, has the capability to adapt to location requirements and future needs. It is our mission to enable a world without waste and our priority to welcome opportunities and strategic partnerships to make this happen,” adds Andersen. In the long term, Vietnam, very traditional in waste management, is expected to undergo an impactful change in managing the tons of plastic produced, consumed, and discarded through a holistic approach that encompasses the entire plastic value chain and addresses the full lifecycle of plastic. Moreover, current waste management practices shall be improved, and the informal waste sector be integrated into formalized waste management and recycling infrastructures.

The event in Ha Noi was not the first meeting between Tomra and local industry representatives. Their cooperation started earlier. In February 2023, Tomra welcomed a senior delegation of MONRE at its headquarters in Germany and Norway to review the company’s state-of-the-art sorting machines for waste recycling and its deposit return system that provides beverage container collection rates of up to 90% or more, depending on the country. Given these promising recovery rates that are crucial for bringing greater circularity to the country and valuable recyclables out of the environment, Tomra works closely with the Norwegian Embassy and MONRE. The joint actions include a proposal for DRS design for Vietnam and further holistic waste management concepts that help get closer to the concept of a circular economy.

Andersen concludes: “I am impressed by Vietnam’s commitment to tackling plastic pollution and glad that Tomra will be part of their journey to a circular economy. For us, a solution should include advancing current waste management practices and integrating the informal waste sector into a formalized waste management and recycling infrastructure, not only in Vietnam but globally. With each step we take, we are creating a healthier planet and additional jobs.”

After joining the new office opening of Tomra in Xiamen, China, and the successful participation at the National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) Plastic Talks in Ha Noi, Tove Andersen met the Minister of MONRE. It has been emphasized that Tomra will continue to collaborate with the Norwegian Embassy to support Vietnam in implementing the EPR system, to help in its transition to a circular economy, and to achieve the NetZero goals Vietnam committed at the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26).

https://www.recycling-magazine.com/2023/09/01/tomra-ceo-tparticipates-in-npap-plastic-talks-panel/

En 'liten, stor' nyhet fra Romania som fint illustrerer hvilken liga Tomra spiller i. Carrefour er ifølge Wikipedia verdens 8.største supermarkedkjede og Coca-Cola er blant partnerne i dette stuntet for å fremme resirkulering, før åpningen av landets pantesystem.

Romania åpner sitt nasjonale pantesystem 30.november 2023.


News

Carrefour Romania opens the first hypermarket in Alba Iulia and continues to expand nationally

Thursday 31 August 2023
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Care for the environment and community

As part of Carrefour's strategy to protect the environment, Carrefour is bringing from September 1-3, between 9.00 and 18.00, the latest edition of the Pay with PET caravan , during which Carrefour customers can purchase fresh fruit and vegetables, grown locally, at the price special of 1 PET, 1 aluminum can or 1 glass package per piece. Moreover, for each rPET DORNA water container , made from 100% recycled and 100% recyclable plastic, customers receive a double amount of fruit and vegetables. Payment with PET is a Carrefour initiative in partnership with Coca-Cola HBC, GreenPointManagement, TOMRA, EcoSynergy and FEPRA .
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https://www.ziarulapulum.ro/carrefour-romania-deschide-primul-hipermarket-din-alba-iulia-si-continua-expansiunea-la-nivel-national/31/08/2023/83841/

For n'te gang vinkles det negativt mot Tomra som en følge av britiske myndigheters manglende handlekraft når det gjelder å få på plass et pantesystem som man 'for så lenge siden at noen knapt husker det' har skrytt av at skulle vært oppe og gå for flere år siden.

Ikke ideelt, men Tomra Collection Solutions (som rapporterte ATH omsetning i Q2 2023 tross fravær av forventede inntekter fra Skottland) er mye større enn dette, og har hendene fulle i årevis fremover i EU-nasjoner. Og når kommer nyhetene om at store asiatiske nasjoner nå for alvor og for fullt går for pantesystemer?

Ja, hvis England, Skottland, Wales og Nord-Irland (UK) nå faktisk endelig blir enige om et FELLES PANTESYSTEM FOR HELE UK MED OPPSTART I 2026, er dette faktisk, i praksis en avklarende og god nyhet for Tomra Collection Solutions.

Her en fersk artikkel om tematikken publisert av Daily Record, for mindre enn en time suden.


Deposit Return Scheme facing further 'delay' until 2026 at the earliest

NEW: Minsters have reportedly been told the rollout of the policy across the UK will not occur in October 2025.

By Paul Hutcheon Political Editor, Daily Record
10:18, 31 AUG 2023

The rollout of the shambolic deposit return scheme across the UK may be delayed until 2026. Industry sources believe the current date of autumn 2025 is unachievable.

Under the Scottish Government's DRS, shoppers would have paid a 20p deposit every time they bought a drink in a can or bottle. The cash would be refunded to the customer when the empty containers were returned for recycling.

But the MSP scheme was effectively vetoed by the UK Government when they demanded the exclusion of glass items. Scottish Ministers said implementation of DRS would be delayed until October 2025, when it would be aligned with the UK scheme.

According to a report in the Grocer, an industry website, even this timeframe looks to be at risk. A source said: “It’s become clear that October 2025 is a non-starter. Even 2026 is a very big question mark for the industry.”

It was reported that meetings between government and industry bodies aimed at salvaging the scheme agreed that the already delayed start date is unachievable.

Mo Razzaq, National Vice President of the Federation of Independent Retailers, said: "If the deposit return scheme is indeed delayed, it is perhaps not the worst thing that can happen. After the disappointing end to the Scottish Government scheme, we need to have a properly planned one which truly works when it comes into contact with the real world.

“The new scheme will get off the ground quicker if we accept soon that we need one standard scheme for the whole of the UK and one organisation running it. Right now we're spending endless time in talks trying to work out the impossible - how the different practices in each part of the UK can work seamlessly together."

Ahead of the Scottish scheme's collapse, Green Minister Lorna Slater was criticised for her handling of the policy. She survived a motion of no confidence before the summer recess.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/deposit-return-scheme-facing-further-30829173

Vietnam (igjen). Omfattende artikkel (på vietnamesisk). Interesserte får åpne linken (og eventuelt oversette til ønsket språk).

Spesielt interessant for oss er at CEO Tove Anderesen har deltatt i møtevirksomhet. Deltakelse på høyeste nivå kan jo tyde på at store ting kan være under oppseiling ettersom myndighetene synes å ta problematikken på største alvor. Vietnam har ca. 100 millioner innbyggere.


Urgently perform recycling responsibilities with packaging products

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is planning to review and inspect for businesses that have not seriously implemented recycling responsibilities, waste collection and disposal.

Hoang Nam (TTXVN/Vietnam+) 08/30/2023 17:05 GMT+7
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Ms. Tove Andersen, President and General Manager of TOMRA-the world's leading enterprise in waste recycling collection technology, said that, Businesses need to be part of the solution and set specific goals and targets. Businesses need experience in sorting, collecting waste and creating the most appropriate value chain for the plastic life cycle in countries. Business participation will help make recommendations and solutions that jointly promote EPR implementation.
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https://www.vietnamplus.vn/khan-truong-thuc-hien-trach-nhiem-tai-che-voi-cac-san-pham-co-bao-bi/891675.vnp


Tomra fremstår som veldig fremoverlente i Polen. Her innledningen til en dyptpløyende artikkel.


Circular economy and raw material security

Published: August 30, 2023, 5:00 PM

We're on the right track, but we can't rest on our laurels - Anna Sapota, vice president of. public affairs for North-East Europe in the TOMRA Group in a special publishing house summarizing the several-month series of debates „ Forum wGospodarce.pl”

We are approaching the creation of a system that will help solve the problem of waste of raw materials and stimulate the circular economy. Thanks to the deposit system, Poland will be able to get closer to the recycling targets that the EU has imposed on member countries.

By 2035, we should achieve at least 65% recycling of all municipal waste generated. What's more, the system will contribute to increasing recycling levels in municipalities by reporting collection levels for which a provision in the bill has appeared. As TOMRA –, a company that has many years of experience in creating solutions for holistic waste and raw materials management –, we fully support all records that clearly describe the roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders involved. We hope that Polish consumers will be able to widely recycle used beverage packaging as early as 2025. For this to happen, it is necessary to approve the law on the deposit system as soon as possible, this year.

https://wgospodarce.pl/informacje/132195-cyrkularna-gospodarka-i-bezpieczenstwo-surowcowe


Mer gruvedrift. Er veldig imponert over hva Tomras teknologi utretter innen det forretningsområdet. Suksesshistoriene triller inn som perler på en snor.


Eloro Resources Announces Robust Initial Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate of 670 million tonnes containing 1.15 Billion In-situ Ounces Silver Equivalent for Iska Iska Project, Potosi Department, Southwestern Bolivia

August 30, 2023 06:00 ET| Source: Eloro Resources Ltd.
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On July 26, 2023, Eloro released results of substantial metallurgical work on samples from the polymetallic and tin domains. Preliminary tests at TOMRA in Germany indicate the mineralization at Iska Iska is amenable to “ore-sorting” with removal of at least 40% of the waste in the Polymetallic Domain and up to 80% in the Tin Domain which would substantially increase concentrator feed grades as well as reduce future operating costs and significantly lower the cut off grades (COG) for the pending mineral resource estimate (MRE).

Positive “ore-sorting” results were obtained from composite samples of both the tin (Sn) and polymetallic (Ag-Zn-Pb) mineralization domains in the Santa Barbara deposit indicating its wide applicability throughout the entire deposit.
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https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/08/30/2734123/0/en/Eloro-Resources-Announces-Robust-Initial-Inferred-Mineral-Resource-Estimate-of-670-million-tonnes-containing-1-15-Billion-In-situ-Ounces-Silver-Equivalent-for-Iska-Iska-Project-Pot.html

NewsIN BRIEF: Marula Mining buys ore sorters to expand Blesberg capacity

Marula Mining PLC - Africa-focused mining and development company - Buys x-ray fluorescent ore ...

Alliance News 29 August, 2023 | 5:28PM

Marula Mining PLC - Africa-focused mining and development company - Buys x-ray fluorescent ore sorters for ZAR40.6 million, around GBP1.7 million, from Q Global Mining Pty Ltd to expand the processing capacity on the Blesberg lithium & tantalum mine project in South Africa. XRF ore sorter Rados SRF100-8 has a capacity of 30 tonnes per hour, and Tomra COM XRT 1200 has a capacity of 120 tonnes per hour. "The XRF ore sorters will both be included in the proposed expanded processing facilities at Blesberg that, in addition to new crushing and screening equipment, is planned to increase the production capacity of high-grade spodumene ore to over 1,000 tonnes per month of saleable product," Marula says.

Current stock price: 14.50 pence, up 0.8% on Tuesday

12-month change: up from 2.00p on August 22, 2022

By Tom Budszus, Alliance News reporter

Comments and questions to newsroom@alliancenews.com

Copyright 2023 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

https://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/AN_1693330131724483800/in-brief-marula-mining-buys-ore-sorters-to-expand-blesberg-capacity.aspx


Har postet her på tråden tidligere om dette meget interessante samarbeidsprosjektet/konsortiet som har svært ambisiøse resirkuleringsmål når det gjelder papir, og hvor bl.a. Tomra og Stadler er med. Her er en dyptpløyende artikkel for interesserte.


Research project: recycling paper from mixed waste

The world produces and consumes vast amounts of paper for a wide variety of uses.

29.08.2023
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Recovering paper from mixed waste streams

The members of the EnEWA project – Universität Siegen, RWTH Aachen University, Leipa Group, Propakma, Tomra and Stadler – are developing a solution for recovering and recycling paper from the lightweight packaging, residual waste and commercial waste streams. They have set clear objectives: increase recycling rates in paper production and reduce primary energy requirements and CO2 emissions. The goal is to achieve an overall recovered paper return rate of 90% – including both separate paper collection and special collection systems, which today have a 78% return rate, and the residual, commercial and lightweight packaging streams from which barely a small part of paper is currently recovered.
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https://www.recycling-magazine.com/2023/08/29/research-project-recycling-paper-from-mixed-waste/

De som følger med her på tråden, vet at Århus kommune valgte Tomra til å sette opp et pantesystem for kaffekopper og takeaway emballasje i kommunen (se innlegg 13.06.2023 kl 22:36 på denne tråden for mer).

I denne artikkelen får vi vite at sterke krefter i Australia aggiterer for et liggende, nasjonalt system i Australia. Det henvises til Tomras pantesystem i Århus og at flere europeiske byer vurderer oppstart av lignende systemer.

Når det gjelder klimagassutslipp og plastforurensning, er vel ikke scenarioet vi står overfor globalt så veldig komplisert? Begge deler må kraftig ned hvis kloden skal forbli beboelig også i fremtiden. Men foreløpig er det meste ugjort så vanskelig å skjønne annet enn at Tomra som globalt matkedsledende innen alle sin virksomheter, har særdeles lyse fremtidsutsikter og et enormt vekstpotensial.


News

Time for the Reuse Revolution in Australia

ADAM MCCLEERY 3 hours ago

In a major new report (Choosing to Reuse in Australia), the Boomerang Alliance is calling for Australia to rapidly increase its use of reusable packaging to reduce plastic pollution and carbon emissions.

The report outlines the many opportunities that are currently available, particularly for takeaway services, and just waiting for government and business support.

‘According to the latest UN report (Turning off the Tap 2023) global plastic pollution needs to be slashed by 80 per cent by 2040. ‘Refillable bottles, bulk dispensers, deposit return systems and packaging take-back can reduce that pollution by at least 30 per cent,’ said Toby Hutcheon, National Campaign Manager of the Alliance of 55 NGOs.

According to the ANZPAC Plastics Guide, a BYO coffee cup has lower carbon emissions than a single use cup if used at least 4 times.

