Green and Circular: How Runaya’s proposition is powering an impactful way forward!

Green and Circular: How Runaya’s proposition is powering an impactful way forward!

In an era where environmental concerns are at the forefront of global agendas and conversations, organisations are increasingly reshaping traditional sectors through truly transformative innovation. Runaya, a cutting-edge material sciences company, is leading this evolution in the resource and manufacturing space by committing to circular ore-to-cradle value chains for metals and other value-added products that are truly zero-waste.

The manufacturing and metals ecosystem has long been associated with significant environmental impacts, from resource extraction to waste generation. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, the industry accounts for about 23% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, the World Bank predicts a 70% increase in global waste generation by 2050 if current practices persist.

Runaya's goal is to tackle these challenges head-on by reconfiguring existing methodologies to one that can truly generate value for all. Our innovative approach centres on creating circular value chains that maximise resource efficiency and minimise waste. By ensuring the use, reuse, and recycling of materials throughout their lifecycle, this "ore to cradle" model significantly reduces the carbon and resource footprint of our existing and future manufacturing operations.

This game-changing strategy is pivoted around a few key elements:

• Advanced Material Recovery: Utilising cutting-edge technologies, Runaya extracts valuable materials from what was previously considered waste. This process not only reduces landfill burden but also conserves natural resources. Many of these materials include value-added products from cadmium sponge to zinc sulphate that empower other sectors like mobility to also go green.
• Waste-to-wealth Solutions: Runaya transforms industrial and smelter by-products into valuable inputs for other industries, creating new revenue streams while reducing waste. Runaya's green aluminium products, such as Rubiq and Rucal, facilitate a seamless transition to green for key sectors like steel and power.
• Energy-Efficient Processes: By optimising processes through smart data-driven and AI perspectives, we significantly reduce energy consumption and associated emissions for all the metals we manufacture.

Thus, by leveraging the latest in digitisation and technological advancements, Runaya is actually making an impact with:

• Resource conservation: By using smelter waste and scrap as key raw materials as well as rainwater harvesting to enhance recycling and reuse of water.
• Waste Reduction: With a capacity of processing 40,000 tons of dross annually, we recover 16,000 tons of aluminium, converting the rest into valuable products for the steel industry.
• Emissions Reduction: By implementing process optimisations, circular practices, and in situ renewable energy generation, Runaya has significantly reduced its carbon footprints compared to traditional manufacturing methods.
• Economic Benefits: Runaya's circular model has led to a 25% increase in operational efficiency, demonstrating that sustainability and profitability can go hand in hand.

Thus, our commitment to circular ore to cradle value chains represents a significant step forward in green manufacturing as we reimagine how materials are produced, processed, and utilised. Our model has in fact become a viable template for others to follow, creating a ripple effect that has the potential to truly transform our sector's environmental impact on a global scale, thereby paving the way for a truly sustainable and prosperous future, one that doesn't truly hurt the planet.