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The goal of this project is to develop in Central Finland even globally unique know-howfor recovering selected EU-listed critical raw materials (CRMs) from waste materials. The  department  of Chemistry at the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥ has strong expertise in the recovery of  precious metals, copper and rare earth elements.

Circular economy solutions are currently not implemented to the extent that they would be  possible, and this is partly due to the fact, that the composition of waste materials is not known  precisely enough. With the help of the XRF instrument to be acquired in the investment project,  the analytics of solid materials will be updated to a new level. By combining this with the already  existing know-how of recovering critical raw materials, the degree of utilization of materials is  reached to a new level.

The result of the project is a digital data bank, which contains information on the elemental  composition of waste materials and industrial side streams. In addition, information on existing  recovery technologies and innovative technologies that will be developed during the project is collected in the data bank. Relying the data bank, companies can make conclusions about the recycling potential of waste and side streams in relation to the concentrations of critical raw  materials, recovery possibilities, and the profitability of the recovery process.

This project is co-funded by the European Union. Regional Council of Central Finland is the funding authority. The total budget of the project is approximately 690 000 euros. Other funders are Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥,  Alva-yhtiöt Oy, Business Jyväskylä, Äänekosken Kehitys Oy and Weeefiner Oy.