BAT report for the BREF revision

The Best Available Technology Reference Document (BREF) for the smitheries and foundries industries is currently in preparation through the established Seville process.

• Green Foundry LIFE project has prepared BAT report, which will be delivered to BREF revision working group for analysing. Based on the results of the project, the concrete proposals for uptake of the respective technologies and processes in the updated version of as either Best Available Technology (BAT) or Emerging Technology (ET) candidates:
  
  

  Designation of technology	Status
  Use of inorganic binders for moulds in iron and steel casting	BAT
  Use of inorganic binders for cores in iron and steel casting	BAT
  Thermal reclamation of foundry sand	BAT
  Composting of waste foundry sand	BAT
  Washing of foundry sand	ET
  Ultrasonic treatment of foundry sand	ET
  Hydromechanical treatment of foundry sand	ET