Alucha’s achievements over the years has captured the attention of the media on numerous occasions and won it several awards. We are especially proud to have won the European Commission’s highly prestigious “Best of the Best” LIFE Award for environmental projects, and of the special certificate of recognition we received together with SCA at the 2015 European Paper Recycling Awards for our ongoing development of a paper mill sludge recycling solution.

We were selected in 2018 to participate in the Stora Enso Startup Accelerator and are very proud to have won AkzoNobel’s Paint the Future award of in the circular solutions category in 2019.

Alucha - Making Industrial Minerals Circular

We apply and develop state of the art technology
We developed a world premiere installation, now with over 15,000 hours of operational excellence
We can supply proven and certifiable environmental benefits for your products
We can supply samples and feasibility studies fit for your purpose

Our Technology
Alucha has developed a technology to treat industrial waste streams like paper mill sludge (PMS), sewage sludge and other industrial wastes.

We can separate the inorganic and organic fractions of waste streams. From PMS we recover the filler content from the waste stream. This can save considerable amounts of CO2 equivalent compared to current disposal methods, and the process contributes to the circular economy too.

With the process, the organic part of the waste stream (paper fibres) is converted mainly into bio-based oils. The inorganic part of the waste stream is separated and recovered as a product.

The mineral recovered from paper mill sludge (Circular Calcium Carbonate, CCC) can be used again as a filler in various industries like plastics, paints & coatings, and rubber.

The bio-based oils can be used as an energy source for the paper mill or possibly as a feedstock for bio-based chemicals.

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Alucha - Industrial Waste Streams Technology