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  • Life HaloSep inaugurated - a unique facility for fly ash recycling

    On November 17, Stena Metall, together with the Danish company Vestforbrænding, inaugurated the world's first full-scale HaloSep plant. The plant converts fly ash from incineration processes into useful resources such as metals and salt, as well as purified fly ash. The ash is today classified as a hazardous waste that may only be disposed of in special landfills.

    The interior of the HaloSep facility where hazardous waste from flue gas cleaning is turned into valuable resources.
  • Quayside powerbanks – The next step in the electrification of shipping

    Stena is now taking the next step in shipping electrification: the development of a new type of energy storage, similar to very large powerbanks, which will be essential for the quick charging of electric ferries in the future. The project is part-financed by the EU and will, among other things, investigate how used batteries from the transport sector can be reused for energy storage in ports.

    A battery-powered, electric Stena ferry.
  • Stena gives Volvo bus batteries a second life

    The commercial service lives of bus batteries are significantly extended and natural resources are conserved. That is the result of a new cooperation between Volvo Buses and Stena Recycling subsidiary Batteryloop. After the batteries are removed from Volvo's buses, they are reused as energy storage units for a number of years, for instance in buildings and charging stations.

    An electric bus has stopped at a bus stop in an urban environment. Two women are about to go onboard the bus. A woman with a
  • The premiere of the Circular Initiative gathered leading industrial companies

    To create circular material flows, there is a need for cooperation, concrete plans and bold goals. Stena Recycling's new sustainability event Circular Initiative gathered over 200 people, when representatives from leading industrial companies met to discuss solutions for a sustainable future.

    Märtha Rehnberg, co-founder of Dare Disrupt & policy advisor - EU commission, speaking at Stena Recycling's event Circular In
  • Industrial giants in new initiative for circular flows

    Swedish companies can do more to prevent waste and make better use of the waste that is produced in various types of industry. With technical development and new broader collaborations, resources can be saved and multiple circular flows can be created. This is a necessity if there are to be enough resources for tomorrow.

    The back of one male and one female Stena Metall employee in hi-vis protective gear and helmet.
  • Stena Aluminium named best supplier of the year 2018

    Stena Aluminium has been named “Best Supplier of the Year 2018” by Gnutti Carlo Light Metal Division. Gnutti Carlo Light Metal Division is the owner of the aluminium foundry Ljunghäll in Sweden and also has foundries in China and the Czech Republic. Soon they will also open a foundry in Canada.

    Stena Aluminium named “best supplier of the year 2018”
  • First report on green bond

    In May, the Stena Metall Group issued its first green bond, amounting to SEK 800 million, with the money being earmarked for sustainable investment in the Stena Nordic Recycling Center. The first report has now been published, which specifically shows where the money has been spent.

    Stena Recycling employee overseeing the production
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