Many Australians already use a BYO coffee cup for takeaway, and an increasing number of businesses also offer reuse cup and food container services but to make a significant impact these need to be mainstreamed by government policies and business practices.

In the Choosing to Reuse in Australia report, the Boomerang Alliance, outlines a range of ways change can be made. These include at public events, at takeaway outlets, at supermarkets and shops and at controlled environments such as workplaces, food courts, festivals, and sports stadiums.

Many corporations are switching to reusable cups for their staff, festivals and stadiums could offer reusable cups at events, retailers should look to provide refillable containers to their customers and public events could install wash-up stations for their on-site reusable foodware. Bonza Airlines now provide reusable cups for their in-flight services.

In Europe, TOMRA who provide Reverse Vending Machines for container collection depots, are now trialing a public reusable cup and container collection system in Aarhus in Denmark with other EU cities considering similar proposals.

Boomerang Alliance is calling on the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments to act by:

setting a 30% national target for reusable packaging to be achieved by 2030

introducing national standards for reusable, compostable and recyclable packaging that ensures all products are collected and recovered in practice

banning the use of disposable food ware for customers dining-in at cafes and fast-food outlets

requiring all coffee shops selling disposable cups to also offer or sell reusable cups to their customers

introducing a levy on all disposable cups and containers sold to customers

including reusable bottles as eligible for a refund under state container refund schemes

‘Reusable cups and containers offer a new and practical solution to our intractable plastic waste problems. All that is lacking is government policies to encourage uptake and business involvement in changing practices.’ said Hutcheon 

Download the Boomerang Alliance Choosing to reuse in Australia report

Fast Facts:

Australians are the second highest per capita generators of plastic waste in the world (Minderoo Foundation)

Australia’s plastic use produces more than 16 million metric tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually, equivalent to 5.7 million cars on the road every year. (AMCS/WWF)

Australians use over 1.8 billion single use coffee cups (1.4 billion lids) every year

Many European countries have banned disposable cups for dine-in and require cafes to also offer reusable cups to takeaway customers

In Europe, reusable cups at sporting events and festivals are now commonplace

In an October 2022 supporter survey over 89 per cent of Clean Up, AMCS and Boomerang Alliance responders agreed that cafes and sports stadiums should provide reusable cups to customers.

https://www.foodmag.com.au/time-for-the-reuse-revolution-in-australia/

Aksjekursen har falt tungt, i kjølvannet av Q2 2023 hvor Tomra rapporterte all time high omsetning i alle selskapsdivisjoner...

CFO har latt seg friste og handlet i dag aksjer i eget selskap.


TOMRA: Mandatory notification of trade

FRI, AUG 25, 2023 18:40 CETReport this content

Eva Sagemo, CFO and primary insider (PDMR) of TOMRA Systems ASA, has today bought 725 shares in TOMRA Systems ASA at a price of NOK 138.00 per share. After the transaction Eva Sagemo holds 5,578 shares in TOMRA Systems ASA. Further disclosure details can be found in the attached form.

Asker, 25 August 2023
TOMRA Systems ASA

For further information, please contact:

Daniel Sundahl, Head of Investor Relations, Tel: +47 91 36 18 99

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements in Regulation EU 596/2014 article 19 number 3 and the Norwegian Securities Trading Act § 5-12.

https://news.cision.com/tomra-systems-asa/r/tomra--mandatory-notification-of-trade,c3824319

At Polens ca. 38 millioner innbyggere får ta i bruk et nasjonalt pantesystem i 2025, ble endelig vedtatt for noen uker siden.

I denne artikkelen får vi vite at også tsjekkiske myndigheter i forrige uke bestemte seg for å gå for et nasjonalt pantesystem til Tsjekkias ca. 11 millioner innbyggere, med oppstart i 2025!


Effective deposit-refund systems operate throughout Europe

Source: TWO Added: 24-08-2023, 12:12

In Poland, the Parliament adopted the law on the deposit-refund system, which will enable the collection and recycling of beverage packaging. There are already 13 such highly effective systems in operation in Europe, for example in Norway, Sweden and Finland.

Deposit systems in Europe achieve collection levels of 90% and more. Modern systems, like the one in Slovakia, implemented in January last year, already in the first year of operation showed a collection level of over 70%. This means that 7 out of 10 bottles and cans drunk in Slovakia returned to the system operator who could ensure the recycling of these packaging. Thanks to this, it is possible to close the – packaging circuit, i.e. use 50% of the material for the production of new bottles and cans.

Consumers across Europe help save resources by using performance-based deposit systems, consumer convenience, extended producer responsibility and data integrity. Such systems show that collection levels of over 90% are achievable.

– Last week, the Czech Republic announced that they want to implement a deposit system by 2025. This shows that proven solutions are becoming more and more popular. Deposit-based systems can achieve excellent results and are implemented in many European countries. Collecting and recycling packaging are important for saving resources and protecting the environment, and deposit systems are an effective way to implement them – is spoken on eNewsroom.pl Anna Sapota, Vice President Public Affairs Eastern Europe North, TOMRA.

Poland is introducing such a system to effectively collect and recycle packaging, as is the case in other European countries.

- The implementation of deposit systems is also beneficial for consumers because it allows convenient and ecological disposal of packaging. Manufacturers have extended responsibility for their products, which increases their motivation to use greener solutions. Data integrity allows process transparency and control of results. The implementation of the deposit system in Poland as soon as possible is necessary to increase the levels of collection and recycling of packaging – calls Anna Sapota.

https://www.dlahandlu.pl/detal-hurt/wiadomosci/skuteczne-systemy-kaucyjne-dzialaja-w-calej-europie,127470.html


Ferske, gode nyheter fra NOK ET SPENNENDE RESIRKULERINGSPROSJEKT/KONSORTIUM DER TOMRA ER MED!


Paper RecyclingEnEWA research project aims to unlock the untapped potential of recyclable paper in mixed waste

 Aug 24, 2023

 Reading time: about 5 minutes

Even though the paper industry has made significant strides in increasing the sustainability of its production by increasing the recycled content of its products, there is much room for improvement. The members of the EnEWA project – Universität Siegen, RWTH Aachen University, LEIPA Group, PROPAKMA, TOMRA and STADLER – are developing a solution for recovering and recycling paper from the lightweight packaging, residual waste and commercial waste streams.

The world produces and consumes vast amounts of paper for various uses. However, while the paper industry has made significant strides in increasing the sustainability of its production by increasing the recycled content of its products, there is much room for improvement. In fact, a smaller portion of paper produced than might be expected is recovered for recycling, despite separate waste collection being widespread. For example, in Germany, as much as 20% of the paper produced is not returned to the recycling value stream – and a part of this paper is discarded in mixed waste streams.

“Regulations mandating the minimum content of recycled material in new paper products will require a significant increase in recovered paper for recycling. Even if we were to recycle all the paper collected separately with the existing process, there would not be enough to meet these targets,” explains Annika Ludes, Product Engineer at STADLER. An award-winning research initiative, the EnEWA project, seeks a solution to fill the gap by unlocking the untapped potential of obtaining recyclable paper from lightweight packaging, residual waste, and commercial waste streams. While the project analysis is based on the paper from mixed waste streams as they are collected in Germany, the solution it is developing will be applicable, with some adaptations, to local situations in other countries. The project kicked off in December 2021 and will be completed in November 2024.

https://waste-management-world.com/resource-use/enewa-research-project-aims-to-unlock-the-untapped-potential-of-recyclable-paper-in-mixed-waste

TWO INNOVATIVE COMPANIES THE POLEN CAPITAL TEAM LIKE

August 21, 2023
Koh Young Technology, a world leader in 3D measurement and inspection technology and Tomra Systems, a Norwegian multinational corporation manufacturing collection and sorting products are two transformative players in the field of technology, both held in the Polen Capital Global Small and Mid Cap Fund.

https://rogermontgomery.com/two-innovative-companies-the-polen-capital-team-like/


Tomra: The deposit should be exempt from VAT

Source: dlahandlu.pladded: 18-08-2023, 08:59 Update: 21-08-2023, 09:46

In the case of the Polish deposit system, it is worth bending over at a later stage of work on its creation, among others, the issue of exempting the deposit from VAT. The deposit should be financially neutral for system participants, which means that it should not be taxed with VAT - comments Anna Sapota, vice president of vice president of. public affairs for North-East Europe within the TOMRA Group.

https://www.dlahandlu.pl/detal-hurt/wiadomosci/tomra-kaucja-powinna-byc-zwolniona-z-vat,127011.html


Tare returned at record speed: the new machine sorts bottles and cans in seconds!

Eesti Pandipakend

Estonia is one of the most successful countries when it comes to returning tare, and statistics also show that almost all of the pawn packages that have gone into circulation are returned here every year. In recent years, returning tare has become particularly easy thanks to pour-in type machines. 

Aug 17 2023 at 10:57 am

https://rohe.geenius.ee/blogi/pandipakendi-blogi/taara-rekordkiirusel-tagastatud-uudne-automaat-sorteerib-pudelid-ja-purgid-sekunditega/


The automated shops: Vending machines today are offering everything, from books, hygiene products to live crabs and umbrellas

Vending machines are known to offer cost-effective products round the clock, and on holidays.

Written by Shubhangi Shah
August 20, 2023 02:20 IST
... Tomra, a Norwegian MNC, offers reverse vending machines. The company was reportedly in talks with the Centre and state governments in India to set up such machines that would take in bottles and other containers that can be put to reuse. While this space continues to evolve, its top use remains in the F&B industry. Daalchini remains a popular company that sells snacks and home-style meals through vending machines, apart from automated kiosks and mobility retails.
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https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/the-automated-shops-vending-machines-today-are-offering-everything-from-books-hygiene-products-to-live-crabs-and-umbrellas/3215856/

Jeg har (selvfølgelig) postet om denne nyheten/dette utrolig spennende prosjektet her på tråden allerede (se innlegg 04.07.2023 kl 21:36).

Det skrives enormt mye om dette samarbeidsprosjektet mellom EGN Entsorgungsgesellschaft Niederrhein, INEOS Styrolution og TOMRA. Ikke i norske medier (selvfølgelig), men i mange andre nasjoner og særlig i Tyskland er interessen stor. Men jeg ser selvfølgelig ikke noe poeng i å poste alt jeg leser om det her. Denne artikkelen bør man dog kanskje merke seg. For her posererer tyske lederskikkelser i prosjektet for fotografen sammen med begeistrede Bundestag medlemmer som blant annet lover stimuli i form av skattelettelser i Tyskland, på lik linje som i store nasjoner som Spania og Frankrike.


Green MPs find out about recycling project

16. August 2023

Krefeld. Unique in Europe, great for the region, Invest 60 million euros, 36 new jobs – the recycling project of SWK subsidiary EGN Entsorgungsgesellschaft Niederrhein, INEOS Styrolution and TOMRA generate a lot of attention not only in the professional world, but also in federal politics.

Katharina Dröge, group leader of Alliance 90 / DieGrünen, had a visit to the Krefeld location accompanied by Krefeld's Green MP Ulle Schauws to demonstrate why it can be described as groundbreaking, that polystyrene packaging from yoghurts will be recycled to yoghurt packaging in Krefeld from 2025. Real climate-friendly circular economy and entrepreneurial courage, that was what SWK board member Kerstin Abraham and Dr. Frank Eisenträger ( INEOS Styrolution ) clearly required the support of politics. „ EGN, INEOS Styrolution and TOMRA are in advance with confidence in a speedy approval process by the district government and in a legal framework that also includes recycled polystyrene packaging for customers, such as dairies, makes “ attractive, said Abraham. In Spain and France, for example, according to Frank Eisenträger, such climate-friendly packaging would be taxed lower. The excavators should roll as soon as possible. An impressed economic expert Katharina Dröge praised the „ extremely exciting project “ and agreed to support. It is already anchored in the coalition agreement that recyclable products should be „ rewarded “. And her group colleague Ulle Schauws looked again through her local glasses at this EU-wide pilot project on the Lower Rhine: „ This is great and innovative. Something Krefeld and the region can be really proud of. “

https://lokalklick.eu/2023/08/16/gruene-abgeordnete-informieren-sich-ueber-recycling-projekt/

Noen få er bare best, innen alt man driver med. Og bare noen ytterst få blant disse igjen tilbyr samtidig markedet akkurat det markedet etterspør og bare kommer til å etterspørre i stadig sterkere grad, i årevis fremover, når det gjelder alt man driver med. Så Tomra Systems er et helt spesielt teknologiselskap som står fjellstøtt og bare vokser og vokser, på mange bunnsolide, sterke ben. IMO.


TOMRA Mining’s sorting technology impresses QMAG

 Published by Will Owen, Editor

Global Mining Review, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 16:00

QMAG Pty Ltd, part of the Refratechnik group, owns the Kunwarara deposit of cryptocrystalline magnesite – one of the world’s largest – located in Central Queensland, Australia. It mines the ore using and open-pit method and processes it into high quality fused (FM), dead burnt (DBM), and caustic calcined (CCM) magnesia products at the nearby Parkhurst facility. It supplies the refractory, chemical, agricultural, environmental, and hydrometallurgical sectors with its high-quality magnesia products.

QMAG was an early adopter of sensor-based ore sorting, and is in fact the longest continuous user of this technology in Australia, having installed its first Ultrasort laser machine in 1994 and a second one a few years later. The ore was fed through either a dense media separation (DMS) system, using drum and cyclone separators, then the Ultrasort sorters removed the sandstone, gravel, and dark coloured dolomite from the product.

After over 22 years in operation, the Ultrasort sorters were becoming antiquated and could no longer be supported. “It came to a point where the Ultrasort sorter was removing the dolomite, but the background lime was still quite high, and this was not giving us the best opportunity to create the product that was required by the Parkhurst processing plant,” explains Josh Dawson, Production Superintendent at the QMAG mine. A new solution was needed, and TOMRA suggested its X-Ray Transmission technology.

