A Trioworld team member handles shredded plastic film during the recycling process, part of the company's operations to convert used plastic film into high-quality post-consumer recycled (PCR) material.
On World Environment Day 2026, Trioworld, a global manufacturer of high-performance polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) plastic film, is sharing an honest account of where the company stands on its path to circularity and what still needs to be done.
This year's World Environment Day, coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) under the campaign hashtag #NowForClimate, calls on governments, businesses, and individuals to act on the urgent signals the planet is sending. For Trioworld, that call aligns directly with work already under way across the company's operations and value chain.
In a video available on Trioworld's LinkedIn company page and at trioworld.com/sustainability-and-innovation/recycling-division/, Oskar Karlsson, President of Trioworld's Recycling Division, walks through Trioworld's recycling path. He covers what the company has built, where the real climate challenge lies, and why keeping plastic film in use again and again is the goal worth working towards.
"Re-thinking plastic means focusing on innovation and high quality, but also on sustainable solutions and circularity," says Karlsson. "Re-thinking plastics means providing value chain solutions to re-use our film again and again."
The emissions challenge is largely outside Trioworld's own walls
Central to Karlsson's message is a figure that shapes Trioworld's entire sustainability strategy: 98.8% of the company's total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are classified as Scope 3, meaning they arise outside Trioworld's own operations. According to Trioworld's 2025 Sustainability Report, the two largest contributors are purchased raw materials, accounting for approximately 45.5% of total Scope 3 emissions, and end-of-life treatment of sold products, accounting for approximately 43.5%.
"Nearly all emissions are generated outside our own walls," Karlsson explains in the video. "The two largest categories are purchased raw materials and end of life. To make a real difference, we must address end of life. That means both using recycled materials and collecting our customers' products after use."
This transparency about where impact is concentrated is central to Trioworld's Re-thinking plastic approach, which the company describes as a forward-looking commitment to circular leadership and not a claim that the challenge has been solved.
Building the infrastructure for circularity
Trioworld is investing in the recycling infrastructure needed to address the end-of-life challenge at scale. The company has established a dedicated Recycling Division with facilities in Sweden, Denmark, and France, bringing recycling operations, quality standards, and circular services under one leadership structure.
A major milestone was the inauguration of Trioworld's recycling facility in Korsberga, Sweden, which now has an annual capacity of 24,000 tonnes of post-consumer recycled (PCR) material. The site is certified by RecyClass Recycling Process, enabling full traceability of recycled content.
In 2025, Trioworld consumed mechanically recycled PCR representing 12% of total approved production volume globally, against a target of 40% by 2030. The company is already supplying stretch film and silent film with more than 30% PCR content to customers working towards circular packaging targets.
Trioworld has also launched Triocircular, a tailored circular service that helps customers collect used film, sort and regranulate it into high-quality PCR, and return it into new film production. In North America, a pilot programme is testing collection and recycling of stretch hood film waste, addressing a structural gap in North American PCR supply.
Verified targets and independent recognition
Trioworld's sustainability targets are verified by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), with commitments to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 44.2% by 2030, reduce absolute Scope 3 emissions by 25% by 2030, and reach net-zero GHG emissions across the value chain by 2050, all from a 2021 base year.
In 2025, 73% of Trioworld's total production volume had a Loop alternative available, meaning a product option containing a minimum of 25% PCR. Additionally, 85% of total sold product volume was designed for recycling (DfR) in 2025, against a target of 100% by 2030.
Trioworld holds an EcoVadis Gold sustainability rating, placing the company in the top 5% of businesses assessed globally.
Collaboration across the value chain
Trioworld acknowledges that circularity at scale cannot be achieved by one company alone. The company participates in the SKILLS project (Sluiten Keten Industriële LLDPE Stretchfilms), a four-year Dutch government-backed research collaboration supported by EUR 2.9 million in funding through Circular Plastics NL. Partners include Grolsch, Broecks Plastic Recycling, and the Dutch National Test Centre for Circular Plastics.
"We are on the right path," says Karlsson. "But we need to keep building momentum and expand our recycling capacity to enable real change."