News and Blogs
From Linear to Circular: RecAL Showcases Digital Approaches to Aluminium Recycling at MSE 2026
MSE 2026 brought more than 1,200 participants from academia and industry to TU Darmstadt from 29 September to 1 October, with circular materials, digital transformation, modelling and simulation among its central themes.
Circular aluminium needs trusted data sharing
Europe's aluminium value chain is under increasing pressure as valuable secondary resources leave the region. In 2024, the EU recorded an €11.1 billion trade deficit in...
Webinar Report: Unlocking the Business Case for Digital Product Passports (RecAL & DATA4CIRC)
On 19th June, RecAL teamed up with DATA4CIRC project to host our latest webinar: “Insights into Digital Product Passports & EU Innovation.”
Scrap, Simulation & Security: How RecAL is Transforming Europe’s Aluminium Supply Chain
Watch how the RecAL project is unlocking Europe’s circular economy. See inside LEITAT’s automated sorting, UniMore’s casting simulations, and CANCOM’s secure data space.
Innovating Aluminium’s Future: On the Casting Floor with the Experts of AIT-LKR
Step onto the casting floor at AIT-LKR with researchers Katrin Mester and Giulia Scampone. Watch the behind-the-scenes videos and learn how we are reshaping the future of sustainable metal and unlocking a circular economy for aluminium.
RecAL Wins Prestigious ÖGUT Environmental Prize 2025
We are thrilled to announce that the RecAL project has been awarded the ÖGUT Environmental Prize 2025 (ÖGUT-Umweltpreis) in the category of “Research & Innovation for the Circular Economy.”
Webinar Report: Insights into Digital Product Passports & EU Research (RecAL & DATA4CIRC)
Yesterday’s online event on Digital Product Passports (DPPs), co-hosted by the RecAL and DATA4CIRC projects, gathered over 286 participants from across Europe. The session brought together experts from EU-funded DPP initiatives—RecAL, DATA4CIRC, CIRPASS-2, COMPASS—and policymakers to discuss how DPPs can drive sustainability and circularity in European industries.
Insights into Digital Product Passports & EU Research – Register for Our Upcoming Webinar!
RecAL invites you to a collaborative online event dedicated to the future of Digital Product Passports in EU research and policy.
Press Release: Innovative Upcycling of Aluminium Waste in Steel Production Shows Promising Results
In a significant advancement for the steel industry, Swerim, in partnership with Stena Aluminium, has demonstrated a breakthrough by successfully utilizing upcycled salt slag—a hazardous waste byproduct from melted end-of-life aluminium scrap—in steelmaking.
AI-Driven Automated Dismantling for High-Value Aluminium Recycling
The way we think of modern assembly lines is far away from how they looked at their inception. Now, instead of a line of different persons each repeating the same task over and over again, we have automated mechanical arms. However, the concept has not changed: each robot on the assembly line repeats the same task or task set on each component that appears in its range of action.