In 2016, a TOMRA XRT sorter was installed as a stand-alone plant on site. “It was a trial that management at the time got very excited about: they could see that this could be the future moving forward,” says Josh Dawson. “It was a success story: we could now process very high calcium content material that we couldn’t do as effectively with the DMS or laser sorting equipment. This gave the ability to produce much lower calcium content magnesite grades suitable for our customers,” adds Alex Padya, Process Engineer.

In view of these results, in 2018 the XRT machine was moved into the sorting plant, where it replaced the remaining Ultrasort that had reached the end of its life, and the DMS drum was decommissioned: “With this decision, we halved our heavy media usage in that part of the circuit and went to a standalone XRT circuit,” says Josh Dawson. As a result, the XRT circuit has delivered significant savings in energy and water usage, and increased the plant’s efficiency.

The TOMRA XRT sorter has exceeded expectations, as Josh Dawson explains: “When we originally made the business case, we thought that it would be used to upgrade the lower quality magnesite ores to produce grades suitable for agricultural purposes, while the heavy media cyclones would make our lower silica materials for other applications. However, by collaborating with TOMRA to optimise the performance of the XRT unit, we can now turn agricultural products into much higher grades required by the Parkhurst processing plant.”

TOMRA’s XRT sorter has also extended the life of QMAG’s deposit: “We were at the point where we thought that a lot of our ore body wasn’t going to achieve the grade for some of our lower end products. The TOMRA XRT machine proved that we could now mine those deposits and turn them into useful product for the higher end applications.”

https://www.globalminingreview.com/mining/16082023/tomra-minings-sorting-technology-impresses-qmag/

Den litauiske grenen av dagligvarekjeden Rimi Baltikum inviterer til media jippo i Vilnus, i forbindelse med at kjeden nå lansererer 'TOMRA R1'. R1 er Tomras storpantemaskin som sluker 100 panteobjekter i et jafs.

Flere tyske supermarkedkjeder har forøvrig gjennomført piloter med TOMRA R1. Så ser frem til spennende nyheter også fra den kanten.


Event type: Press conference
Event date: Thursday, August 17, 2023
Start of the event: 10:00
End of event: Thursday, August 17, 2023
Venue: Žirmūnai st. 64, Vilnius ( at „Rimi Northern Town “ stores)

Gerb. journalists,

The rates of returnable deposit packages in Lithuania are some of the best in Europe. 9 out of 10 PET plastics and metal packaging released on the market are now being assembled. But we are convinced that together we can do even more.

August 17 day, 10 o'clock in Vilnius, Žirmūnai st. 64 ( at „Rimi Northern Town “ Stores ), we invite you to see and try a new toromate „Tomra R1“ in which up to 100 deposit packs – PET plastic bottles and metal cans can be stacked in one go.

A survey of „Tomra“ in Scandinavia shows that most people, using this taromat, take precedence over the usual T9 model taromat in Lithuania.

By the way, the T9 taromat will work here too so that people can return glass bottles belonging to the deposit system to it.

At the event CHURC „Building System Administrator “ Manager Amber Crow will tell you how exceptional the new taromat is, how it can contribute to improving the results of collateral collection in Lithuania, what is the experience of the countries using R1.

Trading network „Rimi Lithuania “ Head of Public Relations and Corporate Responsibility Spruce Krasauskienė will share ideas as to why the collection and recycling of collateral packaging is so important to the company.

PET plastic bottles and aluminum cans currently make up the bulk of all returnable packaging. According to USAD, last year in Lithuania, people returned more than 672 million. units of deposit packages, of which more than 93 percent. consisted of PET plastic bottles and aluminum cans. In total, the packaging assembly sites reached 345.4 million last year. units of PET plastic packaging and 281.7 million. aluminum cans.

The planned duration of the event – is about 1 hour. We will devote time and media to the event.

Thank you in advance for your attention to this event and we look forward to the opening of your new intercom.

More information by phone or e-mail by post: Inga Tarasonienė, +370 614 05939, e-mail p.: inga.t@fabula.lt

Until a pleasant meeting!

RSVP: We will be grateful if you will notify us of your participation by August 16th. el. by mail inga.t@fabula.lt

https://sc.bns.lt/view/item/467469

Allerede flere innlegg postet her på tråden om det fantastiske og gedigne kuppet Tomra Mining gjorde da man landet ordren fra Pilbara om utstyre og spille hovedrolle i designet av verdens nest største gruveprosjekt innen utvinning av lithium, Pilgangoora.

Her en omfattende artikkel om dette prosjektet og utvinning av lithium i sin alminnelighet.


You can’t build another Pilgangoora with a click of your fingers, and we could need 20 of them by 2040

Mining
August 7, 2023 | Josh Chiat

While many within the lithium industry insist supply is hard to bring online, demand metrics in the years to come require a fast response
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On this week’s site visit the message was clear that Pilbara had plenty of growth options at its own Pilgangoora mine.

An expansion from a capacity of 580,000tpa to 680,000tpa is well under way with a $560m project to expand to 1Mtpa by replicating the circuits at its Pilgan processing plant has already been approved.

Tomra is on contract to deliver the largest installed lithium ore sorter in the world with a capacity of up to 5Mtpa (to be run initially at a 3.5Mtpa rate), something that should help further separate waste to improve recoveries — the bugbear of pretty much all lithium plants.

The P1000 project should be ramped up by the end of the September quarter of 2025, making Pilgangoora the second largest hard rock mine in the world behind Greenbushes.

On top of that 20,000m of drilling is planned in FY24, with recent drilling to be plugged into a resource and reserve update that should shed a light on Pilbara’s potential to extend its project life beyond the 25 years it has currently at a 1 Mtpa runrate.
...

https://stockhead.com.au/resources/you-cant-build-another-pilgangoora-with-a-click-of-your-fingers-and-we-could-need-20-of-them-by-2040/



Opportunities in changing markets

August 10, 2023
Mick Knauff

Today I, Mick Knauff, would like to give you a brief insight into the art of spotting emerging opportunities in changing markets.

In this regard, investors have a wide variety of options with a view to the change in entire industries, market volatility, new innovations, disruptive technologies or sustainability and much more

Let's take a brief, exemplary look at the opportunities presented by the trend towards more sustainability or disruptive technologies.

Sustainability for your depot

A topic that has not just occupied the entire world for a short time, but which is playing an increasingly important role. It holds challenges, but also opportunities for you to benefit from this complex change on the stock market.  

You can invest in sustainability stocks or green ETFs (equity funds) that focus on resource management, agriculture, food, renewable energies, ecological technologies, recycling and waste management or mobility (hydrogen, electric).

A large selection of listed companies

Many companies that help us make good progress on this matter are listed. There are more than enough examples:

* Veolia (waste and recycling, water, waste water, energy supply),

* Encavis (renewable energies),

* Waste management (recycling, waste disposal),

* American Water Works (water supply and sewage)

* Tomra Systems (material recovery, recycling).

https://www.investor-verlag.de/aktien-und-aktienhandel/chancen-im-wandel-der-maerkte/


Vi kjenner jo alle godt til pant på PET plastflasker, aluminiumsbokser og glassflasker. Men når blir eventuelt forbrukernes ønske om pant og/eller gjenbruk når det gjelder annen emballasje oppfylt av big brands?


Consumers keen, but big brands failing to buy in to refillable packaging

By Mike Scott

August 9, 20233:33 PM GMT+2Updated a day ago

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/consumers-keen-big-brands-failing-buy-refillable-packaging-2023-08-09/

Litt interessant 'småplukk' før helgen. God helg.


Hvorfor representerer Tomra en enorm investeringsmulighet? Ben Constable-Maxwell, sjefen for 'impact investing' i M&G Investments forklarer.

August 2023

As of today, Earth's 2023 ecological budget is in deficit

By Josh Adcock

On Earth Overshoot day, insurance asset managers warn of the threat resource wastes poses to the economy and society, while highlighting tremendous investment opportunities in the old game of supply and demand. 

Never heard of Earth Overshoot Day? You likely wouldn’t be the only one.

It is the day on which humans have used more ecological resources than the Earth can regenerate in a twelve-month period. A day that has gained attention from insurance asset managers.
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At M&G Investments, head of impact investing Ben Constable-Maxwell sees Earth Overshoot Day as a powerful way to shine a light on the broader ‘ecological budget’, in contract to the more familiar concept of a 'carbon budget' (the amount of carbon we can emit while staying within a safe global temperature range).
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And so in a nutshell, “while the annual occurrence of Earth Overshoot Day acts warns us of the urgent need for change”, it is also the recognition of “an enormous commercial opportunity”.

Investment opportunities

Such opportunities can be found in the technology sector, where M&G’s sustainable and impact funds invest. For example, it invested in Tomra, which uses sensor-based technologies to tackle waste from food, mining and recycling and aims to change consumer behaviour. It also invested in simulation software producer Ansys, which cuts material use and waste in design and engineering processes for a range of diverse industries. Another investment was made in plastic recycling business UBQ Materials, which is transforming household waste into valuable consumer and industrial materials.

All these companies “are designing solutions to tackle individual aspects of the 'overshoot’ challenge. In doing so, they are helping to create a more circular and sustainable world – and pushing back the date of Earth Overshoot Day”, Constable-Maxwell says.

https://www.insuranceassetrisk.com/content/analysis/as-of-today-earths-2023-ecological-budget-is-in-deficit.html


Tomras teknologi hjelper gruveselskap til å utvinne også sink som biprodukt fra tinngruve.

Elementos confirms by-product potential after discovering zinc at Oropesa Tin Project

Last updated: 02:02 03 Aug 2023, First published: 01:39 03 Aug 2023

Elementos Ltd (ASX:ELT, OTC:ELTLF), which has been exploring for tin, has picked up on significant zinc mineralisation within the mineral resource wireframes at its Oropesa Tin Project in Spain.
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The results show the possibility of developing an incremental and low-cost by-product zinc concentrate with a zinc content greater than 40% and a recovery rate of 50-75%. The initial results are promising, though further confirmatory works are planned.

Moreover, the company carried out ore sorting test work at TOMRA laboratories, which confirmed an average upgrade of more than 28% in zinc ore feed grades when processed with cassiterite. This discovery adds to the growing evidence of Oropesa's substantial zinc potential.

https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/1022477/elementos-confirms-by-product-potential-after-discovering-zinc-at-oropesa-tin-project-1022477.html


Interessant artikkel om pantesystemer i Australia hvor Tomra er den helt dominante aktøren/teknologileverandøren. Hvor går veien videre? Høyere pantesats? Flere panteobjekter, m.m.?

Container Deposit Schemes: Where to from here?

LISA KORYCKI 8 hours ago

Australia is on the cusp of being the only continent to be fully covered by drink container refund schemes. A session at Waste 2023  in Coffs Harbour looked at the evolution of the nation’s container deposit scheme landscape.

https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/container-deposit-schemes-where-to-from-here/

Gjennomsnittlig kursmål for Tomra Systems justert opp 7.36% i etterkant av Q2 2023 for et par uker siden (14.juli), ifølge nasdaq.com.

Sitter langsiktig og er ikke veldig opptatt av kursmålene fra meglerhus, men ifølge dette fra nasdaq.com i dag, varierer analytikerenes kursmål for Tomra Systems for øyeblikket fra USD 13.98 (ca. 142 NOK) til USD 36.59 (ca. 372 NOK) med et gjennomsnitt på USD 18.56 (ca. 189 NOK).


Tomra Systems ASA - ADR (TMRAY) Price Target Increased by 7.36% to 18.56

August 02, 2023 — 01:58 am EDT

The average one-year price target for Tomra Systems ASA - ADR (OTC:TMRAY) has been revised to 18.56 / share. This is an increase of 7.36% from the prior estimate of 17.29 dated June 1, 2023.

The price target is an average of many targets provided by analysts. The latest targets range from a low of 13.98 to a high of 36.59 / share. The average price target represents an increase of 19.83% from the latest reported closing price of 15.49 / share.

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/tomra-systems-asa-adr-tmray-price-target-increased-by-7.36-to-18.56

Godt sagt! Tror du har helt.

Stefan Ranstrand er jo en legende, men synes ny CEO Tove Andersen fremstår som meget dyktig. Og ja, langsiktig perspektiv, flere tiår. Fremtiden fremstår som meget lys for et selskap som er globalt markedsledende innen alt man driver med når det man driver innen er megatrender som alt tyder på bare vil vokse seg sterkere i uoverskuelig fremtid.


Her er litt mer detaljer om Tomras rolle i pantesystemet i delstaten Victoria, Australia som går live 1.november i år.

Med inntreden i hovedrolle også i pantesystemet i Victoria, kan man trygt slå fast at Tomra nå er helt dominant i Australia når det gjelder avansert, automatisert panteteknologi. I hele Australia opererer Tomra nå SOM SYSTEMOPERATØR der det er mest å hente, i de tettest befolkede og urbane områdene.

First Victorian Container Deposit Scheme refund point installed

LISA KORYCKI 3 hours ago

TOMRA Cleanaway has installed Victoria’s first refund point under the state’s new Container Deposit Scheme, in Buninyong. 

Located at Foodworks in Buningyong, the refund point will allow the recycling of eligible bottles, cartons and cans, for a 10 cents per item return from 1 November 2023. 

TOMRA’s Reverse Vending Machine technology will scan and verify each container as it is deposited, and then provide options to the user to either receive the amount through a retail cash voucher, via digital transfer direct to a bank account, or for the amount to be sent as a donation to a nominated charity or community group. 

James Dorney, TOMRA Cleanaway Chief Executive Officer, said it is the first of a number of machines to be rolled out in the area and across the state.

