Fortum Recycling & Waste

Exciting news for today – we are continuing Recycling & Waste business and operations in new ownership. Summa Equity has signed an agreement to acquire recycling & waste business from Fortum through its portfolio company NG Group. The sale of Recycling & Waste business is an expected and successful outcome of a comprehensive strategic review, which was initiated in autumn 2023 to explore whether the business might find better growth and value-creation opportunities under new ownership. “With great excitement, we’re welcoming a solid new owner, who is committed to growing and developing our business further. Material scarcity is one of the biggest societal challenges we need to solve, and our Waste-to-Materials strategy outlines a solid roadmap to this end. With the commitment of the new owner, we’re able to execute our ambitious roadmap”, says Timo Piispa, Senior Vice President, Fortum Recycling & Waste.

👋 Greetings from the Plastics Recycling Show Europe, Amsterdam! Our plastics team is here to talk about new, innovative Fortum Circo® recycled plastic compounds and their versatile applications. 🍀 Fortum Circo®, made from post-consumer #recycledplastics, is not only a very versatile material, but also a truly sustainable alternative, with a carbon footprint up to 70% lower than virgin plastic. 🧩 Fortum Circo® has been the choice of many end-product manufac­turers already for years, with a versatile, safe and high-quality product series. 💻 Discover more about its versatility by reading customer stories about different applications of Fortum Circo® on our website: https://lnkd.in/d2vCkN8k. 👨👩👧👦 Our experts Anniina Rasmus, Kari Aaltonen, Kirsi Rantala, Seppo Kuusela, Mikko Koivuniemi will be happy to discuss and tell you more!

✨ Next week, on 19-20 June, it is time for the Plastics Recycling Show Europe 2024 in Amsterdam! We will be presenting there the new Fortum Circo® compound series, which are suitable for more demanding, technical applications. Come and meet us in Hall 11, Stand Q2!  👋 Our experts will be happy to tell more about the Fortum Circo® post-consumer #recycledplastic product portfolio, which has now grown with: ✔ PP-LGF compounds, which are reinforced with long glass fibre to increase the strength and rigidity of the product ✔ PP High Impact compounds, which have high impact resistance even at sub-zero temperatures ✔ PP High Flow compounds, which are particularly suitable for thin-walled applications where good flow properties are required Read more about the new compounds here: https://lnkd.in/dEKbWBij Hope to see you at the show! 👋

Fortum och Eltel har ett väl fungerande samarbete för säker hantering och återvinning av byggavfall, farligt avfall och metallskrot som uppstår i samband med utbyten av befintliga el- och telekommunikationsnät. Genom olika behandlingsmetoder förbereder vi avfallsmaterialen för återvinning. ♻ Lyktstolpar, stålstolpar, FeAl-linor, kablar och övrigt järn- och metallskrot återvinns och används för framställning av nya produkter. ♻ Kreosotstolpar förbränns i våra speciella anläggningar för högtemperaturförbränning och värmen som uppstår går tillbaka till samhället som fjärrvärme. Låt oss hjälpa er att nå framgångar i ert hållbarhetsarbete. Kontakta oss så berättar vi mer: [email protected], telefon 019-30 52 20 eller besök oss på https://lnkd.in/dvkvTsdK #skrotåtervinning #metallskrot #rethinkingrecycling

On 5 June, millions of people around the world will celebrate the UN's World Environment Day. Since 1973, the UN has supported environmental efforts and the power of governments, businesses and individuals to create a more sustainable world. This year’s Environment Day focuses on land restoration, desertification and drought resilience - the last two may not be the most prevalent challenges in the Nordic countries. However, over five decades already, Fortum Recycling & Waste has contributed to a sound balance of nature by, for example, removing more than 10 million tonnes of hazardous waste from the cycle and carrying out soil remediation projects in Finland, Sweden and Denmark. A big CHEER to Environment Day 2024 - let's keep up the good work together! 🍀 https://lnkd.in/dtCfWs4R

