Sustainable casting through alternative utilization of chips and biproducts

Purpose and goal:

The project aim is to provide the Swedish foundries the new knowledge to produce equivalent or better products but with a significantly reduced environmental footprint through increased use of waste products. The project will develop methods to reuse the waste products that today goes to landfill and locally refine the waste products that today needs to be transported long distances.

The aim is to create a concept for a circular material flow for Swedish foundries where the metal-containing waste products are reused to the maximum with minimal transport distances. Expected results and effects:

Increased sustainability through improved conditions for recirculating materials, maintained added value and shorter value chains. As well as improved competitiveness through reduced costs for landfill and waste product management together with cheaper and greater access to scrap/return material. Furthermore, more resilient value chains arise because more scrap/material remains in Sweden.

Approach and implementation:

The technical understanding on how to handle of waste products differs both between different types of material and between different companies. Therefore, the companies will work with their own materials, processes, and challenges but with the common goal of increasing the use of residual products in their processes. Research institutes (RISE and Swerim) will support the companies with theory, practical trials and evaluations.