Tomra Cleanaway is looking for more community partners to host registered refund points – including shopping centres, retail outlets, clubs, parks, sporting grounds, and community centres.

Refund point types include outdoor Reverse Vending Machine kiosks, standalone Reverse Vending Machines suitable for supermarkets and retail shops or clubs, and Over The Counter refund points. 

“Our machines are quick, convenient, and automated, and able to be seamlessly integrated into retail and community locations,” Dorney said.

“As a partner, the benefits of being a refund point host include attracting customers, supporting fundraising for local community groups and charities, and earning extra revenue. We will work with interested partners on the best configuration that suits them, within the CDS Vic scheme.” 

Victoria’s container deposit scheme, CDS Vic, is set to start in November 2023. It will target beverage containers that most commonly contribute to litter and are often consumed away from home including plastic soft drink bottles, glass beer bottles, soft drinks and alcohol sold in cans, and small fruit juice cartons.

At the launch, Minister for Environment Ingrid Stitt said Victoria’s container deposit scheme will be the most accessible and convenient in the country, making it easier than ever to recycle in regional Victoria and across the state.

“CDS Vic will maximise the number of cans, bottles and cartons bring recycled into new products, while reducing the amount of litter in Victoria by up to half,” Stitt said.

TOMRA Cleanaway was established in 2017 to deliver the New South Wales Container Deposit Scheme, ‘Return and Earn’. It also operates the ‘Containers for Change’ programs in Queensland and Western Australia.

The company was appointed by the Victorian Government to deliver CDS Vic in 28 Local Government Areas across the west of Victoria and western suburbs of Melbourne, with almost 200 refund points to be established. It’s estimated half a billion eligible drink containers are disposed of annually across this region alone. 

“We’re very excited to be part of Victoria’s new Container Deposit Scheme, and look forward to partnering with local businesses, charities and community groups across the state,” Dorney said. 

https://wastemanagementreview.com.au/first-victorian-container-deposit-scheme-refund-point-installed/

Takk for at du deler disse funnene og artiklene! Har vært litt spent på retning etter bytte av CEO, men det virker som at Tomra handler om langt mer enn en "uerstattelig" CEO og at toget er ustanselig og det beste fortsatt er forran oss i årtier.

Pant Ungarn. Pantesystemet i Ungarn åpnes 1.januar 2024.


A big change: next year, reverse automatic machines will come to our country, they will cover the whole country - We show you the details

2023. July 28. 13:08

A new world will greet the recyclers of metal, glass and beverage packaging from January 1 of next year. Mohu, which won the waste concession, is already well underway on the construction of the packaging material return system, but several elements of which still await one or two legislative clarifications.

Registration

All retail units with a sales area of ​​more than 400 square meters, primarily selling food, must register as members of the national mandatory redemption system starting on January 1 of next year and, if they see the need, must also apply for a packaging material redemption (RVM) machine.

The following market participants are obliged to:

* the central unit of a retail chain,

* retail chain franchise partner (franchise operator),

* independent retail unit,

* another institution that accepts the terms of operation of the reversing machine (RVM).

Where are the exchange points operating?

Retail units obliged to register will be obliged to maintain a redemption point. Redemption can be made with an automated teller machine (RVM) or by manual collection. The latter is accompanied by a mobile application, and Mohu regularly sends a recycling machine to the site for the waste collected and preserved in its original form, based on the machine counting of the bottles. In this case, he reimburses the store for the redemption fee paid to consumers by bank transfer.

Tomorrow, Mohu will recommend the installation of RVM to stores with a sales area of ​​at least 100 square meters within the voluntary network, and it is already recommending it for stores above 200 square meters. In the case of shops smaller than one hundred square meters, the possibility of installing the machine is severely limited. For example, it is possible if there is no other return point in the settlement, or if the store expects a turnover of at least 8-10 thousand bottles per month. On the other hand, stores with a smaller turnover and registering for a manual return point must be prepared to store 800-1000 intact beverage bottles.

What can we exchange?

The law applies to products marketed domestically and considered to have a mandatory redemption fee. The government decree defining the range of products included in the redemption system has not yet been issued, but according to the draft, it will be about metal, plastic and glass beverage packaging of 0-6 liters, with the exception of the packaging of milk-based beverages.

Redemption fee

According to Mohu's general information about vending machines, the voucher can also be exchanged for cash in the given store or store chain. It can also be transferred to a bank account with the barcode scanner built into the machine, if the registered customer can identify himself with his phone application, and finally the money can be donated to a charity organization that can be selected on the machine's display.

Why is this good?

The hoped-for benefits can be seen on both sides. The reusable packaging material will not clog the selective bins or the home storage, which will thus be processed through a short chain. On the other hand, when purchasing, the customer could purchase the coupon received when returning the bottles in the retail units with such points. "In our opinion, the system will have a very strong customer retention power, especially from the point of view of the environmentally conscious layers - Katalin Neubauer, president of the Hungarian National Trade Association (MNKSZ), claims to Világgazdaság that not only customers who want to see their award, but also those who consider recycling important"

When does the system start?

For the start of the system on January 1, 2024, the vending machines of all stores that will be included in the mandatory redemption system must be installed. For them - that is, for stores larger than 400 square meters - the application period for mechanical reversers has already closed, but Mohu is still waiting for applications from latecomers. By the time it launches in early 2024, it needs to install thousands of vending machines, which is only possible in close cooperation with retail units and on a tight schedule.

Volunteers can apply for the equipment in several stages, with later deadlines and up to the number of pieces indicated on the registration interface. (Longer deadlines are possible in the absence of RVM operating regulations for January 1, 2024.) In both phases, 1,000 vending machines can be requested, of which 100 are built-in, the rest are free-standing. Later, you can also apply for equipment remaining in the tenders.

What do reverse automatic machines look like?

Mohu publishes a detailed description that three types of Envipco models can be ordered from the free-standing type, and two types of Tomra T9 models from the built-in type. Mohu also describes the recommended vending machines and indicates that other types of models can be requested as a result of consultation with Mohu.

https://www.blikk.hu/gazdasag/penz/visszavalto-automata-magyarorszag/7l8vth2


Tomra Fresh Foods nye forskningssenter i Hamilton, New Zealand prisbelønnet

'Soaring Box' house one of three ADNZ Waikato winners

Colleen Hawkes 05:00, Jul 29 2023

Just three Waikato projects won awards in this year’s Regional ADNZ Resene Architectural Design Awards – two new homes and a horticulture research and development centre.
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TOMRA by Daniel Cullen won the Regional – Highly Commended award for Commercial Architecture. A food field research centre in Hamilton, this project needed to be a hub for science, research, product development and manufacturing. The centre features a large warehouse space, and state-of-the-art offices that enable TOMRA to continue pushing the limits of horticulture tech innovation for the benefit of their customers.

The judges said Cullen approached the project with a mature response to the commercial reception building typology.

 "This project is more than the usual expected response, and is applauded for its use of form-making with colourful box-shape projections, an elegant floating roof plane, and a double-height central atrium space. Natural light, carefully crafted junctions, and a lively colour palette bring the built form to life."

https://i.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/latest/132625875/soaring-box-house-one-of-three-adnz-waikato-winners

Miljøvernminister Ingrid Stitt var tilstede og kastet glans over begivenheten da Tomra installerte den første pantemaskinen i det nye pantesystemet i delstaten Victoria, Australia. Pantesystemet åpner 1.november i år.


CDS Vic Refund Point Rollout Begins In Regional Victoria

28 JUL 2023 10:41 AM AEST

The Andrews Labor Government is one step closer to delivering Australia's most accessible container deposit scheme, with collection points rolling out across Victoria.

Minister for Environment Ingrid Stitt today visited Buninyong, where the first reverse vending machine for Victoria's Container Deposit Scheme (CDS Vic) has been installed and will be operational from 1 November this year.

CDS Vic is a new Labor Government initiative that will allow people to return their used drink cans, bottles and cartons for a 10-cent refund, with more than 600 refund points planned across regional Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne.
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VicReturn is the Scheme Coordinator, while zone operators TOMRA Cleanaway, VISY, and Return-It will establish and oversee the refund points and refunds to customers as well as ensure proper recycling of the containers.

The operators are each responsible for the collection point network in their allocated scheme zones: north, east and west.
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As stated by CEO of TOMRA Cleanaway, James Dorney

"As the west zone operator for CDS Vic, TOMRA Cleanaway is proud to be partnering with FoodWorks Buninyong to host a reverse vending machine kiosk."

"CDS Vic is an exciting opportunity for all the community, and TOMRA Cleanaway as west zone operator is proud to be involved in delivering the best possible scheme for Victorians."

https://www.miragenews.com/cds-vic-refund-point-rollout-begins-in-regional-1055685/

Tomra Mining. Nok en suksesshistorie innen gruvedrift.


Eloro Resources Reports Major Advances in Metallurgy for the Iska Iska Silver-Tin Polymetallic Project, Potosi Department, Bolivia

July 26, 2023 06:00 ET| Source: Eloro Resources Ltd.

* Preliminary tests at TOMRA in Germany indicate the mineralization at Iska Iska is amenable to “ore-sorting” with removal of at least 40% of the waste in the Polymetallic Domain and up to 80% in the Tin Domain which would substantially increase concentrator feed grades as well as reduce future operating costs and significantly lower the cut off grades (COG) for the pending mineral resource estimate (MRE).
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Tom Larsen, CEO of Eloro, said: “These positive metallurgical tests, particularly the “Ore-sorting” tests at TOMRA, have a major positive impact on the potential future production at Iska Iska. For this reason, and in consultation with our independent consultants, Micon International, we deferred completion of the inaugural MRE until these tests were completed and the results could be fully incorporated into the final MRE which is now expected to be released in latter August.”

Mike Hallewell, C.Eng, Eloro’s Senior Strategic Metallurgist commented: “The level of metallurgical and pyrometallurgical work that has been conducted thus far at Iska Iska is exceptionally high for an inaugural MRE but is justifiable due to the significance of this large potentially open pittable tin and polymetallic resource. This additional metallurgical/mineralogical knowledge will enable Eloro to rapidly move towards a preliminary economic assessment (PEA).”

“Ore-Sorting” Tests

Metallurgically the two different domains require different approaches to optimize recoveries. As much of the mineralization in both domains occurs in veins and vein breccias, it was felt that “ore-sorting” technology developed by TOMRA could have a significant impact by selectively removing waste material resulting in a significant reduction in operating costs while at the same time producing a major increase in grades of feed to the grinding circuit.

256 rocks representing five different lithological groups within the Polymetallic Domain and five different lithological and tin grade groups within the Tin Domain were scanned using the on-site GeologicAI core scanner and then subsequently sent for amenability testing at TOMRA in Wedel, Germany. The preliminary images and assays indicate a positive response to XRT Ore sorting.

Based upon these results, the preliminary indications are at least 40% of the run-of-mine (ROM) polymetallic mineralization could be rejected as waste while for the Tin Domain, as much as 80% of the weight can be rejected as sub – cutoff grade (COG) waste. Ore sorting will significantly increase concentrator feed grades which will enhance concentrator recovery in both domains. In addition, bulk mining techniques can be employed without resultant dilution issues and this will reduce downstream processing costs.

The positive results obtained justify the diamond drilling of larger size diameter holes to produce bulk samples of both Polymetallic and Tin Domains for “Cascade” testing at TOMRA, Germany. The resultant XRT pre-concentrated product will be used for the downstream PEA studies.
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Metallurgical work was directed by Mike Hallewell, B.Sc, F.S.A.I.M.M., F.I.M.M.M., C.Eng., Eloro’s Senior Strategic Metallurgist, a QP as defined by NI 43-101, in consultation with Micon International’s Principal Metallurgist, Richard Gowans, P.Eng., an independent QP as defined by NI 43-101. “Ore-sorting” tests were completed at TOMRA’s facilities in Wedel, Germany. TOMRA GmbH are a leading technical authority in XRT Ore sorting. Note that the term “Ore” is part of the registered product name of TOMRA and the use of the term “ore” in this press release does not imply that the mineralization at Iska Iska is “ore” as defined by NI 43-101.

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/07/26/2711099/0/en/Eloro-Resources-Reports-Major-Advances-in-Metallurgy-for-the-Iska-Iska-Silver-Tin-Polymetallic-Project-Potosi-Department-Bolivia.html


Undersøkelse finner ingen dokumentasjon for at pantesystemer fører til nedgang i salg av drikkevarer.


NEWS

Do deposit return schemes negatively affect beverage sales?

26 JULY 2023

Reloop and the Container Recycling Institute (CRI) have released a study rejecting claims that deposit return systems for beverage containers have a negative impact on sales, suggesting that there is no conclusive evidence to connect them.

The Impact of Deposit Return Systems on Beverage Sales” reportedly sources its data from ‘nearly a dozen’ deposit return scheme (DRS) markets worldwide, comparing its figures from before the introduction of the scheme to after a DRS was introduced, expanded, or the deposit amount was increased.

According to the report, the fluctuation in beverage sales in these markets was within a normal variation range and aligned with regional trends; as such, it argues that there is no definitive evidence of a correlation between implementing or expanding a DRS and a decrease in sales

https://packagingeurope.com/news/do-deposit-return-schemes-negatively-affect-beverage-sales/10097.article


Feelgood.


LOCAL NEWS

Honor Flight Syracuse receives $24K donation from recycling company

by: Clare Normoyle
Posted: Jul 25, 2023 / 02:15 PM EDT
Updated: Jul 25, 2023 / 06:24 PM EDT

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Recycling company, TOMRA, presented Honor Flight Syracuse with a donation check of over $24,000 on Tuesday, after raising money from a large bottle and can drive back in April.

It is one of the biggest donations that Honor Flight Syracuse has received from a single fundraising event. Also, one of the largest donations they have received in 11 years.

