Positive climate tipping points often spark rapid transformation. This TOMRA Talks Circular podcast discusses how super-leverage points and technology adoption can cut emissions in one key sector and support faster changes in other parts of the economy. Our guests, Ben Dixon and Maaike Witteveen from SYSTEMIQ, share their expertise and insights on tackling plastic pollution and decarbonizing industry. This special Earth Day episode outlines ideas for reshaping our world. Listen in to find out...

Is textile recycling the missing link for creating circular fashion? This TOMRA Talks Circular podcast explores what it takes to establish systems that collect and sort textiles for reuse and fiber-to-fiber recycling. Our guest, Vibeke Kroh,  Head of TOMRA Textiles, shares her insights and key beliefs to enable textile circularity. From textile policy to reuse and technology-driven solutions, we discuss what it will take for the textile industry to transform from a linear to a circular...

Wealthier nations are responsible for much of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. How can residents in these countries proactively reduce their environmental footprint? In this TOMRA Talks Circular podcast, we interview a mother and son duo from Denmark to talk about generational differences and how they approach sustainability. Together with Helena Dreisig, Senior Vice President of People & Organization at TOMRA Food and her son, Sebastian (18), we hear how the impacts of climate...

The circular economy is a lifeline for our collective future. In this podcast episode, Tove Andersen, CEO and President of TOMRA shares her insights on the latest developments that positively impact the circular economy. The discussion runs the gamut of innovative ways to save precious resources, including using AI-based technologies to make mining, agriculture, waste management, textiles, packaging, and plastic production more sustainable.  Please help us improve this podcast and take part...

For decades, there has been a general gridlock on modernizing or expanding deposit return systems in the United States. But in 2021, lawmakers in Connecticut addressed the beverage industry and stakeholder challenges head-on. In the episode of TOMRA Talks Circular podcast, we talk to Mike Noel, Director of Public Affairs at TOMRA, to learn how policymakers passed legislation that will provide jobs, reduce waste disposal and recycling costs, and boost circularity. Please help us improve this...

As policymakers from more than 170 nations come together for the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (#INC3) in November, intense discussions are underway about which mandates will be in a legally binding global plastics treaty. In this new TOMRA Talks Circular Podcast episode, environmental policy advocates Dominic Hogg, Founder and Director of Equanimator Ltd, and Jacob Rognhaug, Vice President of Public Affairs System Design at TOMRA, share their top takeaways for...

Did you know that the fashion industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world? It contributes to 10% of global carbon emissions and 20% of global water waste. In this episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, Hilde van Duijn, Head of Global Value Chains at Circle Economy, shares her knowledge and perspectives on how industry players and consumers can work together to create a circular textile value chain. Please help us improve this podcast and take part in our short survey! ...

How can we reuse our way to true circularity for valuable resources, and what does this concept look like in practice? If you missed our webcast on Reuse, tune in to this week’s episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, as we have published part 2 of the audio recording. This episode features industry expert Andy Grant, Technical Director – Local Government at Eunomia.  Please help us improve this podcast and take part in our short survey! https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/6DKN38R

How can we reuse our way to true circularity for valuable resources, and what does this concept look like in practice? If you missed our webcast on Reuse, tune in to this week’s episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, as we have published part 1 of the audio recording. This episode features industry expert Geir Sæther (Senior Vice President, Circular Economy at TOMRA). Part 2 with Andy Grant (Eunomia) is coming soon. Please help us improve this podcast and take part in our short survey! ...

The UN treaty on plastic pollution has the potential to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy for plastic. With negotiations well on their way, we sat down with Nancy Strand, Senior Advisor at Avfall Norge, and Jacob Rognhaug, Vice President of Public Affairs, System Design at TOMRA to discuss the recent INC2 meeting in Paris. Please help us improve this podcast and take part in our short survey! https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/6DKN38R

Environmental, Sustainability and Governance standards are significantly reshaping the business landscape, and it’s not only nature that’s benefitting. Sustainable action has the potential to reduce costs, increase customer satisfaction and reduce business risk. In this week’s episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, we have an inspiring conversation with Marcin Grzeszek (Global Manager for Industry Segments Fitness and Recycling at Habasit) and Alexander Verlo (Senior Mechanical Engineer, Design...

