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- Global Recycling Day 2026
Today, we highlight the important role of recycling in building a more sustainable future. The steel industry relies on scrap metal as a necessary resource. Within the PURESCRAP project, we focus on improving the characterisation of post-consumer scrap. By combining… Read more: Global Recycling Day 2026 - 12th Steering Committee Meeting
This week, the PURESCRAP Steering Committee came together for its first meeting of 2026. The partners reviewed the progress and aligned on the next steps ahead. The results of our recent test campaigns are being evaluated, while preparations for the… Read more: 12th Steering Committee Meeting - 6th PURESCRAP newsletter
Exciting news! The 6th edition of our PURESCRAP project newsletter is here! We’re excited to share the latest updates and progress from the project with you. Here’s what you can look forward to in this issue: You can read the… Read more: 6th PURESCRAP newsletter - Steering Committee Meeting
Great to wrap up another productive PURESCRAP Steering Committee meeting this week! Every three months, our steering committee, consisting of one representative from each partner, meets online to review progress, align on responsibilities, and keep our project management running smoothly.… Read more: Steering Committee Meeting - Consortium meeting in Buttrio
PURESCRAP consortium meeting in Buttrio, Italy Last Friday, the project partners gathered in Buttrio, both in person and online, for a productive meeting to discuss ongoing topics and plan the next steps in our project.It was a great opportunity to… Read more: Consortium meeting in Buttrio - PURESCRAP at ESTEP 2025
Exiting day at the ESTEP 2025 Annual Event in Udine We are happy to share that Alice Petrucciani from Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna presented the research work carried out together with Danieli Automation DIGI&MET on automated copper scrap identification through advanced… Read more: PURESCRAP at ESTEP 2025
About PURESCRAP
Project funded by EU
PURESCRAP - purity improvement of scrap metal has been co-funded by the European Union with a total budget of 6.2 M euro. The project started 2023 and will continue until June 2026.
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Objectives
The project aims to increase the use of low-quality scrap grades (post-consumer scrap) by deploying and applying best available technologies to reduce impurities. During the project, sensor stations will be integrated in the two separate processing chains for heavy (cut) and shredded scrap to improve the impurity removal and enable a more efficient scrap processing.
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Sensor stations are being installed
The project has now entered its second phase where sensors are being installed in test stations. The shredded station is installed at Stena Recycling in the site Hallstahammar (Sweden) and the heavy station is installed at Swerim in the Luleå site (see picture). The scrap analysed in the sensor stations will be sent to partners VASD and SSAB for validation of the chemical analysis.
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This project is co-funded by the European Union, grant agreement ID 101092168.
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