Honor Flight Syracuse honors veterans by flying them to Washington D.C. to visit memorials and national monuments.

https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/honor-flight-syracuse-receives-24k-donation-from-recycling-company/

Dette er jo selvfølgelig 'helt konge' og taler for seg selv. Når det gjelder verdens største sorteringsanlegg, i verdens største lithium-gruve, levererer ikke Tomra bare sorteringsteknologi/-maskineri og utfører nødvendig testing. Tomra deltar også, som man kan lese, i selve designet og konstruksjonen av hele gruveanlegget. Som man også kan lese her, er Tomra helt dominant globalt innen gruvedrift når det gjelder store sorteringsanlegg og tilhørende design og konstruksjon.


TOMRA Mining technology: Thumbs up from the world’s largest lithium sorting plant

By Mining Review Africa
Jul 25, 2023

TOMRA Mining’s unique experience in the design and installation of large-scale ore sorting plants and its collaborative approach was the key to the successful design of the world’s largest lithium sorting plant at Pilbara Minerals in Western Australia. The installation has already started, and is expected to be completed later this year.

Pilbara Minerals owns the world’s largest, independent hard-rock lithium mine and produces a spodumene and tantalite concentrate. This investment will ensure the expansion of its large-scale operation in order to meet the increasing demand for lithium driven by sustainable energy technologies such as electric vehicles and energy storage.

“This new facility to be constructed at our Pilgangoora Project will be the world’s largest lithium mineral ore sorting plant. TOMRA’s experience in large global sorting installations, innovative technology, and ability to provide local support were significant factors in our decision to work with them. From the start, the TOMRA team has been working side by side with us and our engineering partner DRA Global to deliver this important project,” states Dale Henderson, MD and CEO of Pilbara Minerals.

As part of this expansion project, Pilbara Minerals turned to TOMRA Mining for assistance to address the key industry challenge in the processing of spodumene feed ore contaminated with barren host rock.

TOMRA has 50 years’ experience in sensor-based sorting technologies and has designed and built 90% of the world’s large-scale mining sorting plants with a capacity above 300 t/h. These include plants such as the Ma’aden Umm Wu’al project, which is operating at 1850 t/h, or the Lucara diamond operation which runs 15 sorters.

Specifically for the Pilbara Minerals project, TOMRA Mining offers effective ore sorting solutions with high sensor resolution and ejection accuracy that ensure high lithium recovery and waste removal with a stable and consistent performance at high capacity.

Valuable expertise and collaborative approach

The TOMRA Mining team conducted a geological assessment of sample ores supplied by Pilbara Minerals. It revealed that the pegmatite deposit did have non-lithium bearing host rock intrusions. Some of these minerals have a high density like that of spodumene, which means that it is also concentrated when using Heavy Media Separation (HMS). This reduces the efficiency of the downstream floatation and contaminates the final product.

Sensor-based sorting technologies, on the other hand, can measure the colour, density, and mineralogical variations in individual particles, enabling the accurate detection and removal of this barren material.

Working closely with the Pilbara Minerals metallurgical team, TOMRA conducted extensive testwork at the TOMRA Test Centre in Sydney to check all the options and answer any questions arising during the tests.

The samples were run at capacity on production sorters and included repeatability and variation testing. The test work benchmarked the expected performance of the sorters and was used to establish the sort quality on each of the ore types that will be fed through the plant.

The TOMRA team was involved not only in the testing and supply of equipment, but also helped with the plant layout and understanding of the implications of sorting on the upstream mining and downstream process of the ore. This involvement throughout the development process will add to efficient operational ramp-up and technical optimisation.

https://www.miningreview.com/battery-metals/tomra-thumbs-up-from-the-worlds-largest-lithium-sorting-plant/


News
July 24, 2023

Exposed: UK’s top plastic polluters, annual survey results

Despite some progress in sustainability, there's a need for greater responsibility and action from companies and the government to tackle this issue.

An annual audit conducted by the campaign group Surfers Against Sewage has revealed that Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and PepsiCo are the top contributors to packaging pollution in the UK.

The audit examined more than 30,700 polluting items collected by 4,000 citizen scientists over a 12-month period ending on 5 June 2023. These items were found along coastlines, canal paths, bridleways and city streets.

https://www.packaging-gateway.com/news/exposed-uks-top-plastic-polluters/#catfish

Almost all deposit machines are working again after a cyber attack

Apeldoorn - - Most problems with deposit machines in supermarkets have been solved. With a new system, developer Tomra says he has remedied 90 percent of the inconvenience to his customers.

editors
Today at 3:17 PM

Due to a cyber attack, consumers could not lose their deposit bottles and cans at a small part of the supermarkets.

According to Tomra director René Hissink, about 5 percent of the more than 4000 machines of his company in the Netherlands came to a standstill last week. This only applies to a few. The administrative problems for supermarkets were greater. They were able to take the deposit bottles and cans, but were not immediately given money for them. 90 percent of these problems have now also been resolved, Hissink says.

Tomra, who estimates that it manages about nine out of ten deposit machines in the Netherlands, started on Friday to install a new system. The problems in the hacked regular technology could not be solved immediately. The systems are gradually connected to the new technology. If all goes well, all customer problems will be resolved within a few days. Director Hissink says he has no idea how big the financial damage from the cyber attack is.

Just like last week, Albert Heijn announced that the impact at the largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands is limited. A small number of stores are still experiencing problems. Supermarket dome CBL, with numerous supers connected, sees that most machines are working again. „ The customer has ultimately noticed little and will also notice little ”, says a spokeswoman.

https://www.limburger.nl/cnt/dmf20230724_94806007


Surfer makes waves on Thames over plastic recycling

Published 4 days ago

By Liz Jackson & Frankie McCamley

BBC News

A campaigner has windsurfed up the Thames to return plastic bottles from the UK which he found in Sweden.

Merijn Tinga said for the past five weeks he has travelled between Oslo and London, calling for the UK to establish a nationwide deposit return scheme.

He also brought a petition with him for environment minister Rebecca Pow.

The UK government previously announced plans to launch a deposit return scheme in 2025, to enable people to return bottles at machines and get cash back.
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Mr Tinga, who is from the Netherlands, explained he was inspired to do the challenge after he found an English bottle of Lucozade on the Swedish coast. He then decided to make a surfboard "with plastic bottles I found on the foreshore" before embarking on his trip.
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A government spokesperson said: "We are pushing ahead with our programme of reforms to reduce waste and improve our use of resources, building on our commitments clearly set out in the environmental improvement plan earlier this year.

"This includes introducing a deposit return scheme for drinks containers, which will boost recycling levels and reduce litter in our beautiful countryside.

"We will continue to work with producers, retailers and packaging companies on the design and delivery of this scheme, to ensure it delivers on our environmental goals."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-66244710


Ending consumer confusion over recycling is 'critical' in battle against plastic waste

By Mike Scott

July 19, 202310:30 AM GMT+2

Summary

* Nearly 80% of consumers surveyed were looking for more sustainable packaging

* Consumers confused by recycling labels; 42% of those who are unsure take a guess

* Deposit return schemes can boost plastic collection rates to above 90%

Pay-as-you-throw scheme in Massachusetts reduced waste streams by 30%

July 17 - Almost all plastic packaging finds its way into the hands of retail consumers, so they will be an essential part of efforts to increase dismal rates for plastics recycling, which vary from as low as 4.5% in the U.S. to 32.5% across Europe and 44.2% in the U.K.

Consumers are increasingly aware of the environmental issues around plastic, thanks to TV programmes such as Blue Planet and publicity about issues such as ocean plastics and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. According to Trivium Packaging, 79% of consumers are looking for products that come in sustainable packaging, and 63% claim they are less likely to buy products with packaging that is harmful to the environment.
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One of the most effective methods of boosting collection rates of recycling plastics is through deposit return schemes (DRS), says Regina Mestre, packaging and logistics analyst at Rabobank. “In European countries with DRS, the average return rate is above 90%. In Germany, where the scheme collects glass, plastic and aluminium, it is 98%.”

Such schemes, which pay consumers to return empty packages, are important for producers in the EU, where new rules require them to use an increasing proportion of recycled plastic in their containers, because they increase the supply of material that can be recycled. The EU says single use beverage bottles must include 30% recycled material by 2030, increasing to 65% by 2040. 
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The EU is looking to boost its plastic recycling rates, partly through new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) rules, which state by 2026 all packaging must say either “Recycle” or “Do not recycle”. The bloc has a target that 65% of waste be recycled by 2025, rising to 70% by 2030, The UK has a target of 65% by 2035 under its own EPR regulations.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/ending-consumer-confusion-over-recycling-is-critical-battle-against-plastic-2023-07-19/

Da er det klart for pantesystem i Polen allerede i 2025. Nasjonalforsamlingen (Sejm) vedtok dette med overveldende flertall i forrige uke. Vedtaket må gjennom Senatet før det blir endelig, men dette betraktes som en ren formalitet selv om Tomras CEO Tove Andersen, som seg hør og bør, sa at hun ikke ønsket å spekulere før alle formaliteter er på plass da hun fikk spørsmål om pant i Polen under Q2 2023 presentasjonen nå på fredag (14.07.2023).

Polen har ca. 38 millioner innbyggere så dette blir svære greier, og Tomra kommer nok til å forsyne seg grovt. Og som man kan lese i artikkelen, er da også eksperten artikkelforfatter henvender seg til her Anna Sapota, 'Vice President Public Affairs Eastern Europe North at TOMRA'.


Thousands of collection points for cans and bottles will be created. Time for a deposit system

Jacek Świder
Today, July 18 (11: 10)

In 2025, a universal plastic packaging collection system is to be implemented in Poland. Collection points will appear permanently in our country. It is estimated that up to 37,000 will be created throughout Poland. such points - probably automated. This is a big business for companies supplying and operating vending machines for collecting packaging.

Contents:

01 Deposit system. Automatic collection machines will be needed

02 There should be more points in cities

03 The deposit system in Poland as early as 2025

04 Lack of packaging collection will mean the need to pay a product fee

- In Poland in connection with deposit system nearly 37,000 can be created collection points ( manual and automatic ), which gives one point per 1032 people - estimates Anna Sapota from Tomra. She adds that the rapid implementation of the system will save almost PLN 400 million per year on the so-called plastic tax.

Last Thursday, the Sejm adopted the Act on packaging and packaging waste management, implementing the EU Directive on reducing the environmental impact of certain plastic products. 

The new solution is to increase the level of selective collection, and as a result also recycling of packaging waste and reduce environmental littering. The main assumption of the new regulations is the implementation of a universal deposit system since 2025.

Deposit system. Automatic collection machines will be needed

Anna Sapota emphasized that this is a very significant step forward. She pointed out that in the public debate, in addition to satisfaction with the acceleration of work, there are also voices that the collection obligation should be deferred, "because we will not be ready for it, and machines facilitating automatic collection will not be enough on the market".

- That the deposit system should apply from 2025, is nobody's invention. This is due to the collection targets set by the European Union, which have already been discussed many times. If these requirements are not met, Poland will continue to pay huge amounts of so-called plastic tax. So we should do everything to ensure that the system enters into force as soon as possible, because then we can save almost PLN 400 million a year - said Sapota.

She also admitted that the short deadline for implementing the system brings various organizational and formal challenges, but "it certainly won't be the availability of technologies supporting the operation of the deposit system", i.e. a machine that facilitates automatic collection.

There should be more points in cities

How many collection machines should appear in Poland? The system should be convenient for consumers and stores receiving packaging ( automatic or manual ), so there should be enough collection points. 

- The ratio of one collection point for every 355-1100 people should be used. Due to the larger population in urban areas, point coverage is greater in effective systems. For example, the number of collection points per square kilometer in all of Norway is 0.3, but in the capital, Oslo, already 11 - explained Anna Sapota.

The expert indicated that nearly 37,000 should be created in Poland collection points - manual and automatic - counting together with voluntary points (smaller stores that will voluntarily join the deposit system). This will give you one point where you can give away packaging for 1032 people.

The deposit system should also pay off for smaller commercial units. According to Tomra Collection research in seven European countries, the possibility of returning packaging in a given store positively affects its sales. 87 percent respondents declared, that they spend the returned deposit on grocery shopping in the same store.

The deposit system in Poland as early as 2025

According to the Act, empty packaging can be returned to the store to recover the previously paid deposit. Large stores, over 200 square meters, will have to receive empty packaging for this purpose, and other commercial establishments (with a smaller area) will be able to join the system and receive packaging covered by the deposit on a voluntary basis.

For disposable plastic bottles with a capacity of up to 3 liters, reusable glass bottles up to 1.5 liters and metal cans with a capacity of up to 1 liter, a deposit will be added, the height of which will be specified in the regulation. According to the draft regulation published in April, it is to amount to 50 gr. The deposit will be refunded when returning packaging in the store without showing the receipt. The unclaimed deposit will be used to finance the deposit system.

Lack of packaging collection will mean the need to pay a product fee

The deposit system will be created by entrepreneurs who place beverages in packaging on the market. They will appoint the operator (entity representing), responsible for implementing and operating the system. As indicated in the justification of the Act, the provisions do not specify the number of such entities, thus it is allowed to create two or more deposit systems.

If entrepreneurs introducing drinks in packaging do not create a system or do not reach the required levels of selective packaging and waste collection, they will have to pay the product fee.
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https://biznes.interia.pl/gospodarka/news-powstana-tysiace-punktow-zbiorki-puszek-i-butelek-czas-na-sy,nId,6909506

TOMRA: Update no 2 on cyber attack

TUE, JUL 18, 2023 10:58 CET

In reference to the release on 17 July 2023 regarding an extensive cyberattack against TOMRA affecting some of the company’s data systems. To contain the attack, we immediately disconnected selected services and have since disconnected others. A team of internal and external resources is working around the clock to resolve the situation, and affected systems will remain offline until it is safe to open them. No new hostile activities have been detected.