Fortum Recycling & Waste ja pakkaustuottajayhteisö Sumi Oy ja ovat sopineet laajamittaisesta yhteistyöstä muovipakkausten kierrätyksen vauhdittamiseksi. ♻ Sumi aikoo rakentaa muovipakkausten lajittelulaitoksen Riihimäelle ja Fortum keskittyy jatkossa kierrätysmuovituotteiden valikoiman laajentamiseen. Jatkossa Suomessa voidaan lajitella muovipakkauksia jopa 50 000 tonnia vuodessa. Suunniteltu investointi nostaa samalla lajittelu- ja kierrätysastetta kohti EU:n asettamia tavoitteita. "Uskomme, että tällä yhteistyömallilla voimme parhaiten tehostaa kotimaista muovinkierrätystä. Sumin lajittelulaitos lajittelee muovit, jotka me pesemme ja granuloimme uusioraaka-aineeksi. Näin pääsemme keskittymään Fortum Circo -uusiomuovin valmistukseen ja suuntaamaan toimintaa tuoteperheen laajentamiseksi. Markkinoilla on kysyntää laadukkaille ja räätälöidyille uusiomuovimateriaaleille”, Fortumin muoviliiketoiminnan johtaja Toni Ahtiainen kertoo. Lue uutinen kokonaisuudessaan täältä: https://lnkd.in/dGvftkwE #recycling #plasticsrecycling #plastics #circulareconomy #RethinkingRecycling

♻ Sustainability is one of the driving forces in modern product design, and the Norwegian lifestyle, and children’s product, brand KAOS is at the forefront! Their award-winning Klapp highchair, known for its Scandinavian design and versatility, now features a version made of Fortum Circo® recycled plastic. ✨The Klapp highchair is a great showcase product, when it comes to the versatility of Fortum Circo® post-consumer recycled plastic. The material used in the highchair is a compound reinforced with cellulose fibre, which has been developed together with the customer and tailor-made to make a perfect fit for the product property wise, both functionally and aesthetically. 🏃♀️ Bringing a new product to market is a long road, starting from material selection, development, and testing, but there are already echoes of excitement coming from the market as Gineline Kalleberg, one of the company founders, describes the launch of Klapp Recycled. Read the whole story about the collaboration with KAOS and Fortum Recycling & Waste!👇 #recycledplastics #sustainability #innovation #collaboration

Fortum Recycling & Waste is investing 10 million euros to build a new state-of-the-art IBA (Incineration Bottom Ash) metal refinery for non-ferrous metals in Gävle, Sweden.  The new plant, to be started up in the coming autumn, increases the recycling rate of metals, and thereby reduces the need for extraction of critical, virgin metal materials. ♻ “At the new metal refinery for non-ferrous metals, we will for example recycle stainless steel, aluminum, copper and brass recovered from bottom ash from the waste to energy plants around the Nordics. The recycled metals are sent to the smelters to be used for new metal production," explains Toni Ahtiainen, Head of Business Line Ash & Slag at Fortum Recycling & Waste The new plant is one small step towards Fortum Recycling & Waste’s mission to lead the way towards revolution of materials by transforming waste streams back to essential raw materials. There’re currently discussions on-going on EU level on how to secure the future need for critical metals and how to take the environmental aspect into account. Fortum Recycling & Waste’s new initiative supports the upcoming needs to secure recycled materials for the industry. Read more 👇   #rethinkingrecycling #metalrecycling #metalrefinery 

In many ways, plastic is a versatile and flexible material. However, virgin plastic production relies on fossil oils, and there's already enough plastic in the world as it is.   💡 While we must think about how to decrease the use of plastic and recycle it as efficiently as possible, we must also develop solutions to produce the plastic we do need in a way that preserves natural resources.   Through our Carbon2x programme, we at Fortum Recycling & Waste are creating a new type of plastic born from CO2. The advantage of binding carbon into a raw material such as plastic is that keeps it in circulation. ♻   As we celebrate #EarthDay today, it is important to remind ourselves of the importance of rethinking plastics - in a circular world, we all have a possibility to build a better tomorrow. 🌍   Read more about the future of plastics from our blog.👇 #RethinkingPlastics #RethinkingRecycling

Last week, Fortum Recycling & Waste had the great pleasure of hosting a visit from Fortum CEO Markus Rauramo at the ash refinery in Pori and the Battery Recycling Business in the Harjavalta hydrometallurgical plant. The visits included tours of the facilities, discussions with the staff, and updates on the business. At the ash refinery, Fortum’s novel technology represents a significant step towards a circular economy for household waste by recycling all types of fly ash. In Harjavalta, where Fortum Battery Recycling started commercial operations a year ago, the recycling process recovers critical metals from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries, as well as battery production waste, and produces secondary metals for new lithium-ion batteries on an industrial scale. #RethinkingRecycling #CircularEconomy #Recycling #LifeAtFortum