Can hazardous waste become a raw material?: the case study of an aluminium residue

Abstract

Industry in general and the aluminium industry, in our particular case, has to face significant challenges from the demands of both the market and society. This means a continuous development in innovation, side by side with the protection of the environment to achieve a sustainable framework. The research community must provide the industry with a wealth of technological solutions to overcome these challenges. This speech was designed to show the contribution of the “Medio Ambiente y Reciclado” research group (CENIM-CSIC) to achieving this aim. And thus, several types of recovery solutions for a hazardous aluminium waste, developed for us, are shown in this paper.