Our primary aim is to continue to deliver our services to customers, reducing the impact this attack has on them. The attack currently has limited impact on TOMRA’s customer operations. Most of TOMRA’s digital services are designed to operate offline for a certain amount of time but may have reduced functionality in the interim. A team is working to establish temporary solutions for all digital systems to support keeping costumer solutions operational over time.

Status of external services:

• TOMRA Group: Internal IT-services and some backoffice applications remains offline and affects our supply chain management. Major office locations are offline, and employees are asked to work remotely.

• TOMRA Collection: The reverse vending machines (RVMs) in operation are from different generations. In Europe and Asia the majority continue to work in offline mode, while a limited number of old RVMs are no longer operating. RVMs in Australia and North America remain online and fully connected.

• TOMRA Recycling: Currently operating as usual, but some functionality is limited due to digital services being offline.

• TOMRA Food: Currently operating as usual, but some functionality is limited due to digital services being offline.

We continue to work effortlessly to resolve the situation, and remain in dialogue with relevant authorities. We have not received any contact from those who are behind the attack.

TOMRA will remain transparent with all stakeholders, and we will continue to provide updates on tomra.com when we have confirmed information to share.

Asker, 18 July 2023
TOMRA Systems ASA 

For further information, please contact

Tomra Media centre: +44 (0)207 283 9915 or email crisis.comms@tomra.com

Daniel Sundahl, Head of Investor Relations, +47 913 61 899

https://news.cision.com/tomra-systems-asa/r/tomra--update-no-2-on-cyber-attack,c3806588


TOM: CYBERANGREPET HAR FORELØPIG BEGRENSET INNVIRKNING PÅ KUNDEVIRKSOMHET

18.7.2023 11:14 • TDN Finans • 

Oslo (Infront TDN Direkt): Tomra har ikke oppdaget nye fiendtlige aktiviteter etter at selskapet ble rammet av et cyberangrep søndag, og angrepet har foreløpig hatt begrenset innvirkning på selskapets kundevirksomhet.

Det fremgår av en melding fra selskapet tirsdag.

Tomra skriver at både interne og eksterne ressurser har jobbet døgnet rundt for å løse situasjonen, og at rammede systemer vil forbli offline til det er trygt å åpne dem igjen.

Selskapet har ikke blitt kontaktet fra personen eller gruppen som står bak angrepet.

TDN Direkt finans@tdn.no Infront TDN Direkt, +47 21 95 60 70

Tomra utsatt for dataangrep

Tomra oppdaget søndag morgen et omfattende cyberangrep som direkte påvirker noen av selskapets datasystemer.

PUBLISERT: 17.07.23 — 22.23 OPPDATERT: 43 MINUTTER SIDEN
Dagens Næringsliv

Selskapet skriver at det umiddelbart ble iverksatt tiltak for å stoppe angrepet og dempe konsekvensene.

DN har spurt Tomra om omfanget av angrepet. Leder for IR, Daniel Sundahl, skriver i en tekstmelding:

– Vi jobber med å analyse hvordan dette påvirker oss og våre kunder, det vil si om noen maskiner innen pant, gjenvinning eller matsortering blir berørt. Det er for tidlig å si noe mer.

Han legger til:

– Jeg er ikke kjent med at det dreier seg om løsepengevirus på dette tidspunkt.

Relevante myndigheter har blitt informert, og alle tilgjengelige interne og eksterne ressurser er mobilisert for å nøytralisere hendelsen.

Tomra opplyser at de vil komme med fortløpende oppdateringer.

https://www.dn.no/tomra-utsatt-for-dataangrep/2-1-1487367


TOMRA: Mandatory notification of trade

MON, JUL 17, 2023 22:15 CETReport this content

Hege Skyrseth, board member and primary insider (PDMR) of TOMRA Systems ASA, has today bought 1,613 shares in TOMRA Systems ASA at a price of NOK 155.20 per share. After the transaction Hege Skyrseth holds 4,673 shares in TOMRA Systems ASA. Further disclosure details can be found in the attached form.

Asker, 17 July 2023
TOMRA Systems ASA

For further information, please contact:

Daniel Sundahl, Head of Investor Relations, Tel: +47 91 36 18 99

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements in Regulation EU 596/2014 article 19 number 3 and the Norwegian Securities Trading Act § 5-12.

https://news.cision.com/tomra-systems-asa/r/tomra--mandatory-notification-of-trade,c3806393

TOMRA: Subject to cyber attack.

MON, JUL 17, 2023 10:40 CET

TOMRA has been targeted by an extensive cyberattack directly affecting some of the company’s data systems. Relevant authorities have been informed, and all available internal and external resources have been mobilized to contain and neutralize the incident.

The attack was discovered in the morning of July 16th (CET), and immediate actions were taken to stop it and mitigate consequences. We immediately disconnected some systems to contain the attack, and TOMRA is currently assessing whether customers and employees might experience reduced stability in our services. Our primary focus now is to get all systems up and running again as fast as possible.

TOMRA will remain transparent with all stakeholders, and we will continue to provide updates when we have confirmed information to share.​

​Asker, 17 July 2023

TOMRA Systems ASA

For further information, please contact

Tomra Media centre: +44 (0)207 283 9915 or email crisis.comms@tomra.com

Daniel Sundahl
Head of Investor Relations
+47 913 61 899

https://news.cision.com/tomra-systems-asa/r/tomra--subject-to-cyber-attack,c3805765

Webcast Q2 2023

https://www.finansavisen.no/fatv/kvartalspresentasjoner/2023/06/28/8018462/tomra-webcast-q2


Imponerende. Anbefales. Legg spesielt merke til gryende, helt ny selskapsdivisjon - Tomra Horizon. Og disse er så dyktige at de nok fikser raskt opp i scenarioet rundt litt treigere utvikling innen fresh food. Blir i det hele tatt spennende å se hva de kommer opp med av forandringer i organisasjonen når det gjelder Tomra Food. Varslet mer info rundt dette i de par kommende kvartalspresentasjonene. Tomra Collection Solutions (pantesystemer), Tomra Recycling og Tomra Mining går så det suser.

TOMRA: All-time high revenues in all divisions in the second quarter 2023

FRI, JUL 14, 2023 07:00 CET

TOMRA, the global technology leader in sensor based solutions for optimal resource productivity, announces its financial results for the second quarter of 2023. All business divisions – Collection, Recycling, and Food – deliver all-time high revenues totaling 3,879 MNOK in the quarter. This corresponds to 27% growth from the same period last year and 14% when adjusting for currency effects.

Highlights 2Q 2023

(all growth figures are from the second quarter last year and adjusted for currency)

Revenues amounted to 3,879 MNOK, up 14%

Revenue growth of 15% in Collection, 26% in Recycling, and 4% in Food

Gross margin improved to 42.5%, corresponding to an increase of 0.6 percentage points

Operating expenses amounted to 1,112 MNOK, in line with the previous nine month's level when adjusted for currency and general inflation

EBITA was 536 MNOK, up 3%

Cash flow from operations of 41 MNOK, increase in receivables of 605 MNOK

Recycling order backlog growth of 28%

Tove Andersen, President and CEO of TOMRA Systems ASA comments:

“I am very pleased that we continue to deliver on our strategic growth ambitions, delivering all-time high revenues in all three divisions – Collection, Recycling and Food. At the same time, we have lifted gross margins in both Collection and Recycling while scaling up the organization for further growth and continuing to innovate. We are also taking further actions to improve performance in our Food division where we have been seeing weaker market sentiment in the current macroeconomic environment.”

“TOMRA is well positioned to develop adjacent opportunities to our core business, and I am very excited about the progress we are making in these new ventures. There is a legislative push to advance the circularity of plastic packaging through recycled content targets and reusable takeaway packaging. In TOMRA, we innovate new circular business models based on our technology. This quarter, we announced together with Plastretur that we will create Norway's first dedicated sorting plant to enable circular plastic packaging. We also entered into collaboration with Aarhus Municipality in Denmark to create the country's first deposit system for takeaway packaging. All these ventures have the potential to become additional profitable business divisions in TOMRA.”

“Looking ahead, we are optimistic about the long-term demand for better resource productivity, which is driven by megatrends such as population increase, a growing middle-class consumer base, greater urbanization, and hence the need for increased focus on sustainability and climate change. With the technology we provide, TOMRA is well-positioned to enable society meet the challenges that follow by transforming how we obtain, use and reuse our world’s resources.”

Webcast:

President & CEO Tove Andersen and CFO Eva Sagemo will present the results today at 08:00 CEST. The presentation will be sent via live webcast. Questions to the speakers can be directed using the Q&A-tool embedded in the webcast and will be addressed towards the end of the presentation. A recorded version of the webcast will be available shortly after the webcast has concluded. Link to the webcast: https://channel.royalcast.com/landingpage/hegnarmedia/20230714_1/

Asker, 14 July 2023

TOMRA Systems ASA

For further information, please contact:

Eva Sagemo, CFO
Tel: +47 934 39 911

Daniel Sundahl, Head of Investor Relations
Tel: +47 913 61 899

TOMRA was founded on an innovation in 1972 that began with the design, manufacturing and sale of reverse vending machines for automated collection of used beverage containers. Today TOMRA provides technology-led solutions that optimize resource use and recovery in the food, recycling, and ore sorting industries.

TOMRA has more than 105,000 installations in over 100 markets worldwide and had total revenues of NOK 12.2 billion in 2022. The Group employs 5,000 people globally and is publicly listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. (OSE: TOM). For further information about TOMRA, please visit www.TOMRA.com

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

https://news.cision.com/tomra-systems-asa/r/tomra--all-time-high-revenues-in-all-divisions-in-the-second-quarter-2023,c3804974


Tomra knuser forventningene

Tomra leverte i andre kvartal en EBITA på 536 millioner. Dette var langt bedre enn analytikers forventning på 522 millioner.

https://www.finansavisen.no/industri/2023/07/14/8020837/tomra-knuser-forventningene?internal_source=sistenytt

Publisert 14. juli 2023 kl. 07.02

MINING

Using the Tomra sorter for lithium ores

The global demand for lithium is soaring. Some forecasts project the demand to reach as much as 1.5 million tonnes of lithium […]

By Canadian Mining Journal Staff  July 12, 2023  At 11:35 am

The global demand for lithium is soaring. Some forecasts project the demand to reach as much as 1.5 million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent by 2025 – triple what it was in 2021 – and over 3.0 million tonnes by 2030. Growing lithium demand comes with the challenge of extracting as much lithium ore from all mines as efficiently as possible, while meeting increasingly stringent environmental requirements.

The main challenge in lithium mining comes from basalt contamination. This high-iron, barren material has a high-density very similar to that of spodumene. It means that when dense media separation (DMS) is used as the primary spodumene concentration process, basalt is concentrated with spodumene, contaminating the final product. 

The solution is available from Tomra Mining, which makes proven technologies to remove basalt contamination before crushing. That allows mining operations to consistently achieve the required grade of the product and expand their resources to include more iron- and basalt-contaminated orebodies.

How sensor-based ore sorting works

Tomra’s industry-leading sensor-based sorting solutions rely on colour cameras, X-ray transmission sensors, and multi-channel scanning lasers. The sensors analyze every single particle, identify the ore and waste in milliseconds, and high-speed air jets direct the particles accordingly to the product or waste chutes, processing at a capacity up to 350 t/h in a single sorter. 

These high-speed sensor solutions are capable of sorting a wide size range – from around 6.0 mm to around 200. With these technologies, it is possible to minimize the unsorted fines that are discarded or stockpiled, and it has been extensively proven that they are effective in consistently reducing the contamination of the ore to less than 4%. 

Operational efficiencies can be further improved with connectivity to the cloud-based subscription service Tomra Insight, which turns the sorters into connected devices that generate valuable process data. Mining operations are able to measure the contamination level in real-time, and hence the mining quality. They can also monitor the distribution of the particle sizes, and consequently the efficiency of the upstream crushing and screening equipment. Tomra Insight also gives visibility on the individual sorter’s availability and usage, helping to optimize the process. In addition, it enables the operator to accurately track any faults as they occur and improves the maintenance processes, so that the sorting plant is always operating at its best. 

Tomra works in partnership with clients to develop the tailored solution that matches their requirements. Its solution perfectly integrates the sorting into the overall process stream, for seamless operation. The sorters are specified to match the capacity of the crushing and screening plant, and downstream wet processing plant, maximizing productivity. 

Tomra’s close relationship with its clients continues after installation and commissioning of the sorting plant, to keep it operating at its best with tailored service agreements. 

https://www.canadianminingjournal.com/news/using-the-tomra-sorter-for-lithium-ores/

BREAKING NEWS

Da har jeg gleden av å presentere en nyhet som kjapt bør løfte Tomra-aksjen 16 - 17 kroner hvis 'logikken' vi ble vitner til i aksjehandelen her forrige uke videreføres.

Forrige uke ble vi nemlig vitner til at aksjen falt 16 - 17 kroner i løpet av 2 dager fordi en artikkel i det britiske bransjetidsskriftet for dagligvarer The Grocer (SOM ENESTE KILDE) hevdet at lovfestet vedtak om at pantesystem i UK skal åpne i oktober 2025 ikke kommer til å bli gjennomført (se innlegg her på denne tråden 07.07.2023 kl 11:27 for mer om dette).

Men herved har jeg gleden av å avsanne og legge dette ryktet dødt, og min kilde er ingen ringere enn den britiske regjeringen.


UK Government not increasingly overruling Holyrood – Lord Offord

The Scotland Office minister said there is nothing to suggest the UK’s DRS will be delayed.

By Neil Pooran
15 hours ago

A Scotland Office minister has said the UK Government is not increasingly overruling the Scottish Government, following the recent row over the deposit return scheme (DRS).

