In May, Ragn-Sells Estonia met with the Energy Commissioner of the European Commission, Ms. Kadri Simson to introduce a solution for the over 600 million tonnes of oil shale ash that are deposited in Eastern Estonia.
OPINION PIECE | It is more crucial than ever to retrieve high-value raw materials from waste – or rather, from what is considered waste with current regulations and legislation.
The environmental company Ragn-Sells is looking forward to sharing our knowledge with all 56 nations at UNECE's 69th Commissions meeting, on April 21, 2021. "In order to transform into a circular economy, we will need collaboration between society, policy makers and business"
The environmental company Ragn-Sells' project to extract phosphorus from sewage sludge has been granted 51 MSEK from the Swedish EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), a grant program initiated by the Swedish government to support technology that reduces climate emissions and environmental actions.
The environmental company Ragn-Sells, together with Nestlé and Telefónica, has announced that they have joined the 1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders’ group. That means that Ragn-Sells now, in company of other global corporations like Ericsson, IKEA, Telia, BT Group and Unilever, are committed to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions across their value chain, in line with the 1.5°C ambition.
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Ragn-Sells innovation company EasyMining has developed solutions for detoxifying and recirculating both phosphorus and nitrogen with a low carbon footprint. The challenge is that these recycled products cannot be used with current EU-legislation. On that topic, Pär Larshans, Ragn-Sells, and Anna Lundbom, EasyMining, will on December 17 participate in EAT’s digital event EAT@Home.
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The environmental company Ragn-Sells has entered a collaboration with Maria Wetterstrand, CEO of the consulting company Miltton Europe in Brussels and former spokesperson of Miljöpartiet (the Green Party in Sweden). By influencing decision makers on EU level, Ragn-Sells wants to fast-track the transition to a circular economy, a change currently being slowed down by outdated legislation.
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Swedish environmental company Ragn-Sells and German utilities company Gelsenwasser have agreed to expand their cooperation with the primary goal to construct a major new facility for extracting phosphorus from incinerated sewage sludge.
Environmental company Ragn-Sells has begun construction of a new facility for extracting valuable resources from fly ash from waste incineration, an investment of over EUR 55 million in circular industry. The new business supports Sweden’s official ambition to become the world’s first fossil free welfare nation, according to Minister for Enterprise Ibrahim Baylan.
With several global patents for phosphorus recovery and examples of successful collaborations, Ragn-Sells and EasyMining are invited to speak at the World Resources Forum taking place in Belgium on February 26.
The Swedish Government recently convened its new panel of experts in relation to the terms of reference on non-toxic and circular recovery of phosphorus from sewage sludge. One of the experts on the panel is Ragn-Sells’ Lisa Wigh, agronomist and business developer with the focus on resource recovery from sewage sludge.
Pär Larshans, Sustainability Manager at Ragn-Sells reflects on COP 24, and how circular economy and climate fit together.
