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Pit water can be purified naturally with high quality

Wastewater from process industries has long been difficult to purify without producing large amounts of waste in the form of sludge and other by-products. By taking a more circular approach where the water is purified using natura…

Innovation providing sustainable solutions from the forest

Biofuels, feed for farmed salmon, and smart solutions for handling environmentally harmful mining waste. These are just a few examples of new innovations utilising bio-feedstock from Swedish forests. Residual streams from the fore…

Stronger process industry through digitalisation

The Swedish process industry is seen as world leading, in part due to close cooperation with IT and automation companies. To maintain this position, the industry and its subcontractors need to become better at managing change – no…

Industry needs to reduce its water consumption

Many industries consume enormous quantities of water. Now however, they are facing environmental and economic challenges requiring them to lower their water consumption. RISE wants to be a partner for helping them achieve that tas…

Remanufacturing – an important tool for a circular economy

We will have difficulty achieving sustainability goals if we continue to pursue a linear economy. Circular and sharing economies are the paths to a sustainable society. New business models will focus more on services than product …

From sustainable product to sustainable production

Our consumption of resources is increasing every year. In Sweden, we live as if we had four Earths. Sustainable production means designing products that are resource efficient in all stages. In other words, sustainability from raw…

Transition to improve competitiveness

“Take the opportunity to transition to more sustainable production, and a stronger and more competitive position after the crisis.” This is the advice to companies in the plastics and composites industry from Ingrid Bergqvist, hea…

Ovako’s endless recycling loop

At its Hofors steel mill, leading manufacturer of steel components Ovako produces the very cleanest steel using ingot casting in moulds. Remoulding recovers valuable alloying elements in an endless recycling loop.

Disaster relief and furniture manufacturing – 3D printing using local materials offers enormous opportunities

Imagine the possibilities of an object manufactured from waste materials from the timber industry, fully biodegradable and produced in a 3D printer. The same material can be used to produce a vase one day and a table the next, or …

A holistic digital approach to sawmills

The Moelven Valåsen sawmill in Karlskoga has taken a holistic approach to production data, from receiving raw timber to dispatching the finished product. The aim is to improve the utilisation of raw materials and reduce energy con…

Blockchain technology can promote sustainable metals production

Metal production in Sweden has made great strides in terms of sustainability; however, there is currently no system in place to make apparent the benefits of environmentally friendly choices. The new project Traceability – for sus…

Old tyres becomes fuel for cars

Researchers at RISE are investigating the possibility of manufacturing fuel from old tyres. So far, results are looking promising and, thanks to this process, it may be possible to reduce both waste and the use of fossil resources…

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