SOLUTION / PUBLIC SOURCE RECORD
Norsk Gjenvinning enables waste paper to compete with virgin materials
- Published 14 December 2022; updated 21 September 2026; estimated reading time 2 minutes. Listed as available under Circular economy.
- The page describes a fully automated paper sorting and recycling line under construction at Norsk Gjenvinning’s main Oslo plant, developed with Bulk Handling Systems. Its stated target is 99.5% paper material purity, compared with 80–90% from traditional sorting lines without manual sorting, so recycled paper can compete with virgin raw materials.
- The article says existing lines require substantial manual labour and often produce material too impure to compete with virgin feedstock. Better automation and sorting are presented as requirements for a circular economy.
- The new line is also described as a source of large datasets and customer insights. Norsk Gjenvinning could use these to tailor processes and incentivize/support customers to sort paper waste better.
- The article says high-quality recycled materials can help meet future consumption needs as renewable and non-renewable resources become constrained. Improved sorting should expand paper’s reuse options and make it a more attractive recycled material globally.
- Historical timing stated on the page: the plant “will be ready” for industrial waste management in the second half of 2019, despite the article’s 2022 publication and 2026 update dates. Treat this as historical page text, not a current project schedule. The page contains the wording “closes close the gap” in its market-potential section.
- Norsk Gjenvinning is described as a large Norwegian company with a 90-year history; it says the company had used biogas vehicles since 2010 and large electric trucks since 2016. No numerical market size is given.
- Contact: Adis Cengic, Plant Manager, adis.cengic@ngn.no. Phone number is behind a collapsed reveal control. Company: NORSK GJENVINNING AS, Lysaker torg 35, 1366 Lysaker, Norway; norskgjenvinning.no.