A recent study published by Reloop (in partnership with Zero Waste Europe), highlights the benefits and vast potential that mixed waste sorting – also known as mixed waste processing – has to positively impact not only recycling and recycled content targets, but also reduce our CO2 emissions.       In today’s episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, we have the co-creators of this study, Clarissa Morawski, co-founder and CEO of Reloop and Janek Vähk, Zero Waste Europe’s Climate, Energy, and Air...

It’s been almost a year since we had Annupa Ahi, VP Public Affairs, Head of Asia at TOMRA, on the show to talk about the state of EPR in Asia. Today, we’re happy to have her back to talk us through what’s happened since then. Has intention turned to action?   Please help us improve this podcast and take part in our short survey! https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/6DKN38R

Digitalization is transforming how many companies do business – from the ways they communicate, to the ways they create, produce, and distribute their products. The waste management industry is no different. In this week’s episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, we chat to Felix Flemming (senior vice president and Head of Digital at TOMRA Sorting) and Andile Dlamini (Head of Digital Solutions Recycling at TOMRA) about how big data is shaping the world of sorting and recycling. Please help us improve...

In the 2nd part of our episode on how deposit return systems (DRS) significantly improve the circularity of one of the most littered items in the world, beverage containers, Michael Löwe, VP Public Affairs and Head of System Design at TOMRA, talks us through the trends and challenges of implementing DRS around the world, among other things. Please help us improve this podcast and take part in our short survey! https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/6DKN38R

When we give plastic a value, we help ensure that it is treated as a resource that can be used again and again. This is why deposit return systems (DRS) work to greatly accelerate the circularity of beverage containers. In this episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, we chat to Michael Löwe, VP Public Affairs and Head of System Design at TOMRA, about what makes this system so successful, and how it is being implemented around the world. Please help us improve this podcast and take part in our short...

There’s no doubt that climate change is a multi-generational problem, but how do different generations think and talk about the crisis? To kick off 2023, we decided to get climate perspectives across generations. Father and son, Volker Rehrmann (EVP and Head of TOMRA Recycling) and Roque Rehrmann (student at the Technical University in Munich, Germany) join us for an enlightening chat on responsibility, challenges, and solutions.  Please help us improve this podcast and take part in our...

Only with clear and quick action can we accelerate solutions to the climate crisis and affect real change before it’s too late. Tove Andersen, TOMRA’s President and CEO, echoes this sentiment in our final podcast episode of 2022. Listen to her thoughts and hopes for the future now.

In March this year, the resolution titled: ‘End Plastic Pollution: Towards a legally binding instrument’ was adopted to address our waste crisis. In this episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, we talk to Jacob Rognhaug, Vice President of Public Affairs, System Design at TOMRA, about the monumental negotiations that began recently to develop this legally binding instrument.

In this episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, we talk to Pauline Bergan, Senior Business Development Manager at TOMRA, about the trends shaping the future of deposit return systems (DRS), the role of reverse vending machines in the digital ecosystem of DRS, and more.  

In this week’s episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, we talk to Dickon Bonvik-Stone, Communications Manager at TOMRA, about the established norms of communicating climate change, why these practices have proven ineffective in driving action, and what we can do to change that.      Show note links:   Communicating Climate Change, a podcast dedicated to helping you do exactly that: https://communicatingclimatechange.com/  From creatives and communicators to scientists and sustainability consultants,...

In this week’s episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, we continue to talk to Louisa Hoyes, Business Development Manager, Textiles at TOMRA, about the current state of affairs across the textiles value chain, and the solutions that exist to help close the loop and shift to a true circular economy for textiles. 

In this week’s episode of TOMRA Talks Circular, we talk to Louisa Hoyes, Business Development Manager, Textiles at TOMRA, about the current state of affairs across the textiles value chain, and the solutions that exist to help close the loop and shift to a true circular economy for textiles.  

In part two of this episode on chemical recycling, we delve deeper into the topic with John Sewell, Secretary General at Chemical Recycling Europe. This episode covers the global landscape as it stands today, the need for capacity, as well as the political support for chemical recycling technologies, among other things.