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Azortum Azortum - From A to Z, we'll sort it out! From A to Z, we'll sort it out! Azortum delivers waste sorting and bulk handling solutions to fit your business.

We design, develop and deliver by using the best equipment and reusing what you already have. We take your requirements and deliver what you need. We are specialists so you don't have to be. https://www.azortum.com/

How well does a waste sorting line perform after years of daily operation?We checked in with Ekokaari, with whom we work...
28/08/2026

How well does a waste sorting line perform after years of daily operation?

We checked in with Ekokaari, with whom we worked in 2024, to upgrade their C&D waste sorting line in Finland. The investment replaced worn-out equipment that had been in use for more than 10 years, but the objective went beyond merely renewing aging machinery.

Ekokaari's goals were to double the amount of material recycled, improve fraction purity, and create a more reliable process that can adapt to future material streams.

Now, two years later, Ekokaari says the line has met those expectations:

✅ The amount of recycled material has doubled
✅ Efficiency has improved significantly
✅ Better separation has increased the fraction purity.

Aki Koivula, CEO of Ekokaari, highlights that:

"In particular, the operational reliability and ease of maintenance have been a positive surprise, even though a lot of attention was paid to them during the design and assembly phase."

One engineering decision has been especially important in daily operation.

Instead of replacing the worn-out ballistic separator with another similar unit, Azortum integrated a three-fraction air separator. According to Ekokaari, it has provided better separation capacity while proving less prone to failure.

With the original recycling target achieved, Ekokaari has now set its sights on further improving material recovery and the accuracy of plastics sorting.

👉 Read the full story behind this sorting line:
https://www.azortum.com/blog/cd-waste-sorting-line-in-finland/

What does it take to set up a new waste sorting line?The engineering challenge is only one part of the project.Before we...
24/08/2026

What does it take to set up a new waste sorting line?

The engineering challenge is only one part of the project.

Before we design the line, we need to understand what it has to deliver for your business. What material streams will it process? What capacity do you need? What recovery targets, space limitations, budget, and compliance requirements need to be built into the plan?

Good planning also looks beyond day one.

A sorting line should be designed with the future in mind, whether you need to extend capacity, improve output quality, adapt to new material streams, or eventually dismantle and rebuild parts of the system.

That is why our process starts before the machinery is selected.

We have put together an overview of how Azortum approaches a new waste sorting project, from the first business case to installation, commissioning, and long-term support.

Here’s our working process — from A to Z.

👉 Need to sort out your waste? Let’s talk:
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21/08/2026

The most important decisions in a sorting line project are made before a single machine is selected.

Each set of goals and constraints lead to different engineering decisions.

That is why we start with the operation itself. To name a few, this includes aspects like the business objective, input material, capacity, required output quality, available space, existing equipment, and downstream use.

Only after that can we select the equipment and develop its placement in the system.

That's why, in this example, the MSW line avoids unnecessary shredding, the C&D line is built for heavy loads and recovery quality, and the waste wood line is tuned to chip-size consistency.

Planning a waste sorting or bulk material handling project?

👉 Tell us what the system needs to achieve:
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14/08/2026

Waste goes in, valuable materials come out ♻️

But extracting that value requires a lot more than a standard solution and making it work reliably at an industrial scale is anything but simple.

Every sorting line has its own operational reality: input material can vary, space can be limited, and timelines can be tight. Yet before the engineering challenges can be tackled, it is important to look at the business objective first.

Once we understand what the line needs to achieve for your business, now and in the future, we can engineer the right system around it. The result is a sorting line that turns waste into valuable products.

👉 See how we've solved these challenges before:
https://www.azortum.com/

04/08/2026

One of the goals for this paper sorting line was to increase automation.

This was achieved by integrating specialist sorting technologies, such as NRT optical sorters and Max-AI robotic sorters, into the full process rather than treating them as separate machines.

The automated line gives the facility and its operators greater control over output quality. With these technologies, operators can adjust the quality of each fraction to meet customer requirements.

This, in turn, helps the company further industrialize waste management and, as a result, produce secondary raw materials that can compete with virgin materials.

In this project, Azortum's role was system integration; the main technology was provided by Bulk Handling Systems (BHS).

👉 Read the full story:
https://www.azortum.com/blog/paper-sorting-line-in-norway/

Even when two lines process the same type of waste and use similar machinery, each must be designed around a different f...
29/07/2026

Even when two lines process the same type of waste and use similar machinery, each must be designed around a different facility, material stream, business case, and long-term objectives.

There is no standard package for a waste sorting line.

The same applies to the Baltic states, where every facility operates under different conditions. Input material, performance targets, site constraints, operational needs, and future requirements all shape the design and engineering of the line.

And as modern lines become more complex, these factors also become increasingly interconnected. Increasing throughput cannot come at the expense of recovery quality. New equipment must fit the available footprint. Installation must be planned around ongoing operations, while the finished line should still be able to adapt to future material volumes and regulatory requirements.

That is why the process should not start with a list of machines.

We believe the focus should be the operator's business objectives: what materials need to be recovered, what quality the market requires, where operational costs can be reduced, and what the facility will need to handle 5 years down the line.

Once these objectives are clear, we can select the right equipment and integrate it into a complete system.

In our latest blog post, we take a quick look at a selection of our latest projects in the Baltics, and ask what other operators can learn when planning a new line of their own.

We also wrote down a quick checklist of questions to ask yourself before investing in a new line or retrofit.

