TOMRA Recycling

Over 98% purity in flexible packaging recycling Bakcycle Recycling is setting a new benchmark in Türkiye's recycling industry. Using TOMRA's AUTOSORT™ SPEEDAIR, AUTOSORT™, and TOMRA Insight, the company transforms post-consumer LDPE packaging waste into high-quality recycled granules for use in flexible packaging production.

Is closed-loop recycling for flexible packaging economically viable? Bakcycle Recycling is proving that it is. Together with TOMRA, the company transforms post-consumer LDPE packaging waste into high-quality recycled granules suitable for new flexible packaging applications. With purity levels exceeding 98%, Bakcycle is helping raise the standard for circular plastics.

When others see a difficult waste stream, industry pioneers see an opportunity. Post-consumer PET trays are complex and heavily contaminated. Yet Cirrec has built a process that delivers food-grade quality PET flakes suitable for new tray production. By partnering with TOMRA and implementing advanced flake sorting technology, Cirrec has doubled capacity while supporting a closed-loop model for food packaging.

For years, food-grade PET trays have been one of the toughest materials to recycle. What if they could be turned back into new food-grade trays, again and again? That's exactly what Faerch's recycling division, Cirrec, is achieving in collaboration with TOMRA. By combining advanced flake sorting technologies, Cirrec transforms challenging post-consumer PET tray waste into high-quality food-grade PET flakes, helping enable true tray-to-tray recycling at industrial scale. The facility now processes up to 60,000 tons of post-consumer PET food trays per year and produces material used in new food packaging containing up to 70% recycled content.

One of recycling's toughest challenges. Solved. Flexible packaging has long been one of the most difficult material streams to recycle. Bakcycle set out to change that. Using TOMRA's advanced sorting technologies, the company produces high-quality recycled LDPE granules from post-consumer packaging waste, helping turn a challenging waste stream into a valuable resource.

Tray-to-tray recycling at scale is no longer a vision. It's happening today. Together, Faerch's recycling division Cirrec and TOMRA have developed a solution that turns post-consumer PET trays into high-quality feedstock for new food-grade trays. The result? Increased capacity, reduced contamination, and a significant step forward for circular food packaging.