Responding the government’s policy of “circular economy”. The project is to manufacture high value and energy saving construction material (lightweight aggregate) by using Taiwan environmental and industrial waste, such as paper sludge, textile sludge, organic waste solvent from semiconductor industry, and reservoir sludge, etc. Based on fully recyclable concept to create real benefits for domestic ecological environment.

This team pioneered the use of waste, such as paper sludge, textile sludge, urban sewage sludge, organic waste solvent from semiconductor industry, and reservoir sludge, etc. to manufacture high value and energy saving lightweight aggregate. The team also understand the relevant front-end manufacturing equipment and process technology, and have applied for a number of patented technologies to complete the related patent layout of waste sludge lightweight aggregates. Achieves plenty of research results about manufacturing lightweight aggregate with industrial wastes has published at international journal. The team is sure to be the leading group of lightweight aggregate in Taiwan.

The target market of this technology can be divided into waste treatment and lightweight aggregate products. Waste materials such as industrial sludge and organic waste solvent from semiconductor industry, which have high treatment processing income. Lightweight aggregate products such as ready-mixed concrete, pre-cast components, cement products, agricultural planting, and filter material, which are for sale. In terms of the scale of the domestic market, the total annual output of the items mentioned above exceeds 10 billion. The business model of the project provides enormous market value, in which the waste treatment is the blue ocean market of Taiwan waiting to be developed.