Lord Offord of Garvel also said there is nothing to suggest the timescale for the UK-wide DRS would slip.
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Lib Dem MP Wendy Chamberlain asked him if he is confident the UK Government will deliver its own scheme.

Ministers in Holyrood have cast doubt on whether the UK-wide scheme will be ready for October 2025.

Lord Offord replied “no” to Ms Chamberlain when she asked him if there is any suggestion the timescale would not be met.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/drs-uk-government-scottish-government-government-holyrood-b1093721.html


Da er det vel bare å vente på at et meglerhus griper fatt i denne nyheten med lord Offords statement om at det ikke er noe som tilsier at åpning av det britisk pantesystemet vil bli utsatt og at åpning vil finne sted som planlagt i oktober 2025.

Ser frem til kjapp kursklatring 16 - 17 kroner! ;)

Jo høyere inflasjon blir jo billigere blir Tomra.

Da er det bare 5 måneder igjen til EUs sjette mest folkerike nasjon Romanias ca. 20 millioner innbyggere kan ta i bruk landets nye pantesystem.

I den forbindelse har Tomra nå åpnet et 4000 kvaderatmeter stort logistikksenter i Bucuresti.


SUSTAINABILITY

TOMRA ramps up preparations for deposit return system

Miruna Macsim 11/07/2023 | 12:59

With only five months to go until the collection of used beverage containers mandated by the Deposit-Return System launches, TOMRA, the leading global provider of automated collection systems, has opened a new 4,000-square-meter logistics center near Bucharest.

The company’s first national logistics center will focus on maintenance and support for the equipment which automates the collection of empty beverage containers for recycling, serving the entire network of TOMRA Collection systems throughout Romania.

The 4,000-square-meter logistics center was built to the highest safety standards and includes a platform that can process the loading and unloading of up to 50 trucks per day. From here, both TOMRA collection systems and spare parts for their maintenance are delivered to collection points throughout the country, ensuring reduced costs and intervention times for merchants. 

https://business-review.eu/sustainability/tomra-ramps-up-preparations-for-deposit-return-system-248610

He, he, hyggelig av deg marketdoctor, men det eneste som er helt sikkert er at det som skjer på børsen mandag, skjer helt uavhengig av meg og min markedsmakt 0. ;)

Ja, at noen vil billig inn her før Q2 har jeg god tro på. Og så sent som i forrige uke flagget jo f.eks. KIRKBI (LEGO) å ha passert 5% på sluttkurs hårfint under 180 NOK (se innlegg her på tråden 28.06.2023 kl 16:41).

Ja, børsen er et spill som du skriver, men for å kunne bekle rollen som 'Spielführer' må man også ha de nødvendige økonomiske muskler. De har ikke jeg og trading gidder jeg ikke. Så mitt spill er å identifisere investeringsobjekter jeg selv mener har stort potensial og noe mindre risiko en det som fremstår som konsensus. Har da landet på Tomra og Hexagon Group. Noen 'kjedelige' men solide aksjer kan det dessuten være greit å ha noen av i tillegg.

Langsiktig perspektiv altså. Så får tiden vise.

Rect Angel.
Jeg stoler helt på deg. Det vil bli en rekyl på mandag :).
Q2 rapport skal komme den 14.juli. Kursen kan stige mer enn 10% i løpet av den neste uken. Det er mulig at noen ønsker at kursen skulle ned for at de kan kjøpe seg inn. Børsen er et spill for de som kan det.

Som nevnt i trådstart, fokuserer jeg som langsiktig i aksjen på nyheter og ikke aksjekurs i denne tråden. Men gjør et lite unntak i dag, for å kommentere et kursfall på 13 - 14 kroner fra børstart i går 6.juli til i dag ca. 11:30 7.juli.

Kraftig kursnedgang der man sitter langsiktig er selvfølgelig ikke det morsomste så man skal kanskje være forsiktig med hva man sier, men det er faktisk litt vanskellg å unngå å trekke på smilebådet når ABG evner å generere kursras her gjennom å vise til dette oppslaget i et BRITISK BRANSJEMAGASIN publisert ca. kl. 14:00 i går:

DEPOSIT RETURN SCHEMES

Recycling and DRS plans likely to be shelved after damning report

By Ian Quinn 6 July 2023

The Grocer understands the 2024 start for extended producer responsibility will be put back by at least a year

https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/deposit-return-schemes/recycling-and-drs-plans-likely-to-be-shelved-after-damning-report/680925.article

(skjult bak betalingsmur)

Dette oppslaget hos The Grocer er det absolutt eneste jeg finner ved søk. Ingen andre artikler, ingen avisoppslag, ingenting.

Så realiteten her er fortsatt at UK har fattet politisk vedtak om oppstart av pantesystem i England, Wales og Nord-Irland i OKTOBER 2025.

Og skulle vi eventuelt se en ytterligere utsettelse i UK slik det antydes i bransjemagasinet The Grocer, vil Tomra Collection Solutions leve veldig, veldig fint med det ettersom alle nasjonene i EU som ennå ikke har pantesystem (de fleste) høyst sannsynlig kommer til å innføre pantesystem som 'perler på en snor' i årene fremover, for å kunne oppfylle politisk lovfestede vedtak i EU når det gjelder krav om resirkulering. Flere nasjoner i unionen har allerede gjort de nødvendige vedtak og fastsatt oppstartdato. Resten vil måtte følge, for alternativet til ikke å oppnå de sentralt fattede politiske lovvedtak når det gjelder prosentvis mengde plastemballasje som MÅ være innsamlet og resirkulert innen allerede vedtatte tidsfrister, vil være saftig bøter. Også drikkevareprodusenter vil faktisk bli gjenstand for økonomiske straffesanksjoner i EU hvis ikke bestemte prosentvise andeler resirkulert plast er en del av emballasjen/flasken innen gitte frister.

En god helg ønskes alle.

Tomra Fresh Food.

Tomra har åpnet frukthage i forskningsøyemed på New Zealand.

Kultur. Tomras utrettelige søken etter optimal kvalitet gjennom satsing på R & D, gjennomsyrer alle selskapets divisjoner. Riktig og viktig strategi for en vinner som er globalt markedsledende innen alt man driver med og ønsker å forsvare og styrke sine markedsposisjoner innen flere av vår tids sterkeste megatrender ytterligere.


Tomra unveils new research orchard

By Liam O'Callaghan 6 July 2023

Orchard to assist research into fruit growing conditions to make sorting and grading even more effective

Tomra Food has revealed the first details about its new research orchard in New Zealand set to enhance the company’s fruit science programme and improve its sorting and grading solutions.

 The research orchard occupies a 2.5ha plot in Waikato, New Zealand, next to the company’s 5,100m² Field Research Centre, which opened in 2022.

TOMRA Fresh Food’s field research manager, Richard Pickard said the orchard is set to provide a number of benefits.

“The orchard’s purpose is to monitor the flowering and fruiting of plants at each stage, adding to our understanding of the core commodities handled by our sorters and graders. We will assess fruit defects, quality issues, and key characteristics such as flavour, sweetness, and firmness,” said Pickard.

“This complements our fruit science programme, which for ten-plus years now has been researching how the chemical and physical properties of fruit correlate with fruit quality and sorting requirements.” 

Almost half the orchard’s ground area has so far been planted, with three varieties of kiwifruit, five varieties of apples, four varieties of cherries, and avocados. Lemons, mandarins, limes, oranges, and blueberries will also be planted in the coming weeks. Fruits are being cultivated both conventionally and with experimental techniques, including UFO (upright fruiting offshoot) cherries, FOPS (future orchard production system) apples, and under-cover in-bag blueberries.

Cultivation at the research orchard is also forward-looking in its mindfulness of sustainability. Environmentally-friendly materials, such as bamboo, biodegradable tapes, and organic fertiliser are used wherever possible. Water irrigation is controlled by an integrated solar system with inground moisture meters, which can override the solar system to reduce water waste. And mulch, pruning, and cut grass are returned to the soil.

Tomra Fresh Food’s commodity science team lead, Brittany Jaine said the company has one of the world’s largest libraries of fruit data, acquired from hundreds of thousands of fruit samples and analysed for factors such as flavour, firmness, storage potential, defects, and the influence of weather conditions.

It is this strong scientific foundation of fruit knowledge that the research orchard will build on.

“For scientific studies, we need high-quality data plus an understanding of the full history of each piece of fruit we analyse. The research orchard provides a controlled source of fruit, where we know all pre- and post-harvest conditions, such as climate, irrigation, sprays, and handling. From this base, we can draw accurate conclusions with confidence,” Jaine said.

“By obtaining more detailed information about the pre-and post-harvest physiology of our core commodities, we will gain even greater insights into the quality challenges faced by our customers, how and why they occur, and how best to detect them when sorting and grading.

“Customers will also be able to visit our orchard and discuss the challenges they face. Replicating these challenges in-field will enable us to understand their problems and develop the best possible solutions fully. This will help strengthen Tomra’s position as the leading provider of the world’s most effective sorting, grading and post-harvest solutions.”

https://www.fruitnet.com/produce-plus/tomra-unveils-new-research-orchard/254870.article


The BSI + technology of the TOMRA 5C: key for the selection of sweet corn seeds and elimination of serrated corn from the Chilean company UWAFEN SEEDS

JULY 6, 2023

TOMRA Food has proven to be at the forefront of ranking in many products providing different technologies. The star for this application is the exclusive Biometric Characteristics Identification technology ( BSI + ) from the 5C TOMRA acquired by Uwafen Seeds, Chilean company dedicated to achieving high quality sweet corn seed production. BSI + detects differences in the chemical composition of sweet corn versus serrated corn, something very difficult to distinguish for the human eye and highly complex for classification systems with color cameras or laser technology.

Uwafen Seeds is a Chilean company located in San Clemente, 300 km south of Santiago de Chile. It is one of the leading companies in the multiplication of high-quality mushroom-free sweet corn seeds, discolorations and other unwanted corn species, such as serrated corn. It works for the most important corn producing companies in the world, offering a response to a wide range of needs: from manual pollinations, to large productions in open field cultivation, including basic seed increases; genetic purity tests; disease monitoring and flowering tests, all carried out under a strict protocol to keep the confidentiality of genetic material. “ The fundamental principle of our business is to grant confidentiality, privacy and respect to all the information related to the corn seed material that our clients provide for the multiplication of seeds. This honest and confident attitude of service has enabled Uwafen Seeds to build a strong and lasting relationship with our clients ”, says Alejandro Puentes, Seed Processing Manager at Uwafen Seeds.

In addition to their own Experimental Station and Nursery, they have a Process Plant with all the necessary equipment to calibrate, treat and pack seeds, which allows its clients to export them directly to the desired market, such as North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania, highlighting the markets of the United States, China, Japan, France, Spain and Turkey.

Each client has their own quality standards, even for different varieties of sweet corn, but what is clear is that the differentiation between both species, sweet corn and jagged corn, is crucial to ensure high standard production.

Alejandro Puentes explains: “ It was key for us to be able to eliminate strange grains in sweet corn seed, such as serrated grains or fusarium grains - a filamentous fungus commonly found in the substrate that affects not only corn, but 80 other types of crops. Before we used the Nimbus 640 which, although it is a good team, was not advanced enough for this task. Therefore, lots that did not reach the required quality with this equipment had to be cleaned by hand, at a very high cost, without certainty of end dates and with a large number of reprocesses. We have been working with TOMRA 5C since March of this year. Since we acquired the equipment, we immediately noticed greater efficiency. Now we can not only ensure a high quality of processed corn seed, we do it in less time, allowing us to improve delivery times to our customers. Furthermore, we have managed to reduce production costs by 60% approximately thanks to the high precision of BSI + technology".
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“ The acquired 5C TOMRA, gives us the peace of mind of delivering to our customers a seed selection service of the highest standard. It is the best team on the market. It ensures high productivity at a very low cost compared to manual cleaning, which was previously mandatory. We continue to work in the same markets as before, but now, thanks to TOMRA, our clients are happy and we have drastically reduced our human effort and our costs. I absolutely recommend TOMRA ” technology, says Alejandro Puentes.

https://mundoagro.cl/la-tecnologia-bsi-de-la-tomra-5c-clave-para-la-seleccion-de-semillas-de-maiz-dulce-y-eliminacion-de-maiz-dentado-de-la-empresa-chilena-uwafen-seeds/

Tomra Mining. Etterspørselen etter lithium er enorm globalt. Tomra Mining besitter de beste løsningene! (Får ikke kopiert innhold fra denne artikkelen som bør leses (link under)) .


How sensor-based sorting can help lithium mining operations unlock untapped potential and meet the rising demand

5 hours ago Last updated: Jul 5, 2023

https://africanminingmarket.com/how-sensor-based-sorting-can-help-lithium-mining-operations-unlock-untapped-potential-and-meet-the-rising-demand/16195/


Tomra Fresh Food. Kirsebær/moreller.


CONSTANT RISING DEMAND FOR CHERRIES, TOMRA: "STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES"

Posted on July 5, 2023

The fact that cherries are more expensive than other stone fruits has not stopped the increase in their sales , which are soaring.

Demand is increasing globally , exports are growing and new producers and packers are entering the market to take advantage of these opportunities.

http://www.corriereortofrutticolo.it/2023/07/05/domanda-ciliegie-costante-ascesa-tomra-tecnologie-strategiche/

(Fortsettelse fra forrige innlegg)


A fruitful collaboration

Eco.Ge.Ri is the second plant that STADLER designs and builds for the Porcarelli Group: "in 2012 we built a waste treatment plant for the recovery of raw materials and the production of CSR and, since then, we have had a very close collaboration fruitful", affirms Pietro Navarotto.

