The environmental company Ragn-Sells and Kemira, global leader in sustainable chemical solutions for water intensive industries, are starting a collaboration to recycle phosphorus from sewage sludge in Helsingborg. The project was recently awarded SEK 51 million in support from Klimatklivet, Sweden's state investment aid supporting technology that reduces climate emissions.
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.
Ragn-Sells innovation company EasyMining has signed a partner agreement with Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, to develop new processes and technologies to extract commercially valuable products from waste materials and enable circular solutions.
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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' 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 innovation company Chromafora is developing a method for leaching and separating gold from primary ore and electronic waste. The main difference from conventional cyanide leaching is that the direct danger to the working environment and the actual environment is reduced. In addition, the permit process is simplified with the new technology, which opens up for establishing new facilities.
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Gelsenwasser and Ragn-Sells innovation company EasyMining have together developed a concept for operating the Ash2Phos-process, and will now start working on the first Ash2Phos recovery plant in Germany.
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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A new purification method eliminates more than 99 percent of several toxic PFAS substances from water, according to a recent study by the Swedish independent, state-owned research institute RISE.
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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Ragn-Sells innovation company EasyMining have produced the Ash2Phos process in order to resolve the problems involved in recycling phosphorus.
Environmental company Ragn-Sells has partnered with Swiss cleantech company Hitachi Zosen Inova for the construction of a new plant, designed to extract resources from fly ash from waste incineration. Within two years, the facility near Stockholm will be able to process fly ash corresponding to half of the yearly production in Sweden.
The environmental company Ragn-Sells’ project for the treatment and extraction of salts from fly ash receives EUR 4.8 million in investment support from Klimatklivet, i.e. Sweden's investment aid for projects that reduce climate emissions. The new facility is being built in Bro outside of Stockholm. In the project, Ragn-Sells collaborates with highly reputable Adven.
He has solid experience of phosphorus recovery – and is passionate about implementation of the circular economy. Christian Kabbe is CEO of Ragn-Sells´ innovation company EasyMining in Germany and thus plays an important role for phosphorus recovery from incinerated sewage sludge in the country, for which the company has a unique patented technology.
The world’s largest online climate conference successfully took place last week, but the work to reduce our carbon emissions has just begun. During the conference, Ragn-Sells Sustainability Director Pär Larshans was present to speak about the work and initiatives of the company, which were mentioned as good examples in several cases.
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.
As the global population stands at nearly 8 billion and rapidly increases, it is an existential challenge to create a sustainable food system within the planetary boundaries. Newly founded Food Planet Prize rewards initiatives that promote a viable living environment and at the same time feed the world. Ragn-Sells and their innovation company EasyMining are among the Editors' Pick as nominees.
The Swedish Chemical Engineers Nat. Assn. (SKR) chemical engineering award 2019 will be awarded to Yariv Cohen, Development Manager at EasyMining. He receives the prize for his efforts to develop chemical processes for the extraction of nutrients and metals from waste. His processes can solve important problems in society and help create a working circular economy in real life, not just in theory.
Ragn-Sells-owned NC Miljø in Denmark is first to recycle plastic from organic waste. The convenience store chain Netto is the first to use the recycled plastic and thanks to the new technology can offer its customers circular bin-liners, made from the company’s own organic waste.
The environmental company Ragn-Sells is now launching a new technique to extract pure salts from the fly ash which is produced when waste is incinerated. The global patent, Ash2Salt, enables valuable resources to be utilised, at the same time as the hazardous fly ash can be dealt with safely. The salts can be used as road salt and in fertilizer production, among other things.