👉 Get a glimpse of waste sorting projects in the Baltics:
https://www.azortum.com/blog/waste-sorting-projects-in-baltics/

Automated waste sorting systems make waste processing more efficient, but efficiency is only part of their value.These s...
23/07/2026

Automated waste sorting systems make waste processing more efficient, but efficiency is only part of their value.

These systems can also help reduce the risk of fires by minimizing issues associated with improper waste handling and storage.

Here are five ways in which automated waste sorting solutions improve fire safety in your operations:

✅ Separating combustible materials
Paper, plastics, textiles, and organic waste can become a serious hazard when they accumulate in storage areas or landfills. Automated sorting directs these materials into the appropriate processing streams, reducing both combustible stockpiles and the buildup of heat or methane caused by decomposing organic matter.

✅ Removing batteries and other hazardous waste
Lithium-ion batteries, electronic waste, and chemicals can ignite, short-circuit, or react with other materials. Detection and separation technologies help remove these items from the general waste stream before they reach high-risk equipment or storage areas.

✅ Reducing sorting errors
Consistent automated sorting lowers the likelihood of hazardous or flammable materials ending up in the wrong fraction. Real-time monitoring also allows operators to identify changing conditions and respond before they develop into larger problems.

✅ Controlling material flow and heat buildup
Long storage periods, organic decomposition, friction, and compressed material can all generate heat. A line that processes material efficiently and maintains a controlled flow reduces accumulation and helps prevent localized heat buildup.

✅ Integrating fire detection and suppression
High-risk areas such as shredders and conveyors can be equipped with sensors that detect sparks, flames, smoke, or abnormal temperatures. The system can then stop the affected equipment, alert operators, and activate targeted suppression before the fire spreads.

In lines designed by Azortum, we implement industry-leading fire prevention systems from Firefly, which are essential for managing fire risks associated with combustible materials.

Automation alone cannot eliminate every fire risk. However, when material separation, controlled processing, real-time monitoring, and fire suppression are engineered as one system, facilities are better equipped to protect their people and machinery while reducing the risk of costly downtime.

More on the topic:
https://www.azortum.com/blog/reducing-fire-risk-at-waste-management-sites/

16/07/2026

We completed this packaging waste sorting line in less than 12 months, despite complex spatial and scheduling constraints.

This was made possible by close collaboration with Ecoservice.

From the early planning stages through installation and testing, both teams maintained close communication. Ecoservice remained actively involved, helping shape the plant's functionality, layout, and performance.

Delivering the new line within such a short timeframe and limited space required a flexible, solutions-driven approach. We proposed tailored technical solutions and made quick adjustments as requirements evolved during implementation.

We aim to foster this kind of collaboration in every project we take on. When adjustments are needed during implementation, or the setup must be refined as requirements evolve, open communication between the two teams is essential to the project's success.

In the end, this is how Ecoservice’s Technical Manager, Andrzej Juhevic, summarized the project and our productive collaboration:

"Azortum listened to what we needed and came up with one of the best possible solutions. They provided great quality for the money."

👉 Read the full story behind this sorting line:
https://www.azortum.com/blog/ecoservice-packaging-waste-sorting-line/

When Jämtkraft AB built a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Östersund, they also needed a high-capacity wood sh...
09/07/2026

When Jämtkraft AB built a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Östersund, they also needed a high-capacity wood shredding line to fuel it.

One critical requirement was fuel flexibility.

This meant the new line had to be able to process almost every type of biofuel available on the market: dry sawdust and bark, wet forest residues, such as tips and branches from thinnings or clear cuts.

It also had to handle waste wood, such as off-spec boards unsuitable for carpentry and pulpwood not fit for the pulp industry.

To achieve this, we implemented a combination of pre-shredding and fine-shredding stages. This allows operators to quickly adjust the output fraction size by switching between coarser and finer shredding settings through changes to shredder programs and screen sizes.

As a result, it gives the plant the flexibility to manage fluctuations in fuel quality and market availability.

Jämtkraft can process materials other operators reject, enabling it to source lower-cost materials without compromising output quality, while also supporting its target to increase recycled wood use from 20% to 75%.

👉 Read the full story behind this project:
https://www.azortum.com/blog/jamtkrafts-wood-shredding-line-for-chp-plant/

In Oslo, NG Group had a clear ambition: to make recycled paper competitive with virgin raw materials.To achieve this, th...
06/07/2026

In Oslo, NG Group had a clear ambition: to make recycled paper competitive with virgin raw materials.

To achieve this, they decided to invest in a new paper sorting line that was designed around three practical goals:

✅ Increase automation.
✅ Increase operational flexibility.
✅ Maintain and improve output quality.

Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) was chosen as the main technology provider. Azortum's role was system integration.

We engineered the overall layout, conveyors, structures, bunkers, material flow, and integration of specialist equipment. This meant bringing NRT optical sorters, robotic sorters, feeding systems, and quality-control technology together into a single working production line.

The result is an automated paper sorting line capable of processing 20 tonnes per hour and up to 120,000 tonnes per year.

For Norsk Gjenvinning, the most important outcome is not only capacity, but the ability to produce high-quality secondary raw material with 97.5% de-ink fiber purity and less than 3% residue.

The fully automatic line also proved to be adaptable. This supported a later retrofit adding Tetra Pak recovery, showing how a well-integrated system can evolve with changing material streams and customer needs.

The result is a high-capacity paper-sorting line that provides NG Group with the flexibility, quality, and yield needed to produce secondary raw materials for industrial markets.

👉 Take an in-depth look at this project:
https://www.azortum.com/blog/paper-sorting-line-in-norway/

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