Mineral Wool Waste – From on-site Analysis to Recycling© Lehrstuhl für Abfallverwertungstechnik und Abfallwirtschaft der Montanuniversität Leoben (12/2024)
Mineral wool waste has become increasingly challenging to manage within the Austrian waste management system. At present, the only available option for mineral wool waste of unknown origin is landfilling, as there are no existing recycling options.
The Role of Circular Economy in Industry 5.0© Lehrstuhl für Abfallverwertungstechnik und Abfallwirtschaft der Montanuniversität Leoben (12/2024)
The sustainability transformation of industry is one of the greatest challenges facing the European Union. One of the key levers in the transformation is the shift from a linear product life cycle to a circular one.
Viable recycling approaches to electrolyser stacks© Lehrstuhl für Abfallverwertungstechnik und Abfallwirtschaft der Montanuniversität Leoben (12/2024)
To ensure the sustainable use of the world's limited resources, it is essential to integrate principles of circularity into every new technology or product development. The ReCycle project deals with the reduction of environmental impact and related recycling capabilities (of hydrogen technologies) and aims to apply these circularity principles to technologies within the hydrogen value chain.
Metal recovery over the product life cycle© Lehrstuhl für Abfallverwertungstechnik und Abfallwirtschaft der Montanuniversität Leoben (12/2024)
The voestalpine Group's High Performance Metals Division is globally known for producing high-quality steels using well defined combinations of alloy elements and sophisticated production techniques. What makes these steels special is the set of exceptional properties such as resistance to corrosion and heat, high purity, and extreme durability that makes our products suitable for diverse applications, from aviation to construction of turbine blades and high pressure die casting tools.
The Borealis Borcycleâ„¢ M Demo Plant – Borcycleâ„¢ M as Best Practice© Lehrstuhl für Abfallverwertungstechnik und Abfallwirtschaft der Montanuniversität Leoben (12/2024)
Borcycleâ„¢ M is the mechanical recycling platform of Borealis, setting new standards for what is possible in mechanical recycling, enabling previously unattainable applications from cosmetics packaging through to mobility.
Implementation and evaluation of a real-time capable approach to sensor-based sorting using CNNs© Lehrstuhl für Abfallverwertungstechnik und Abfallwirtschaft der Montanuniversität Leoben (12/2024)
In state-of-the-art optical sorting, engineered image processing algorithms are commonly used to identify materials. However, for complex material textures and high- ensity material streams, these approaches are often unable to maintain the desired sorting quality. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been proven to outperform such approaches in their ability to classify objects in images.