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We reviewed separation technologies and profiled the main companies in the space.
Case Study · Market Assessment
Turning waste ash into new value.
An environmental engineering company wanted to recover metals and minerals from incineration ash. We assessed technologies, markets and policies across regions and found where the business would be profitable.
The Client
The client is an energy and environmental engineering company. It wanted to turn incineration ash into a profitable new line of business.
The Challenge
Valuable ash.
Find the right market.
Prescouter was asked to find which technologies recover metals and minerals from different incineration ashes and which regions have the regulations and buyers to make it pay.
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Technology
Separation methods
Not every method fits every ash.
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Markets
Supply and demand
Buyers for recovered materials.
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Policy
Regulation and incentives
Rules that vary by country.
Our Approach
Weighing technology, markets and policy, country by country.
Market review
3regions assessed
Size the markets
We assessed demand, supply and policy in Europe, North America and the Middle East.
Outreach
8research rounds
Talk to buyers
Experts validated the findings and our outreach team contacted potential off-takers.
The Outcome
One country to build the business.
Prescouter narrowed the options to the best two countries and singled out the one with the strongest business case, based on demand, competition, regulations, incentives and technology access.
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Players
30+ companies
Mapped across the space.
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Shortlist
2 countries
With the best conditions.
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Decision
1 lead market
The strongest business case.
Recovery technology only pays where markets and rules line up. Country level analysis shows where to start.
Let’s Talk
Where could your waste become a new revenue line?
Weigh the technology, the markets and the rules, then start where the numbers work. Wherever you’re starting from, we’ll help you get there.
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