STADLER's approach to sorting plant design and construction with a strong local team guided by its parent company has once again proven itself, as Luciano Porcarelli noted: “STADLER managed the entire design of the project from its Italian branch. The truth is that we really appreciate this local approach, because it made communication between companies much faster and easier”.

STADLER is a company dedicated to the planning, production and assembly of classification systems and components for the waste collection and recycling sector worldwide. Its team of more than 500 qualified employees offers comprehensive and personalized technical assistance, from conceptual design to planning, production, modernization, optimization, assembly, commissioning, conversions, disassembly, maintenance and technical assistance of recycling system components. and classification. Its product offering includes ballistic separators, conveyor belts, rotary screens and delabelers. The company also offers steel structures and electrical cabinets for the plants it installs. Founded in 1791,

https://www.industriambiente.com/noticias/20230704/-una-innovadora-planta-disenada-por-stadler-para-ecogeri-valoriza-los-residuos-y-proporciona-materiales-reciclables-de-alta-calidad-y-combustibles-solidos-recuperado


Her innledningen av en noe kortere versjon av nyheten enn den foregående, oversatt fra italiensk. Denne er på engelsk:

Eco.Ge.Ri recovers value from waste

Porcarelli Group is an Italian company that operates across the entire waste chain – from collection to transport, all the way to the valorisation of waste as raw materials.

04.07.2023

Luciano Porcarelli, co-owner of the group with his brother Giuseppe, explains: “Our company was founded over 50 years ago out of the conviction that waste can replace raw materials in industry, safeguarding natural resources.” The Group operates five plants with the aim of returning waste into the production cycle, reducing the consumption of virgin raw materials and energy. To date, its plants have recovered over 3 million tonnes of recyclable fractions.

https://www.recycling-magazine.com/2023/07/04/eco-ge-ri-recovers-value-from-waste/

Tomra Recycling. To helt gedigne nyheter som fint illustrerer hvor artig det er å følge med på alt som skjer i dette selskapet og hvor stort potensialet her, etter min mening, er. Den første forteller oss om et trekantsamarbeid når det gjelder gjenvinning av polystyren til bruk som matemballasje. Verdens første prosjekt i sitt slag.

Få eller ingen andre selskaper opplever f.eks. makan til drahjelp fra politiske vedtak/ny lovgivning (i særdeleshet innen EU) som Tomra Systems.

De som følger med her på tråden, vet dessuten at det stadig dukker opp nyheter om at Tomra-teknologi installeres og spiller nøkkelroller i svære gjennvinningsanlegg i regi ditto avfallshåndteringselskskaper, i en rekke nasjoner. Dagens andre nyhet i dette innlegget, fra Italia, er nok et eksempel på dette.

Tomra Collection Solutions, Tomra Recycling, Tomra Mining, Tomra Fresh Food og Tomra Processed Food er de 5 divisjonene som tilsammen utgjør Tomra Systems. Så at selskapet i norsk presse som oftest betegnes som 'panteselskapet Tomra' er en smule misvisende og setter en på ingen måte på sporet av hele historien.


July 04, 2023 11:58 AM 7 HOURS AGO

Tomra, Ineos Styrolution and EGN launch pioneering PS recycling project

New facility will convert post-consumer polystyrene waste into food contact polystyrene.

KAREN LAIRD

A new partnership between Tomra, Ineos Styrolution and EGN Entsorgungsgesellschaft Niederrhein has been announced. The three companies - the first, a collection and sorting specialist; the second, a leading styrenics producer and the third, a recycler - have joined forces on an extraordinary new project which will see post-consumer polystyrene waste being converted into recycled polystyrene for food packaging applications.

EGN will build a greenfield advanced mechanical recycling facility able to process 40kt of post-consumer PS waste per year. The new plant will be located in Krefeld, Germany and, according to the partners, will be the first large-scale facility of its kind.

Tomra Feedstock will collect post-consumer polystyrene food packaging waste, which it will deliver to the new site in Krefeld, Germany, while EGN will manage the sorting and washing processes.

Ineos will oversee the implementation of its proprietary, super-cleaning purification process, a technology that produces rPS able to comply with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) requirements for food contact applications. The process, said Dr. Frank Eisenträger, ECO & market development manager at Ineos Styrolution Switzerland, is a decontamination technology in the melt phase. Crucial to the process is the application of high temperatures and a vacuum pump to remove moisture and oxygen. The process is similar to existing processes used for PET, Eisenträger noted, and also resembles the two PS-recycling technologies that SCS notified to EFSA. Ineos developed its own technology ‘to ensure that we have the upscaling possibilities we need in order to run big volumes in the future’.

PS is proven to be one of the best sortable plastics in the waste stream and is one of only two polymers that can achieve food-contact qualities with mechanical recycling. 

“I expect the dairy industry to especially benefit from this new offering by allowing them to mechanically recycle from yoghurt pot to yoghurt pot creating a true circular economy for this material,” said  Pierre Vincent, managing director at EGN.

The material offers infinite recyclability, retaining its virgin-quality property profile after many mechanical recycling cycles. A low-diffusive polymer, it takes up very few contaminants in the waste stream.

As Jürgen Priesters, senior vice president of Tomra Feedstock, pointed out, “Polystyrene has the right composition to be recycled mechanically for food applications. The mission of Tomra Feedstock is to keep PS in a true circularity.”

“Our three companies bring complementary expertise to this project, and because of this unique collaboration, we will be able to provide customers with high-performing circular polystyrene produced at a significantly lower carbon footprint. Already, we are seeing high interest from customers and brand owners to secure long-term contracts,” added Steve Harrington, CEO Ineos Styrolution.

The new plant in Krefeld is scheduled for start up mid-2025, after which commercial quantities of rPS will be available to Ineos Styrolution’s customers.

https://www.sustainableplastics.com/news/tomra-ineos-styrolution-and-egn-launch-pioneering-ps-recycling-project

Polystyren(e):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystyrene


An innovative plant designed by STADLER for Eco.Ge.Ri valorizes waste and provides high-quality recyclable materials and recovered solid fuels

 July 4, 2023 Waste

Eco.Ge.Ri dedicated to the production of solid recovered fuels (CSR) from industrial waste , the Porcarelli Group relied on STADLER for its cutting-edge sorting technology , its expert design and its professional and fast installation, and on TOMRA for its advanced sensor-based technology. The plant was inaugurated in 2022 in Finale Emilia (Modena).

The Porcarelli Group is an Italian company that operates throughout the entire chain in the treatment of waste, the collection, transport and recovery of waste to convert it into new raw materials. Luciano Porcarelli, co-owner of the group together with his brother Giuseppe, explains: "Our company was founded more than 50 years ago with the conviction that waste can replace raw materials in industry to thus protect natural resources." The group operates five plants with the aim of returning waste to the production cycle, reducing the consumption of virgin raw materials and energy. To date, its plants have recovered more than 3 million tons of recyclable fractions.

When planning its Eco.Ge.Ri plant dedicated to the production of solid recovered fuels (SRF) from industrial waste, the Porcarelli Group relied on STADLER for its state-of-the-art sorting technology, expert design and professional installation and fast, and TOMRA for its advanced sensor-based technology. The plant was inaugurated in 2022 in Finale Emilia (Modena). “We have been collaborating with STADLER since 2012. When we decided to build a new plant in Finale Emilia, STADLER was the obvious choice,” says Luciano Porcarelli. “His experience from different waste sectors was invaluable in helping us design a flexible and robust plant.” The Eco.Ge plant.

This project includes the innovative vision of Eco.Ge.Ri, STADLER's technical expertise in the design and construction of customized recycling plants and the most advanced sorting solutions. It also shows that waste management can be sustainable and profitable and also helps to preserve natural resources and reduce environmental impact.

Maximum flexibility, high production and consistently high quality

The Porcarelli Group's requirements for the plant were clear: they needed facilities capable of handling extremely high production that were flexible enough to process different types of materials. In addition, it was necessary to achieve a consistent and high-quality final product capable of making the most of all recyclable materials.

STADLER presented an innovative concept: “We combine our ballistic separators and high-speed acceleration tapes with a film stabilizer, which ensures excellent material selection and PVC control,” says Pietro Navarotto, STADLER Sales Director in Italy. The design is exceptional in every way: “The plant receives industrial waste from different sources and has the capacity to process between 20 and 30 tons/h. It values ​​iron, aluminum, various types of plastic (PET, HDPE, PEBD, PP, PS, PU), paper and cardboard and, of course, very high quality CSR”.

The design solved the challenge of the variability of the input materials thanks to its two feeding lines, which can be used independently or together, depending on the quality and density of the material. The first line feeds a STADLER trommel for size selection (small 350 mm). For its part, the second line has a shredder to reduce the size, followed by another STADLER trommel for size selection.

Materials between 60-350mm pass through two STADLER STT5000_8 ballistic separators to classify fine, 2D (light) and 3D (rolling) material. It is a complete solution, ideal for separating pre-classified MSW and heavy and moderately heavy materials.

The new STADLER high-speed acceleration conveyor with the new STADLER film stabilizer transports 3D and 2D materials to 5 TOMRA AUTOSORT® optics with NIR sensors at a speed of 4.5 m/s. The first two opticians classify plastics with high chlorine values ​​from the 2D flow (light), while the other two opticians classify plastics for recovery from the 3D flow (rolling), and the rest of the material is used to manufacture CSR. TOMRA's fifth piece of equipment, an AUTOSORT® RDF, analyzes the CSR, checking in real time the quality of the output material in terms of calorific value, moisture and product composition to ensure that it meets the requirements for use.

Perfect and punctual commissioning

The Eco.Ge.Ri plant was designed and built in a record time of just three months. Due to the tight deadline, the installation took place while the building was still under construction. The detailed planning of STADLER and its coordination with the construction companies that participated in the works allowed for a punctual commissioning to start activities on June 6, 2022.

This capacity and professionalism is the most outstanding benefit of this project for Luciano Porcarelli, who appreciated the most was, "undoubtedly, STADLER's flexibility in responding to all the difficulties involved in building a new plant in which several companies work civilians at the same time. His experience on difficult projects has been a real help.”


(Fortsettelse i neste innlegg)

MASSACHUSETTS

Climate advocates push to double cost of plastic bottle deposit in Mass.

Bills before the Legislature would expand the state's beverage container recovery law to add 10 cent deposits to sports drinks, water bottles and other drinks that come in plastic bottles or cans.

By Sam Drysdale • Published 2 hours ago • Updated 2 hours ago

  Forty years after the state added a five-cent deposit on some plastic bottles in order to encourage recycling, climate advocates say it's "the right moment" to expand state's bottle redemption law.

Proposals before the Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy would increase the bottle deposit from its current five cents to 10 cents and add more types of beverage containers to the program, putting a deposit on water bottles, vitamin drinks, nips and bottles for other drinks that weren't contemplated when the initial law was adopted in 1982.

Efforts to update this bill have failed in the Legislature for years, and voters in 2014 shot down a ballot question to tack the five-cent bottle deposit onto drinks besides beer and soda.

Without success in expanding the deposit, advocates told lawmakers at two Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy hearings Wednesday (as House and Senate members continue to hold separate hearings amidst a feud between the committee's co-chairs) that Massachusetts is falling behind.

The state has the lowest rate of people returning empty bottles and cans among the 10 states with bottle redemption laws, according to a report from the Container Recycling Institute that came out last year.

Only about 38% of plastic bottles are returned to grocery stores or redemption centers in Massachusetts, and only 40% of beverage containers are covered by a deposit, the report found. The nickel deposit returned to customers if they return the empty bottles under the 1982 law only applies to carbonated soft drinks, beer, malt beverages and sparkling water.

"In Oregon, they raised their redemption -- their deposit value from five to 10 cents. Within three years, the redemption rate jumped by, I think it was 64% up to 86%. And today, they're at almost 89%," said Mike Noel, public affairs director at recycling company TOMRA. "The system has been neglected in Massachusetts for 40 years."

In addition to doubling the deposit to 10 cents, the bills before the Legislature would expand the beverages subject to the deposit to include plastic water bottles, iced tea containers, nips and some other beverages. Two versions of an expanded bottle bill filed by Reps. Marjorie Decker and Sen. Cynthia Creem (H 3690 / S 2104) and Rep. Michelle Ciccolo (H 3676) have slightly different definitions of which beverages would be included, but both exempt dairy, medicine and formula bottles.

In Ciccolo's bill, the deposit would be initially raised to 10 cents, and increased every three years to match inflation if the state's redemption target is not being met.

Both versions of the bill would also require all retail stores to accept the returned bottles, except for stores that are less than 2,000 square feet.

They would also look into increasing the fee the state pays redemption centers and supermarkets to handle bottle and can returns.

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/climate-advocates-push-to-double-cost-of-plastic-bottle-deposit-in-mass/3079094/


Tomra appoints new head of sales for fresh food

By Liam O'Callaghan29 June 2023
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“Since Tomra Food reorganized into the Tomra Fresh Food and Tomra Processed Food business areas two years ago, we have never stopped looking for ways to strengthen our customer support. Peter’s appointment is the latest step in that process,” said Slupecki.

“Peter joins Tomra with great experience in leading transformation and growth, both in established and emerging markets. For Tomra, he will help identify and activate new sales opportunities. For Tomra’s customers, he will help more packhouses optimize their operations with the industry’s best sorting, grading, peeling, analytical, and packing technologies.”

Lamb said he was eager to work with the Tomra team to deliver success for the company and its customers.

“I am thrilled to have the opportunity to join Tomra, a business with a team deeply committed to ensuring every resource counts – a philosophy which aligns strongly with my personal values. Drawing on my experience and my passion for developing strong relationships as the basis for success, I look forward to contributing to the growth and success of Tomra, its customers, and its global team,” said Lamb.

https://www.fruitnet.com/produce-plus/tomra-appoints-new-head-of-sales-for-fresh-food/249427.article